NFL Draft season is upon us. Every year around this time, Jim Nagy (executive director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl) rounds up a talented group of college players to head down to Mobile to improve their NFL draft stock at the Reese’s Senior Bowl. Over the years, we’ve had plenty of diamonds in the rough emerge as fantasy stars from this wonderful event.

Marrying stats and film, I dusted off the prospect notebook and dove into the skill sets for this year’s group of NFL hopefuls. Dynasty rookie drafts will be here before you know. Now is the time to get a jump on your league mates and study up on these prospects.

It will be a glorious week of football content to reignite your NFL Draft fires. The 2025 NFL Draft starts in Mobile. Let’s check out a few players to monitor as you prepare for your 2025 dynasty rookie drafts.

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Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice: Running Backs

Running Backs

Devin Neal (Kansas)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 41st
  • Breakaway rate: 75th
  • PFF elusive rating: 61st
  • PFF receiving grade: 53rd
  • Yards per route run: 40th
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 47th
  • Breakaway rate: 19th
  • PFF elusive rating: 29th
  • PFF receiving grade: 47th
  • Yards per route run: 53rd
• 2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 103rd
  • Breakaway rate: 19th
  • PFF elusive rating: 84th
  • PFF receiving grade: 69th
  • Yards per route run: 77th

Scouting report:

• Devin “Sweet Feet” Neal is a fun player to watch. He can carve up run defenses with his insanely quick feet. Neal’s stop/start ability is special, with the skill to cut on a dime and change directions effortlessly. Neal can string together multiple moves fluidly without losing a ton of speed.
• Neal has a great feel for the press and flow of outside zone runs, the short-area agility to excel with duo, and the vision to operate well with inside zone. He’s a nice fit in multiple run schemes, which can add to his appeal to NFL teams.
• Neal wins with quickness and lateral agility while flashing immediate speed. He gets up to top speed in a hurry. It helps offset the fact that he doesn’t an elite home run gear. Neal’s tackle-breaking ability isn’t great, though. He goes down easily when wrapped up well or hit low. He needs to continue to add strength to his lower half and improve his leg drive. I can’t wait to see how his game evolves in the NFL, especially after spending some time in an NFL strength and conditioning program. If he can add some more in this realm to his game, his upside is huge.
• Neal was deployed out of the backfield on check-downs. He displayed a set of soft hands that rarely dropped a ball. I want to see Neal deployed with a creative play-caller in the NFL. He didn’t see more than an 8% slot rate in the 2024 season until his final three games of the season. I want to see what Neal can do from the slot, on wheel routes, and with angle routes. His short area quickness leads me to believe there’s another evolution of his game as a receiver that could take place in the NFL.
• Neal made substantial improvements as a pass protector in 2024. He only allowed five pressures all season, and four of them came in one game. Neal had a 76.2 or higher pass pro grade in seven games in 2024. In previous seasons, he had a hard time anchoring and would routinely get blown off his spot and out of his cleats. He has the willingness and tenacity to develop into a trusted pass protector, and his improvements in 2024 suggest he could take that next step in the NFL.

Player Comp: Nightcrawler

RJ Harvey (Central Florida)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 31st
  • Breakaway rate: 14th
  • PFF elusive rating: 19th
  • PFF receiving grade: 75th
  • Yards per route run: 36th
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 53rd
  • Breakaway rate: 15th
  • PFF elusive rating: 18th
  • PFF receiving grade: 35th
  • Yards per route run: 42nd
• 2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 36th
  • Breakaway rate: 44th
  • PFF elusive rating: 27th
  • PFF receiving grade: 30th
  • Yards per route run: 11th

Scouting report:

• Harvey is a tough runner. His leg drive allows him to pinball off defenders and pick up tough yards. He sheds arm tackles well, especially in the second level, and is a better short-yardage runner than you’d expect from a player his size.
• Harvey’s lateral agility and burst improved toward the end of the 2024 season. After watching some of his early-season games, I questioned his long speed, initial burst, and lateral agility. All of those improved as the 2024 season moved along. While he might not be a home run hitter in the NFL (he gets caught from behind plenty), he should have the ability to break off chunk runs.
• He has a good feel for when to press and flow with outside-zone runs. He can get tentative at the line with some inside zone and interior runs. His vision isn’t horrible by any stretch of the imagination, but when the picture is muddier, his feet can get choppy. At times, he needs to be more willing to bounce runs.
• Harvey’s grit shows in pass protection. He’s a willing and able blocker who is willing to stick his nose in there and get physical. His strong lower half serves him well here.
• As a receiving option, he is nothing more than a dump-off option at this juncture. He was tasked with only leaking out the backfield for check-downs in college. He does have moments as a receiver where he has concentration drops when he gets ahead of himself and worries too much about what he is about to do with the ball in his hands before securing the pass.

Player Comp: Jaylen Warren

Cam Skattebo (Arizona State)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 21st
  • Breakaway rate: 91st
  • PFF elusive rating: 11th
  • PFF receiving grade: 9th
  • Yards per route run: 10th
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 104th
  • Breakaway rate: 148th
  • PFF elusive rating: 39th
  • PFF receiving grade: 86th
  • Yards per route run: 44th
• 2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets for FBS & FCS RBs*)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 37th
  • Breakaway rate: 93rd
  • PFF elusive rating: 11th
  • PFF receiving grade: 32nd
  • Yards per route run: 25th

Scouting report:

• Skattebo runs like a dancing rhino with anger management issues. He’s a volume-vacuuming tone-setter who can be a workhorse for a run-heavy offense. Unless a team is absolutely smitten with him during the draft process, he is likely better viewed as a committee back at the next level. His vision at the line and in the second level allows him to weave through traffic and make the most of his physical abilities.
• He’s not a twitchy player, but he can deploy jump cuts with success and has the lateral agility to make people miss in a phone booth. Skattebo has an underrated quick first step and is decisive with his runs. The run scheme he operates in the NFL will be key. I’d love for him to land with a team that utilizes duo and inside zone. I have no clue what Arizona State was thinking when featuring Skattebo with some tosses and stretch zone plays. Get this tank moving downhill and allow his quickness in short areas to work to his advantage.
• Skattebo isn’t a home run hitter. While he can rip off some long runs with well-blocked plays, that likely won’t be a hallmark of his game in the NFL. He’s a physical/tough runner with strong contact balance and leg drive that fights for every blade of grass. He quickly gets up to top speed, but that also means that he is pretty much a one-speed runner who lacks the second and third gear to outrun speedy corners in the open field. He gets caught from behind plenty.
• He has soft hands and can be a trusted check-down weapon in the passing game. His athleticism will limit what all you can do with him in the passing game, but he has the attributes to operate as a dump-off option with the occasional wheel or angle route. His underrated short-area agility works to his advantage on angle routes.

Player Comp: Tyler Allgeier

Trevor Etienne (Georgia)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 68th
  • Breakaway rate: 113th
  • PFF elusive rating: 46th
  • PFF receiving grade: 39th
  • Yards per route run: 69th
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 15th
  • Breakaway rate: 29th
  • PFF elusive rating: 21st
  • PFF receiving grade: 48th
  • Yards per route run: 35th

Scouting report:

• Etienne’s maximizes every opportunity. He is a patient, saavy runner who allows his blocks to set up in front of him. He has a fantastic vision paired with smooth lateral agility and tenacious legs. He keeps his legs churning through contact and breaks plenty of tackles because of it.
• He has 4.4/4.5 40 yard dash speed that plays up because of his vision and decisiveness. Etienne has the second gear to erase plenty of pursuit angles. His well rounded skillset allows him to be a scheme agnostic back.
• Georgia’s offensive line didn’t do him many favors in 2024 ranking 43rd in run blocking grade.
• Etienne is a sound receiving option out of the backfield. He can operate from the slot and split out wide with the ability to get open on out routes and slants. Etienne’s hands are as dependable as they come with only one drop in college. He secured 62 of 63 collegiate targets.

Player Comp: Kenneth Dixon

Damien Martinez (Miami)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 8th
  • Breakaway rate: 71st
  • PFF elusive rating: 16th
  • PFF receiving grade: 67th
  • Yards per route run: 73rd
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 26th
  • Breakaway rate: 64th
  • PFF elusive rating: 27th
  • PFF receiving grade: 91st
  • Yards per route run: 99th

Scouting report:

• Average burst and lateral agility. Martinez can get too cute at times in the open field, attempting to juke defenders when he would be better off to jump cut or power through a defender with a decisive downhill attack plan. He can create bad angles for tacklers with his footwork at times, but he’s not explosive enough to dance around as much as he does at times.
• The hallmark of Martinez’s rushing is his tenacity. He always has his legs churning and fighting for extra yards. He finishes runs well and has enough pure strength to carry defenders along with him.
• Martinez is a volume back and chunk play author, as he doesn’t have the home run speed to break many 40-plus yard runs in the NFL. I wouldn’t be shocked if he trained hard, dropped a few lbs, and ran a 4.5 40-yard dash, but he’s likely a 4.6 40-speed type of back.
• Martinez is a classic checkdown-only back with little upside in the passing game. His pass pro is inconsistent. He has a number of snaps where he’ll stand up defenders at the attack point, but he also has snaps where he’ll drop his eyes and chip defenders blindly or get blown out of his cleats.

Player Comp: Jordan Howard

Woody Marks (USC)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 122nd
  • Breakaway rate: 68th
  • PFF elusive rating: 131st
  • PFF receiving grade: 26th
  • Yards per route run: 61st
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 102nd
  • Breakaway rate: 106th
  • PFF elusive rating: 117th
  • PFF receiving grade: 7th
  • Yards per route run: 38th
• 2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 136th
  • Breakaway rate: 110th
  • PFF elusive rating: 154th
  • PFF receiving grade: 66th
  • Yards per route run: 62nd
• 2021 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 166th
  • Breakaway rate: 166th
  • PFF elusive rating: 149th
  • PFF receiving grade: 19th
  • Yards per route run: 50th
• Career
  • 257 collegiate receptions

Scouting report:

• Marks is a linear runner. His physical limitations show up on film. He’s at his best when he runs downhill, utilizing good vision with little wasted movement. Marks will continually get what is blocked, but the down-to-down question is how much more he can get.
• His burst is average, and his lateral agility is limited. He can get into trouble at times when pressing a run and overcommitting. At times, Marks will do this and run into the back of one of his blockers as he lacks the explosiveness to change courses quickly enough.
• His thinner lower half doesn’t allow him to do much more than run through weak arm tackles or defenders with poor pursuit angles. This also shows up in pass pro. He is a willing blocker, and there’s nothing I’ll add besmirching his technique, but his physical limitations show up here as well. Marks will engage with defenders in pass pro, but he can struggle to anchor his defender or get blown out of his cleats by stronger defenders.
• Marks displays a soft set of hands as a receiver, and the ability to snag balls outside of his frame, but his route running is limited. He was moved to the perimeter at times at USC. His limited deceleration and change of direction skills showed up when he was asked to run curls and stop routes.

Player Comp: Eric Gray

Jarquez Hunter (Auburn)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 20th
  • Breakaway rate: 22nd
  • PFF elusive rating: 10th
  • PFF receiving grade: 55th
  • Yards per route run: 97th
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 16th
  • Breakaway rate: 31st
  • PFF elusive rating: 48th
  • PFF receiving grade: 79th
  • Yards per route run: 100th
• 2022 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 24th
  • Breakaway rate: 22nd
  • PFF elusive rating: 7th
  • PFF receiving grade: 39th
  • Yards per route run: 11th

Scouting report:

• Immediate and palpable speed on film. Hunter hits the accelerator to the metal as soon as he gets the ball in his hands. He has 4.4/4.5 (low) 40 time speed. He can gain the edge consistently in outside-zone runs. His smooth lateral agility sneaks up on you. Hunter doesn’t wow with insane twitchiness, but he has good bend and can deploy jump cuts to avoid would-be tacklers or adjust to hit the hole quickly.
• His low center of gravity allows him to get skinny through the hole. He has nice leg drive for his size and consistently fights for extra yards. He finishes runs well, fighting for an extra 1-2 yards with every carry. He can push a pile.
• Hunter is an adequate check-down option in the passing game out of the backfield. He is also a willing blocker in pass pro. He engages quickly with incoming rushers and can anchor them. He can get into trouble when tasked with sustaining his blocks, but considering his size, he is more than passable in protecting his quarterback.

Player Comp: Jeremy McNichols

Brashard Smith (SMU)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 79th
  • Breakaway rate: 34th
  • PFF elusive rating: 74th
  • PFF receiving grade: 2nd
  • Yards per route run: 22nd

Scouting report:

• Smith is a converted slot wide receiver who transferred from Miami to SMU and switched to running back. He was also a wide receiver in high school. His feel for the running back position is impressive, considering the short timeframe that he has been a full-time player at the position.
• Smith is lightning in a travel-sized bottle. He is a quick and decisive runner with silky smooth feet. He runs with conviction but also has the patience to allow his blocks to set up in front of him.
• He wins with lateral agility, speed, and vision. Smith’s frame and wide receiver background show up in his rushing style. He isn’t a powerful or physical runner, but he can churn out yards quickly.
• Smith isn’t a decorated pass protector. He is adept at picking up rushers and understanding his assignment, but he will sometimes drop his head and eyes and lunge at defenders.
• Smith’s wide receiver background is evident when you watch him run routes. He was deployed from the slot or out wide on 14.7% of his snaps in 2024. He can exploit the soft spots in zone coverage and also has the raw speed (4.4 40 speed) to burn corners with a double move. Smith plucks balls out away from his frame. He could be a nice chess piece for a creative offensive coordinator in the NFL.

Player Comp: Kenneth Gainwell with Rocket shoes

Donovan Edwards (Michigan)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 141st
  • Breakaway rate: 121st
  • PFF elusive rating: 146th
  • PFF receiving grade: 36th
  • Yards per route run: 107th
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 132nd
  • Breakaway rate: 114th
  • PFF elusive rating: 148th
  • PFF receiving grade: 18th
  • Yards per route run: 19th

Scouting report:

• Edwards has average burst with build-up speed. He’s at his best when getting north/south quickly and using his size to his advantage as he builds up a head of steam downhill.
• Edwards can get himself into trouble when he hesitates behind the line. He’ll slow up near the line at times to survey the scene before bursting forward. Edwards gets away with this on well-blocked run plays, but he doesn’t have the juice to do this regularly. He misses cut-back lanes at times, and his vision can lapse.
• Edwards is a one-cut runner with a mean, stiff arm. He can power through arm tackles in the open field with built-up momentum. If he is contacted behind the line of scrimmage many times, he’ll struggle to shed defenders. He doesn’t have the burst or raw speed to get to the edge consistently with outside-zone runs. Edwards isn’t as physical as you’d hope from a rusher his size. He doesn’t push the pile and can get blown up in short-yardage situations.
• Edwards can sometimes jump cut at the line and in the open field to avoid defenders, but he can struggle to change direction in the open field with some runs.
• Edwards is a decent dump-off option. He’ll make some nice catches outside of his frame. His route tree doesn’t extend beyond flat and swing routes in most games.

Player Comp: Wayne Gallman

Bhayshul Tuten (Virginia Tech)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 10th
  • Breakaway rate: 10th
  • PFF elusive rating: 8th
  • PFF receiving grade: 77th
  • Yards per route run: 114th
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 34th
  • Breakaway rate: 91st
  • PFF elusive rating: 10th
  • PFF receiving grade: 99th
  • Yards per route run: 60th

Scouting report:

• Tuten is more quick than fast. He has solid burst and serviceable long speed (4.5) to hit some chunk plays when they are well blocked, but he won’t likely be a home run hitter in the NFL. Tuten doesn’t have the raw speed to win the edge on stretch plays consistently. He’s best suited for a run scheme that will allow him to get north/south with one cut and hit the gas.
• He has good bend in traffic and can utilize decent footwork to solve problems in space, but you won’t see Tuten with jump cut highlight where a defender is launched into the shadow realm. He loses speed substantially when attempting to string together multiple moves to spring himself.
• Tuten has a short, squatty build and can run through weak wraps with decent power, but don’t expect him to be a short-yardage back or pile mover in the NFL. He needs momentum built up to access this, with these flashes occurring in the second level of defenses.
• Tuten’s ball security issues will be brought up in the beginning of any conversation regarding his game. That’s an unfortunate fact when you have nine fumbles over the last two years. This could be related to small hands, as his faulty hands have also plagued him in the passing game, with nine drops over the last three seasons.
• He’s a decent check-down option in the passing game, operating with flat routes, leaks out of the backfield, and with swing passes primarily. His short-area lateral agility limitations and questionable hands cap his upside in the passing game.

Player Comp: Discount Dion Lewis

Kalel Mullings (Michigan)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 55th
  • Breakaway rate: 54th
  • PFF elusive rating: 81st

• Collegiate Yards per route run: 0.59*

(only ten targets in college across three seasons)*

Scouting report:

• Classic downhill thumper. He has strong legs to push through first contact and move a pile in short yardage situations. Mullings has build-up speed and needs a runway to get going, but he can do damage in the second-level of defenses. If defenders can contact him immediately or early in a play he can have issues.
• Mullings offers some nice pass pro reps. His physical strength shows up again here. He has plenty of reps where he takes on free rushers and stands them up and corrals them with a solid anchor.
• Mullings utilizes jump cuts to access different running lanes instead of choppy footwork. When he can’t jump cut in a situation he does face some challenges changing course.
• Mullings offers little in the passing game. He had only ten targets across three seasons of collegiate football and 0.59 Yards per route run to show for it. His value to NFL teams will arise primarily from what he can do as a rusher although his pass protection skills could get him plenty of hollow passing down snaps depending on the backfield that he enters in the NFL.

Player Comp: Jeremy Hill

Ollie Gordon III (Oklahoma State)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 91st
  • Breakaway rate: 126th
  • PFF elusive rating: 80th
  • PFF receiving grade: 25th
  • Yards per route run: 94th
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 39th
  • Breakaway rate: 7th
  • PFF elusive rating: 61st
  • PFF receiving grade: 76th
  • Yards per route run: 71st
• Career
  • Multiple leg injuries in 2024

Scouting report:

• Gordon is a smooth mover for his size. He has solid lateral agility for his size, but he can get happy feet at times. With some runs, he dances too much at the line when he needs to be decisive and get downhill. This isn’t a problem on every run, but it does pop up.
• Gordon has build speed (4.6-ish). He maximizes and is at his best when he has one cut and gets upfield or uses his bend around the edge. Gordon has the problem that most big backs do, which is that he can go down easily in the backfield when the offensive line doesn’t give him some room to get moving. If Gordon can get moving then he is a problem for defenses. His feet can play up in the second level of a defense, and he’s tougher to bring down when that big body is barreling through a defense 4-5 yards past the line of scrimmage.
• He’s a decent receiving option out of the backfield, thanks to his soft hands. Gordon doesn’t have a developed route tree from the backfield, with dump-offs and screens comprising most of his routes. Gordon has zero drops in his final collegiate season.
• The limiting factor for Gordon on passing downs could be his pass pro. For a back his size, his play strength doesn’t shine here at all. He has plenty of reps where he squares up an incoming rusher and gets blown back. He attempts to compensate by chipping rushers or blindly diving low at them to take them out. This won’t cut it in the NFL, and it barely worked in college.

Player Comp: D’Onta Foreman

LeQuint Allen (Syracuse)

Stats:

• 2024 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 128th
  • Breakaway rate: 147th
  • PFF elusive rating: 126th
  • PFF receiving grade: 8th
  • Yards per route run: 42nd
• 2023 (minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 119th
  • Breakaway rate: 125th
  • PFF elusive rating: 97th
  • PFF receiving grade: 57th
  • Yards per route run: 77th

Scouting report: N/A (no all-22 available)

Player Comp: N/A

Marcus Yarns (Delaware)

Stats:

• 2024 (FBS/FCS minimum 100 carries & 20 targets)
  • Yards after contact per attempt: 22nd
  • Breakaway rate: 82nd
  • PFF elusive rating: 81st
  • PFF receiving grade: 35th
  • Yards per route run: 19th

Scouting report: N/A (no all-22 available)

Player Comp: N/A

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