2017 NFL Draft: Top 50 Prospects Halfway through Season

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Oct 22, 2016; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) runs against the Mississippi Rebels during the second quarter of a game at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

This year’s draft class is arguably the deepest at the running back in a long, long time. Despite a number of backs making it on this top 50 big board, LSU’s Leonard Fournette is still far and away the most talented running back in this year’s draft class, if not the best since Adrian Peterson.

Fournette has everything you’re looking for in a franchise running back. Not only does he come in at 6’1” and 235 pounds, but he has elite speed, vision and acceleration combined with an aggressive mentality to run all over opposing defenses.

The LSU star isn’t the kind of running back who is going to get too cute, either. Instead of spins moves, Fournette prefers to come right at you and drive you into the ground with a brutal stiff arm.

An ankle injury had kept Fournette on the sideline for a handful of games this season, but even if the LSU star didn’t play another down in college, he’d still be the first running back taken in April.

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