After a one-year blip of poor performances, the running backs showed back up to the 2020 NFL combine.
Last year's running back class ended up disappointing in Indianapolis. The consensus top pick, Josh Jacobs, opted not to run. The big names that did run put up disappointing times. And, for the first time since 2014, no one topped a Speed Score of 115.0, as most of the backs ended up in much of a muchness. There was no Saquon Barkley to wow us, in other words.
This year, however, we had a pair of highly touted backs back up their hype on the track.