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Is Kevin Smith a steal? If so how early do you take him?

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Ladies and gentleman, after being a student at the University of Florida for the past 3 years I have been accustomed to winning and tremendously talented players. However, just down the road from Gainesville, about an hour and a half south is the University of Central Florida and all they rave about is their running back Kevin Smith. Now I know that the gators have a higher player being drafted than the knights in Harvey going in the mid first round. However, in regards to Smith, I have had several opportunities to watch the kid play and he has talent. Many may say that he doesn’t have great up and down speed but the kid has talent. Some may say he played in a bad conference and it doesn’t show much about him, but he performed at top tier level against Texas.

Regardless, I think the kid has talent and even though we are somewhat deep at running back, you can never go wrong with another r.b. in the draft. Looking at the past, many good if not great running backs are taken later in drafts. Yes, Adrian Peterson was taken early and I do agree Darren McFadden is the best running back in this draft, the past shows us that the good ones come in later rounds. Curtis Martin was drafted in the third round, ruddi Johnson was the 100th overall pick and Willie Parker wasn’t even drafted. Now these guys are/were good, but what holds us back from taking a potential superstar in the league. I think that Kevin Smith will begin to be spoken about in the late second to early third round pick. Why not snub him at the second of the second round picks? I know there are glaring needs on other areas on our team, but why not take a player that has tremendous ability and brings great things to the table. Let me know what you guys think and if so where we should take him if we do and if we shouldn’t at all.
 
The last part of your statement is exactly why we shouldn't consider taking him with the second 2nd round pick. There are just too many glaring needs on the roster overall, and RB is one of the very few positions we are relatively strong at. Smith does look like an intriguing prospect, but if it were my call, I probably wouldn't even entertain the idea of picking him up until about the 5th round, and we don't even have a 5th rounder this year.

It is much more crucial that we get bodies on the O line, D line, LB, and in the secondary.
 
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It would be a good pick up if we have addressed the O-Line problems. I cannot see K. Smith doing much better than the current running backs with this line. That needs to be the priority addressed in the draft. If he is available in the 3rd round, then take him.
 
I think kevin smith is a great player but still think that taking a rb that eary isnt worth it in this draft because of how deep it is at the rb spot. There are really good rb's in the 2nd and 3rd tier of this class that we can get in the 3rd round and on, including kevin smith if he slips, tashard choice who is another productive and well rounded prospect, matt forte, jamall charles, chris johnson.. there are alot of good prospects in the middle rounds at runningback and for us taking 1 in the 2nd isn't getting good value.
 
I think he is a good player but already has alot of miles on his legs. He has something like 905 carries in the last 3 years with 450 last year thats alot of pounding for a kid to take. I know the thing in the NFL is a two back system and we already have 3 backs so though a great talent i dont see us picking him.
 
I think we're good at running back. I know, I know "no such thing as too many good players" but we have three running backs on the roster that can play, what would we do with a fourth? Hell, Lorenzo Booker might not even see the field much this year as it is with Brown and Williams ahead of him, when would Smith get to play?
 
I also think he could be a steal if he lands on a team with a decent offensive line, but we have much bigger needs to fill than adding another running back, especially as early as round two. We should be adding an immediate starter with that pick, not a 3rd string running back.
 
If we do end up trading down from the top of the third round I think he would be a steal in the middle of the third. The running backs on the roster now have serious holes.
 
I doubt we'll end up with Kevin Smith considering his stock is somewhere in the 2nd-4th round right now. With Ronnie, Ricky, and Booker (who the current regime really likes) and the type of RB's the Dolphins have been looking at/scouting it looks like they are just looking for a 6th/7th round RB that they can stash on their practice squad.
 
How can anyone say we are good at RB? Ronnie is coming back early from a knee injury(I am a huge Ronnie fan since his Auburn days), Ricky is almost worthless now, Booker showed some stuff last year but can't carry the team threw a whole season, IMO. Of all the backs in the entire draft, Kevin Smith is one of my favorites. I've heard interviews, he's smart and well spoken. Seems to stay out of trouble. Then when u see the game film, he finds holes fast, cuts, and goes. He is a good pass blocker too. I would b happy if we take him as our 2nd pick of round 2.
 
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