What does this mean for this year's draft? Well, you should expect that Ronnie Brown and Carnell Williams of Auburn will make two teams very happy. But you also should expect some SEC running back taken on the second day to be starting by the middle of 2006. Watch out for Ciatrick Fason of Florida, Cedric Houston of Tennessee, Ray Hudson of Alabama and Decori Birmingham of Arkansas (who may never start, but sounds like he might be Kevin Faulk, Part II).
As for the Big Ten, there aren't any first-round prospects to be wary of this season, but general managers should stay away from Anthony Davis of Wisconsin, Noah Herron of Northwestern and especially Marion Barber of Minnesota, who as described by the guys at Scouts Inc. sounds like the prototype for the Big Ten bust: "needs to do a better job of allowing his blocks to develop ... is a little bit too straight-line ... runs hard but seems to lack a bit of explosiveness."
Oh, and there's one more Big Ten running back you may have heard about. Just in case there weren't enough reasons for teams not to pick Maurice Clarett, just remember how good Ron Dayne looked in college.
