Four RBs taken ahead of Kamara (1 Viewer)

[SoggyBottomBoy]

I just watched a video on the running backs taken ahead of Kamara in the draft. I expected it to be similar to the one on Michael Thomas with only one receiver being even respectable and how teams screwed up by passing on MT. Instead it was a reminder of how many really good running backs were in that dreft. Very few are not on teams. Many are the feature backs on their teams. Chris Carson was 5 picks from Mr. Irrelevant:

Round 1:
Leonard Fournette (4)
Christian McCaffrey (8)

Round 2:
Dalvin Cook (41)
Joe Mixon (48)

Round 3:
Alvin Kamara (67)
Kareem Hunt (86)
D'Onta Foreman (89) free agent
James Conner (105)

Round 4:
Samaje Perine (114)
Tarik Cohen (119)
Joe Williams (121) free agent
Donnel Pumphrey (132) free agent
Jamaal Williams (134)
Wayne Gallman (140)
Marlon Mack (143)

Round 5:
Brian Hill (156)
Jeremy McNIchols (162) free agent
T.J. Logan (179)
Aaron Jones (182)

Round 6:
Elijah McGuire (188)
De'Angelo Henderson (203) free agent

Round 7:
Devante Mays (288)
Khalfani Muhammad (241)
Elijah Hood[(242) free agent
Chris Carson (249)
Matthew Dayes (252) free agent

Notable UDFA:
Austin Ekeler

Oh yeah. The video that sent me down this rabbit hole:

 

[SweetT]

Deep RB class that was

 

[Taker597]

Deep RB class that was

Historic to be honest.

 

[jasonsw]

Lot of good RBs wouldn't want any of those over Kamara.

 

[SweetT]

Historic to be honest.

Agreed.

 

[Outbackjack]

Wow.

Basically 13 starters (counting Gallman who’s started this season).....nearly half the league....got their starter from that one draft class.

 

[superchuck500]

Even those late round guys are good. Chris Carson has proven to be the man over a 2016 third round pick and a 2018 first round pick.

 

[Paul]

That’s crazy how deep that RB class was.

 

[SaintsJunkie]

good class

 

[Loose Cannon]

Historic to be honest.

Yep. Could end up being one of the best draft classes for a single position ever. Just ridiculous.

 

[IceHot]

52 had three HoFers: Ollie, Gifford, and The King.

I think its more worth noting the teams that passed on AK for a player at a position of need over a great player despite need.

Still a pretty deep class all around.

 

[DaveXA]

That draft is crazy! I remember it being a good year for running backs, but seeing how many are not only starting, but doing really well is just unheard of for a single draft. Historic indeed.

 

[saint_drago]

That might go down as the best RB class of all time. It's rare to see that many guys pan out at the top of the draft. Of the first 8 RBs taken you'd be happy with 7 of them. Well, 6 considering Hunt's off the field stuff.

 

[TCEd]

what I liked about that video is that it shows how the FO takes into account off the field issues when drafting & while not completely spotless (who is?), AK41's character is top notch...

 

[ndcc]

Excellent thread by the OP. Thanks.