CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Only four running backs have been selected in the top 10 picks of the NFL draft since 2010. Only 10 have been selected in the first round during that span.
So has the position been devalued in the NFL?
Not if you ask Carolina Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman, who is considering LSU running back Leonard Fournette and Stanford's Christian McCaffrey with the No. 8 draft pick Thursday night.
"Really and truly, there was a period of time when there weren't any great running backs coming out," Gettleman explained in why he believes there is the perception that backs have been devalued.