2012 NFL Draft running back rankings: Trent Richardson and a deep class
by Dan Kadar on Sep 22, 2011 9:00 AM EDT
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t's still early in the college football season, but now is as good of a time as any to update individual position rankings for the 2012 NFL Draft.
If a lot of the juniors enter the draft, this is going to be as deep of a class as we saw this year. After Alabama's Trent Richardson, it's pretty wide open. Personally, I'm a big fan of David Wilson of Virginia Tech. Others like game breakers like Cyrus Gray of Texas A&M, LaMichael James of Oregon or Andre Ellington of Clemson. I'm interested to see how you have this class ranked.
Also note redshirt sophomore Lamar Miller of Miami. Redshirt sophomores aren't in the rankings until after the underclassmen declaration date, but he'll be near or at the top of this list.
Note: The position rankings aren't currently in line with the site's top 200. After each position ranking is released, a new top 200 will be published.
| 1. Trent Richardson | 5'11, 220 pounds | RB | Alabama * - Prospect notes | Profile |
| 2. David Wilson 5'10, 205 pounds | RB | Virginia Tech * |
| 3. Cyrus Gray | 5'10, 196 pounds | RB | Texas A&M - Prospect notes |
| 4. Isaiah Pead | 5'10, 200 pounds | RB | Cincinnati |
| 5. LaMichael James | 5'9, 185 pounds | RB | Oregon *- Prospect notes |
| 6. Doug Martin | 5'9, 201 pounds | RB | Boise State |
| 7. Jonathan Franklin | 5'10, 195 pounds | RB | UCLA * |
| 8. Brandon Bolden | 5'11, 215 pounds | RB | Mississippi |
| 9. Kenjon Barner | 5'11, 180 pounds | RB | Oregon * |
| 10. Chris Polk | 5'11, 222 pounds | RB | Washington * |
| 11. Andre Ellington | 5'10, 190 pounds | RB | Clemson * |
| 12. Bernard Pierce | 6'0, 218 pounds | RB | Temple * |
| 13. Edwin Baker | 5'9, 210 pounds | RB | Michigan State |
| 14. Vick Ballard | 5'11, 220 pounds | RB | Mississippi State |
| 15. Montel Harris | 5'10, 200 pounds | RB | Boston College |
| 16. Tauren Poole | 5'11, 213 pounds | RB | Tennessee |
| 17. Jeff Demps | 5'8, 180 pounds | RB | Florida |
| 18. Ryan Houston | 6'2, 245 pounds | RB | North Carolina |
| 19. Victor Anderson | 5'9, 188 pounds | RB | Louisville |
| 20. Dan Herron | 5'10, 205 pounds | RB | Ohio State - Prospect notes | Profile |
| 21. Montee Ball | 5'11, 236 pounds | RB | Wisconsin * |
| 22. Davin Meggett | 5'8, 215 pounds | RB | Maryland |
| 23. Bobby Rainey | 5'7, 205 pounds | RB | Western Kentucky |
| 24. Marc Tyler | 5'11, 228 pounds | RB | Southern California |
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way more of a fan of trent richardson than i was of mark ingram
I think that’ll show in the NFL
I’m also feeling Kenjon Barner will be better than LaMichael James in the big leagues
I want to see Richardson in Denver...
And I think he will be available at our likely spot…
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I have Vic Ballard, Monte Ball and Marc Tyler much higher
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by Fearless Frog on Sep 22, 2011 11:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think that kid from South Carolina is gonna comwe out.
And he’s gonna be a good pro.
he's a true soph
he probably could’ve entered the draft last year as a freshman and been a top 10 pick tho.
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by Rorschach44 on Sep 24, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
My top ten are
Richardson, Gray, Wilson, Martin, Pead, James, Polk, Bolden, Franklin, Barner in that order
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He may not be a top NFL prospect,
but Rex Burkhead is really frickin’ good.
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