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ESPN.com · Apr 20, 2023

Meet Bijan Robinson, a generational NFL draft talent in the wrong generation

IT'S LATE MARCH, one month until the 2023 NFL draft, and Bijan Robinson is in South Philadelphia, tucked into an office in the Eagles' practice facility with one of his potential future bosses: Howie Roseman, the team's general manager. Robinson is the best running back in this year's draft -- the space between the former Longhorn and his peers is, conservatively, Texas-sized -- but Roseman has one request:

Pitch me, he says. Why do I need to take you at No. 10?

The question is expected; Robinson's rejoinder is not.

"You're not going to get a running back," says the most lauded running back prospect in years. "You're going to get a difference-maker."

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