2023 NFL Draft Prospect Positional Rankings & Player Comps: Running Backs

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2023 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings & Player Comps: Running Backs

Here are Thor’s 2023 NFL Draft prospect rankings for each position.

Pos	Rank	Name	School	Comp	HT	WT	RAS	Hand	Arm	Wing
RB1	17	Bijan Robinson	Texas	Edgerrin James	5110	215	9.85	0968	3118	7468
RB2	43	Zach Charbonnet	UCLA	Todd Gurley	6003	214	8.71	0978	3200	7558
RB3	45	Jahmyr Gibbs	Alabama	Dalvin Cook	5091	199	8.06	0928	3048	7418
RB4	66	Tyjae Spears	Tulane	Travis Etienne	5095	201	7.52	1000	3068	7418
RB5	70	Devon Achane	Texas A&M	Jahvid Best	5086	188	5.73	0848	2900	6918
RB6	87	Tank Bigsby	Auburn	Sony Michel	5115	210	8.33	0948	3200	7658
RB7	112	Roschon Johnson	Texas	Brian Robinson Jr.	6002	219	8.67	0958	3200	7678
RB8	117	Israel Abanikanda	Pittsburgh	Tevin Coleman	5106	216	9.63	0828	3200	7600
RB9	122	Evan Hull	Northwestern	Joseph Addai	5101	209	9.32	0928	3058	7438
RB10	129	DeWayne McBride	UAB	Tyler Allgier	5102	209	—	0948	3058	7318
RB11	139	Eric Gray	Oklahoma	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	5095	207	6.57	0968	2958	7138
RB12	142	Zach Evans	Mississippi	Elijah Mitchell	5106	202	8.74	1028	3158	7848
RB13	147	Kendre Miller	TCU	Lamar Miller	5112	215	—	0938	3238	7848
RB14	156	Chase Brown	Illinois	Myles Gaskin	5095	209	9.81	1000	3100	7518
RB15	176	Mohamed Ibrahim	Minnesota	Khalil Herbert	5080	203	—	0900	2858	6958
RB16	187	Keaton Mitchell	East Carolina	Raheem Mostert	5082	179	6.18	0928	3068	7468
RB17	194	Sean Tucker	Syracuse	Felix Jones	5092	207	—	0948	3000	7338
RB18	203	Deuce Vaughn	Kansas State	Tarik Cohen	5052	179	4.32	0948	2768	6700
RB19	223	Kenny McIntosh	Georgia	Mewelde Moore	5117	204	4.09	0900	3048	7638
RB20	229	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	Kentucky	Benny Snell	5116	217	7.71	0858	3058	7358
RB21	246	Camerun Peoples	Appalachian State	Latavius Murray	6010	217	6.98	0968	3258	7858
RB22	271	Deneric Prince	Tulsa	Bernard Pierce	5115	216	9.58	0928	3128	7500
RB23	282	Xazavian Valladay	Arizona State	Jason Huntley	5112	204	9.46	848	3068	7618
RB24	297	Tiyon Evans	Louisville	Peyton Barber	5095	225	6.78	0848	3038	7438
RB25	306	Tavion Thomas	Utah	Peyton Hillis	6003	237	4.73	0928	3118	7600
RB26	319	Christopher Brooks	BYU	Gus Edwards	6006	219	8.38	848	3100	7548
RB27	330	SaRodorick Thompson	Texas Tech	John Kelly	5115	207	4.51	0900	3158	7700
RB28	339	Khalan Laborn	Marshall	Tre Mason	5085	204	8.47	958	3000	7248
RB29	357	Travis Dye	USC	Justin Jackson	5095	201	0.15	0928	2878	7028
RB30	359	Lew Nichols III	Central Michigan	Brandon Bolden	5096	222	—	—	—	—
RB31	369	Hassan Hall	Georgia Tech	Malik Davis	5102	196	8.66	948	3048	7458
RB32	382	Emari Demercado	TCU	Lavon Coleman	5093	213	8.23	948	3258	7448
RB33	390	Ronnie Brown	Shepherd	Trung Canidate	5110	187	9.35	818	3048	7248
RB34	398	Titus Swen	Wyoming	Travis Homer	5096	201	—	900	3100	7328
RB35	404	Aidan Borguet	Harvard	Jaylen Warren	5082	205	6.54	958	2948	7268
RB36	408	Darius Hagans	Virginia State	Bryant Koback	5113	205	9.5	0918	3128	7438
RB37	424	Jordan Mims	Fresno State	Isaiah Pead	5104	206	1.46	938	3100	7600
RB38	440	Emanuel Wilson	Fort Valley State	Jordan Mason	5104	228	6.84	0900	3268	7918
RB39	453	Isaiah Bowser	UCF	Brandon Wilds	5117	217	8.88	878	3100	7558
RB40	462	Andrew Clair	Northwestern	Darwin Thompson	5086	201	8.36	928	3000	7268
RB41	481	Chris Smith	Louisiana	Jordan Canzeri	5085	194	5.52	878	3038	7238
RB42	490	Tyler Hoosman	North Dakota	Jon Hilliman	5112	214	7.96	938	2978	7238
RB43	—	Jaleel McLaughlin	Youngstown St.	Phillip Lindsay	5082	192	3.91	848	3028	7200
RB44	—	Owen Wright	Monmouth	Andre Ellington	5090	214	5.64	1000	3028	7400
RB45	—	T.J. Green	Liberty	Maurice Morris	5110	205	8.49	1000	3028	7438
RB46	—	Toa Taua	Nevada	Eno Benjamin	5084	204	1.26	928	2828	7058
RB47	—	Brad Roberts	Air Force	Nick Brossette	5107	210	3.98	928	2900	7268
RB48	—	Calvin Tyler Jr.	Utah State	Karan Higdon	5075	204	2.86	848	2838	6800
RB49	—	Ulonzo Gilliam Jr.	UC Davis	Sincere McCormick	5076	193	2.37	848	3000	7248
RB50	—	Christian Beal-Smith	South Carolina	Master Teague	5091	201	2.33	918	3000	7300
RB51	—	TJ Cole	Ouachita Baptist	Kennedy Brooks	5111	201	6.25	968	3078	7338
RB52	—	Ike Irabor	Union	Darrynton Evans	5104	204	8.18	900	3258	7578
RB53	—	Charles McClelland	Cincinnati	Raymond Calais	5106	192	2.36	848	2968	7100
RB54	—	Todd Sibley Jr.	Albany	B.J. Baylor	5096	221	1.96	848	3038	7328
RB55	—	Jarek Broussard	Michigan State	CJ Verdell	5083	192	2.11	838	2868	6818
RB56	—	Wayne Taulapapa	Washington	Ricky Person Jr.	5097	205	7.33	938	3118	7500
RB57	—	Elijah Dotson	N. Colorado	Larry Rose III	5092	202	5.23	878	3078	7368
RB58	—	Ta’Zhawn Henry	Houston	Adrian Killins Jr.	5060	171	4.81	878	2848	6700
RB59	—	Jalen Holston	Virginia Tech	Ivory Kelly-Martin	5110	218	2.98	958	3068	7628
RB60	—	Jacob Saylors	East Tennessee State	Javian Hawkins	5101	199	—	900	2900	6848
RB61	—	Ellis Merriweather	UMass	Damarea Crockett	6010	220	5.49	968	3328	7748
RB62	—	Shaun Shivers	Indiana	Donnel Pumphrey	5051	187	1.38	858	2900	6968
RB63	—	Que’shaun Byrd	Bethune-Cookman	J.J. Taylor	5060	187	4.11	900	2838	6900
RB64	—	Davius Prather	Bethel (TN)	Thomas Clayton	5107	207	4.34	878	3018	7248
RB65	—	Percy Agyei-Obese	James Madison	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	5111	214	—	858	3200	7600
RB66	—	Dedrick Parson	Hawaii	Jalen Richard	5080	203	3.18	828	2948	7168
RB67	—	Dezmon Jackson	Sam Houston St.	Keith Marshall	5103	214	5.95	900	3228	7528
RB68	—	DK Billingsley	Troy	Shaq Vann	5083	217	0.98	968	2968	7200
RB69	—	EJ Burgess	Franklin Pierce	Malcolm Brown	5100	215	4.06	958	—	7618
RB70	—	Dom Williams	Northern Iowa	Derrick Gore	5082	189	0.89	918	2978	7148
RB71	—	Trelon Smith	UTSA	Tony Brooks-James	5085	180	1.26	938	3138	7338
RB72	—	Maurice Washington	Grambling State	Pooka Williams	5114	168	—	918	3138	7618
RB73	—	La’Darius Jefferson	Western Michigan	Glasco Martin	6007	236	1.92	958	3148	7658
RB74	—	Tucker Gregg	Georgia State	Kregg Lumpkin	5096	212	1.3	958	2848	6838
RB75	—	Josh Samuel	Austin Peay	Doroland Dorceus	5100	212	—	968	3228	7478