The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)

Category: Running Back

  • Scouting Report on Redskins RB Alfred Morris

    The analysis on Alfred Morris comes from the 2012 Rookie Scouting Portfolio. He was my 20th-ranked runner prior to the draft. You can find the rest of my scouting reports  at every skill position by purchasing the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. Order the 2012 RSP and buy past RSPs (2006-2011) here. For three pages of analysis…

  • RB-OL Collisions: Reading the Road with Marcus Lattimore

    A criticism I read about a few college running backs this week was the tendency for some of them to run up the back of offensive linemen. Sometimes this is a fair criticism of a player. However, it’s also an observation that requires a strong frame of reference about the critic. It’s easy to evaluate…

  • David Wilson

    Many of you may remember that I did a series on David Wilson’s game at Virginia Tech and how it translates to the NFL. One of Wilson’s issues was the tendency to bounce runs outside to attempt the big play. I euphemistically call this “the corner store,” because it is fun to visit but few…

  • The FBI of Angles: UNC RB Giovani Bernard

    For more analysis of skill players like the post below, download the 2012 Rookie Scouting Portfolio. Better yet, if you’re a fantasy owner the 56-page Post-Draft Add-on comes with the 2012 RSP at no additional charge. Best, yet, 10 percent of every sale is donated to Darkness to Light to combat sexual abuse. Here’s an…

  • Quick Bursts: RB Michael Dyer and the Context of Patience

    Quick Bursts: RB Michael Dyer and the Context of Patience

    Do you judge a player’s decisions play-by-play or with a group of plays? There is no clear answer. Michael Dyer’s performance against Clemson is a good example A common refrain that ESPN radio host and Footballguys writer Cecil Lammey used to describe former Texas A&M running back Cyrus Gray before the Chiefs drafted him was…

  • Quick Breakdown on Supplmental RB Ed Wesley, TCU

    I watched Ed Wesley this time last week, presuming he would be playing another year. A few days later, he applied for the NFL’s supplemental draft. Wesley was a rising senior at Texas Christian and in a committee situation with fellow runners Waymon James and Matthew Tucker. He’s a 5’9″, 200-pound runner with potential to…

  • Emerging Talents: NE RB Shane Vereen

    Emerging Talents: NE RB Shane Vereen

    This week the news broke in Patriots camp that second-year runner Shane Vereen was working in OTAs as the No.1 runner on the depth chart. Stevan Ridley was the projected lead back after the rookie from LSU had the better season in 2011. Of course, it’s easy to have the more impressive performance when the…

  • RSP No-Huddle Series: Eagles RB Bryce Brown

    RSP No-Huddle Series: Eagles RB Bryce Brown

    For more analysis of skill players like the post below, download the 2012 Rookie Scouting Portfolio. Better yet, if you’re a fantasy owner the 56-page Post-Draft Add-on comes with the 2012 RSP at no additional charge. Best, yet, 10 percent of every sale is donated to Darkness to Light to combat sexual abuse. Here’s an…

  • No-Huddle Series: New Mexico State RB Kenny Turner

    I came home from work today and watched an E:60 segment about Titans running back Chris Johnson and his best friend Kenny Turner. If you haven’t seen the segment, you can read the full story about their friendship and the events that transpired that led to a felony conviction and five years in jail. If…

  • No-Huddle Series: RB Bobby Rainey, Western Kentucky

    The first person who tipped me off to Bobby Rainey was NFL.com writer and researcher Chad Reuter, who worked at CBS Sportsline and NFL Draft Scout. Like many of the great tape grinders out there, I don’t get a chance to talk with them often or at great length because they are busy doing what…