Quote:Every time someone says "You can get a RB in the 5th round" i think to myself really? For every Jordan Howard there's 10 bums that will be out of the league in 2 years if not more.


I'm not pounding my fist on the table for an RB at 4 but it's not as easy to find RBs outside of the 1st round as everyone here seems to think it is.

 

There's no hard and fast pattern, but there have been so many first round busts at RB in years when rounds 2-4 yielded quality backs, that many are hesitant to jump on a RB in the top ten. 

 

2014:

Bishop Sankey in the 1st round (edit: Sankey was pick #54 overall - no backs taken in the first that year)

 

* DeVonta Freeman and James White in the 4th Round.

 

2013 :

No first round back.

2nd round: Giovanni Bernard, LeVeon Bell, Eddie Lacy

6th round:Andre Ellington , Spencer Ware

 

2012: 

Trent Richardson in the first round. Doug Martin at pick #31.

 

3rd round: Bernard Pierce

4th Round:  Lamar Miller , Robert Turbin

6th round: Alfred Morris

 

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The point is that good backs are indeed there for the taking in mid rounds  -- so you better be damn sure about a guy being a superstar to take him top five when you could likely get a good one in the next three rounds. 

 

It's not automatic that you'll land a mid-round gem of course, but it's clearly do-able. 

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