Senior Bowl Running Backs Signal Position's Return to NFL Draft Spotlight

MOBILE, Ala. — Running backs are becoming as rare in the first round of the NFL draft as punters in the first round of the NFL draft, or even as unicorns in the first round of the NFL draft. No running backs were selected in the first rounds of the 2013 or 2014 drafts. Only seven running backs were selected in the first rounds of the previous three drafts. Those runners have done much to salt ...