Sources:
http://www.sportsfansofamerica.com/Links/Football/NFL/Draft/2001/Positions/rb.htm - 2001 draft top rbs
http://www.footballguys.com/04yudkin_top5rb.htm - very well thought out study of top 5 rbs for the last decade. MUST READ!!!
In the bottom articles the guy pulls together stats and other about the top 5 running backs from each year, and makes an average about it. right now Minor fits the mold on everything (ave wise) except team support, and weight. I also threw in the draft 2001 rbs stats just to show that trading for A-train or buckhalter might not be an actual upgrade over Minor.
Here are some interesting tidbits from the articles:
Average Age: 25.4 years old
Average Height: 5'11"
Average Weight: 220 lbs
Average Seasons Played: 4.28 Seasons
Average Draft Pick: 3rd Round, 11th Pick
Average Overall Draft Pick: 74.7th Player Taken
Number of Seasons as a Top 12 RB (Fantasy RB1) BEFORE First Top 5 Season:
Not Applicable: 8 players
None: 9 players
Top 5 RB with Top 10 QB, WR1 & WR2
Only two teams have done it in the past 10 years: the 1998 49ers and 1995 Lions.
Defense (Points Allowed)
Top 5: 9 times (18%)
Top 10: 17 times (34%)
Top 20: 36 times (72%)
Not Top 20: 14 times (28%)
Average Team Wins: 9.8 Wins -very big indeed, after all what is the point of having an awesome running back if you don't have the wins to back it up?
and for the running backs we are thinking of getting, I don't see one of the possibles on this list that I want more than Minor.
Rank Player Name / School Height Weight 40 yd. Dash
1 Deuce McAllister, Mississippi 6-1 222 4.40
2 Michael Bennett, Wisconsin 5-9¼ 207 4.42
3 LaDainian Tomlinson, Texas Christian 5-10¼ 221 4.41
4 LaMont Jordan, Maryland 5-10¼ 234 4.33
5 Travis Henry, Tennessee 5-9 223 4.55
6 Anthony Thomas, Michigan 6-1 ½ 229 4.59
7 Kevan Barlow, Pittsburgh 6-1 235 4.57
10 Travis Minor, Florida State 5-10 197 4.44
11 Rudi Johnson, Auburn 5-9 ½ 227 4.71
12 Derrick Blaylock, Stephen F. Austin 5-9 ¾ 194 4.34
13 Correll Buckhalter, Nebraska 5-11 ½ 225 4.56
16 Marcel Shipp, Massachusetts 5-10 ½ 222 4.72
I left out the names that I thought had no bearing, and or were out of football.
http://www.sportsfansofamerica.com/Links/Football/NFL/Draft/2001/Positions/rb.htm - 2001 draft top rbs
http://www.footballguys.com/04yudkin_top5rb.htm - very well thought out study of top 5 rbs for the last decade. MUST READ!!!
In the bottom articles the guy pulls together stats and other about the top 5 running backs from each year, and makes an average about it. right now Minor fits the mold on everything (ave wise) except team support, and weight. I also threw in the draft 2001 rbs stats just to show that trading for A-train or buckhalter might not be an actual upgrade over Minor.
Here are some interesting tidbits from the articles:
Average Age: 25.4 years old
Average Height: 5'11"
Average Weight: 220 lbs
Average Seasons Played: 4.28 Seasons
Average Draft Pick: 3rd Round, 11th Pick
Average Overall Draft Pick: 74.7th Player Taken
Number of Seasons as a Top 12 RB (Fantasy RB1) BEFORE First Top 5 Season:
Not Applicable: 8 players
None: 9 players
Top 5 RB with Top 10 QB, WR1 & WR2
Only two teams have done it in the past 10 years: the 1998 49ers and 1995 Lions.
Defense (Points Allowed)
Top 5: 9 times (18%)
Top 10: 17 times (34%)
Top 20: 36 times (72%)
Not Top 20: 14 times (28%)
Average Team Wins: 9.8 Wins -very big indeed, after all what is the point of having an awesome running back if you don't have the wins to back it up?
and for the running backs we are thinking of getting, I don't see one of the possibles on this list that I want more than Minor.
Rank Player Name / School Height Weight 40 yd. Dash
1 Deuce McAllister, Mississippi 6-1 222 4.40
2 Michael Bennett, Wisconsin 5-9¼ 207 4.42
3 LaDainian Tomlinson, Texas Christian 5-10¼ 221 4.41
4 LaMont Jordan, Maryland 5-10¼ 234 4.33
5 Travis Henry, Tennessee 5-9 223 4.55
6 Anthony Thomas, Michigan 6-1 ½ 229 4.59
7 Kevan Barlow, Pittsburgh 6-1 235 4.57
10 Travis Minor, Florida State 5-10 197 4.44
11 Rudi Johnson, Auburn 5-9 ½ 227 4.71
12 Derrick Blaylock, Stephen F. Austin 5-9 ¾ 194 4.34
13 Correll Buckhalter, Nebraska 5-11 ½ 225 4.56
16 Marcel Shipp, Massachusetts 5-10 ½ 222 4.72
I left out the names that I thought had no bearing, and or were out of football.