Philadelphia Eagles: Ranking NFL Draft’s top 20 prospects at running back
854. . . . Eno Benjamin, Arizona State. 11. player
Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk and running back Eno Benjamin were responsible for a lot of offensive production for former Eagle Herm Edwards’ Arizona State Sun Devils in 2020. The latter contributed to the cause with 2,867 rushing yards on 576 carries, another 625 yards on 82 receptions, and 31 total touchdowns throughout 34 career games.
He gets compared to J.J. Taylor a lot, probably because they play in the same state and the same conference, but Benjamin may be the better option. It’s just hard to put either one of them in the top ten of any list of running back prospects.
player. 836. . . . Joshua Kelley, UCLA. 10
Strangely, Joshua Kelley didn’t appear in as many games as some of the other guys on this list, but he still had a nice workload in 22 career outings.
He carried the ball 454 times over that span. That’s a lot, but that’s also the bad news. The good news is he racked up a 5.1 yards per rush average and 24 touchdowns over that span. You hate to see guys get overworked at the collegiate level when they play the game’s most punishing position.
You love it when they’re over 200 pounds and they run the 40 in 4.49 seconds. There you have it, three straight nice options from the Pac-12 Conference. Here’s one from a small school.
Darrynton Evans didn’t get a lot of television time or national hype playing for the Appalachian State Mountaineers, but he did hammer out 1,480 yards and 18 touchdowns in his final season in Boone, North Carolina.
He’s five-foot-ten. He weighs 203 pounds, and he runs a 4.41-second 40-yard dash. Is anyone interested yet? You should be.