INDIANAPOLIS - The NFL's two leading rushers last season were rookies, and that running back draft class pales when compared to what NFL evaluators are scouting at the combine this week. It was an example of how the position can produce early contributors and offered a prelude to what could come from rookie running backs in 2017.
"When you look at the running back position, we think it's a possible historic class about how many guys and where they would have gone in previous drafts," said Howie Roseman, the Eagles' executive vice president of football operations.
The Eagles are going to need a running back this offseason.