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Doak Walker Award news, rumors

  • Future Broncos: Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II
    • Future Broncos: Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II
    Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images If the Denver Broncos opt to wait until later in the 2025 NFL Draft to draft a running back, Oklahoma State’s Ollie Gordon II would be worth considering. The journey and arc for collegiate prospects looking to turn pro can change on a dime. Coming off an incredible 2023 season, Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II was an early favorite to be one of t...2025
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  • Future Broncos: Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson
    • Future Broncos: Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson
    Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The 2025 NFL Draft is loaded at the running back position. Iowa standout Kaleb Johnson would be a fantastic selection for the Denver Broncos. The Denver Broncos will come away from their 2025 NFL Draft endeavors with an upgrade at running back. Boise State product Ashton Jeanty and North Carolina standout Omarion Hampton are the two ...2025
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  • Why the Saints should look at drafting Texas Tech running back Tahj Brooks
    • Why the Saints should look at drafting Texas Tech running back Tahj Brooks
    Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images If they aren't able to snag Jeanty, Brooks would not be a bad option on Day 3. Don’t panic when it comes to the running back position in this year's draft, because it is backloaded with talent. If the New Orleans Saints fail to land Boise State back Ashton Jeanty, there are many other prospects the Saints could take. Tahj Brooks, a running back out ...2025
  • Ashton Jeanty’s best NFL Draft landing spots, with Bears, Cowboys, and 2 mystery teams
    • Ashton Jeanty’s best NFL Draft landing spots, with Bears, Cowboys, and 2 mystery teams
    Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images These are the best team fits for Ashton Jeanty in the 2025 NFL Draft. Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty is one of the best overall players in the 2025 NFL Draft. He’s a bowling ball of a back who combines some impressive tackle-breaking skills with a savvy ability as a pass catcher as well. Jeanty’s compact 5’9 frame gives him a low center of gravity, wh...2025
  • Chargers agree to 1-year, $9.25 deal with RB Najee Harris
    • Chargers agree to 1-year, $9.25 deal with RB Najee Harris
    Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images After four consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, Najee Harris is now set to lead the Chargers backfield in 2025. The Chargers have a new lead back. According to NFL insider Adam Schefter, the Chargers are expected to sign former Steelers running back Najee Harris to a one-year deal worth up to $9.25 million. Harris is coming off his fourth-consecutive 1,000-yard...2025
  • The Chiefs met with OSU’s Ollie Gordon II, a running back who still has plenty of potential
    • The Chiefs met with OSU’s Ollie Gordon II, a running back who still has plenty of potential
    Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images Kansas City met with the Oklahoma State standout during the NFL Scouting Combine. The Kansas City Chiefs had a series of meetings with draft prospects during the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis — including Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II. Background A native of Fort Worth, Gordon spent three seasons in Stillwater. Declaring for the draft at 21, he’...2025

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  • Dallas Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: RB Omarion Hampton
    • Dallas Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: RB Omarion Hampton
    Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here is our scouting report on Omarion Hampton from North Carolina We continue our 2025 NFL Draft preview of draft prospects that could interest the Dallas Cowboys. Today we are looking at running back Omarion Hampton from North Carolina Omarion Hampton RBNorth Carolina Tar HeelsJunior4-star recruit 6’0”220 lbs Photo b...2025
  • Do the Rams need “big” changes at running back?
    • Do the Rams need “big” changes at running back?
    Kaleb Johnson throws a mean stiff arm | Photo by Roger Wimmer/ISI Photos/Getty Images Nine running back prospects, up and down the draft board, that weigh over 225 lb. Back in 2017, when Sean McVay first took over the Los Angeles Rams, the running backs getting the reps were big men. Todd Gurley and then CJ Anderson were backed up by Malcom Brown, all 225+ lb. In 2020, the trend towards s...2025
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  • NFL free agency: What will the Browns do about Nick Chubb with free agents, draft options galore?
    • NFL free agency: What will the Browns do about Nick Chubb with free agents, draft options galore?
    Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images The best running back the franchise has seen in years is a free agent  The Cleveland Browns are known for having exceptional running backs. It is one of the hallmarks of their storied franchise. Jim Brown. Kevin Mack. Ernest Byner. Bo Scott. Greg Pruitt. Bobby Mitchell. Leroy Kelly, to name a few. Oh, and a guy named Marion Motley. Add Nick Chubb t...2025
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  • Browns NFL free agency: 3 free agents that would completely change the team
    • Browns NFL free agency: 3 free agents that would completely change the team
    Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images NFL free agency period is still months away but the Browns could see Najee Harris, Ronnie Stanley as huge additions The Cleveland Browns have holes everywhere you look. But for each hole, there is a solid player that if a decent guy was paired with, the position could be productive. The NFL free agency period doesn’t begin until March 10, which is consi...2025
  • Barry’s Thoughts and Jots from around the NFL, college football, the NFL draft, Jameis Winston and more
    • Barry’s Thoughts and Jots from around the NFL, college football, the NFL draft, Jameis Winston and more
    Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images As we prepare for Browns vs Chiefs, football news including Bill Belichick in college provides some intrigue The Cleveland Browns season is winding down as the holidays are right in front of us. The NFL is in the stages of keeping up with who will make the playoffs and who will host post-season games, and who will watch the playoffs from the confines o...2024
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  • Fight Camp! New series pits Browns players against each other: Jerome Ford vs. D’Onta Foreman
    • Fight Camp! New series pits Browns players against each other: Jerome Ford vs. D’Onta Foreman
    Running backs coach Duce Staley of the Cleveland Browns talks with Nick Chubb #24, Pierre Strong Jr. #20, Jerome Ford #34 and D’Onta Foreman #27  | Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Jerome Ford vs. D’Onta Foreman to start until Nick Chubb returns is interesting Welcome to the 2024 Cleveland Browns training camp! The Browns had a very good season last year with an 11-win season, a Num...2024
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  • NFL free agency: Browns add another running back according to report
    • NFL free agency: Browns add another running back according to report
    Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images D’Onta Foreman as training camp depth is needed with Nick Chubb’s absence The Cleveland Browns added running back Nyheim Hines last week during the free agency period. Now, the franchise has signed another veteran back. According to Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report, the Browns have inked D’Onta Foreman from the Chicago Bears. Foreman...2024
  • Would the Rams consider drafting this Notre Dame RB to pair with Kyren Williams?
    • Would the Rams consider drafting this Notre Dame RB to pair with Kyren Williams?
    D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports LA might be interested having another running back in the rotation. Could Audric Estime be a candidate? Could Audric Estime be the next Notre Dame running back to carve his name onto the Los Angeles Rams roster? Kyren Williams, also from Notre Dame, took lead back duties by force. Williams did little in his rookie season, due to injury, but was a revelation...2024
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  • Texas football’s rise from irrelevancy, explained
    • Texas football’s rise from irrelevancy, explained
    Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Texas is back. Here’s how the Longhorns finally rose to college football relevancy once again. “This work will be all gas and no brakes,” was Steve Sarkisian’s motto he shared when the Texas Longhorns introduced him as the 28th head coach in program history on January 12, 2021. Sarkisian’s slogan represented the type of attacking football he wanted to play, ba...2024
  • Cigar Thoughts, Game 1: Seahawks lay egg vs Rams. Egg hatches. There’s poop inside. It’s a poop egg.
    • Cigar Thoughts, Game 1: Seahawks lay egg vs Rams. Egg hatches. There’s poop inside. It’s a poop egg.
    Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports The Seattle Seahawks get their teeth kicked in by the Los Angeles Rams, fall to 1-0 in a scrotum-squeezing debut to the 2023 season ***As most of you know, Cigar Thoughts is now a podcast. One of the perks of the pod is getting these articles in audio form, in addition to our sit-downs with our amazing guests. You can listen to all the shows, including this ar...2023
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  • • Texas football’s rise from irrelevancy, explained
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Unanimous All-American, Maxwell Award winner, Doak Walker Award recipient, and runner-up for the Heisman Trophy."

  • 2024
    "Running back Jonathon Brooks, a frontrunner for the Doak Walker Award until his season-ending injury in November, came into the program with Texas Tech as his only one other Power Five offer."

  • 2023
    "Doak Walker Award winner as nation’s top running back in 2022 had 18 career 100-yard games"

  • 2022
    "Texas running back and Doak Walker Award winner Bijan Robinson is heading to the NFL."

  • 2017
    "D'Onta Foreman (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) D'Onta Foreman, RB, Texas The 6-1, 233 pound running back for the Longhorns had just one full-time season as a sole starter in the Texas backfield, but he certainly made the most of it, winning the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top RB."

  • 2016
    "The former Doak Walker Award winner was inactive for Indy's AFC divisional playoff game against the Denver Broncos for reasons that were never fully explained, and that seemed to mark the beginning of the end of his tenure in Indianapolis."

  • 2015
    "    While some believe Fournette is ready now as a sophomore, Peterson thought he himself was ready for the NFL after his first big year as a freshman in 2004: And there were guys that went in the league that year, like Cedric Benson, I felt like my freshman year I should have won the Doak Walker Award [for the nation's top college running back], but they gave it to him -- I kind of got off topic there."

  • 2014
    "As a senior, Darkwa finished with 863 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns, earning a place on the Doak Walker Award watch list, the award recognizing the nation’s top college running back—an award that George had won in 1995."

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  • • Future Broncos: Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II
    2025
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  • • Future Broncos: Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson
    2025
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  • • Why the Saints should look at drafting Texas Tech running back Tahj Brooks
    2025
  • • Ashton Jeanty’s best NFL Draft landing spots, with Bears, Cowboys, and 2 mystery teams
    2025
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  • • Chargers agree to 1-year, $9.25 deal with RB Najee Harris
    2025
  • • The Chiefs met with OSU’s Ollie Gordon II, a running back who still has plenty of potential
    2025
  • 4 WR/RB for Chargers fans to watch at the NFL Combine
    • 4 WR/RB for Chargers fans to watch at the NFL Combine
    Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Chargers need another impact wideout to go with first-year standout Ladd McConkey. We’re back again with four more players for you all to keep an eye on at this year’s NFL Combine. On Saturday, wideouts and running backs will take the field alongside quarterbacks. Let’s dive in. Ole Miss WR Tre Harris I’ve seen a lot of people talk about Harris a...2025
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  • • Dallas Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: RB Omarion Hampton
    2025
  • Broncos will formally interview Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II at 2025 NFL Combine
    • Broncos will formally interview Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II at 2025 NFL Combine
    Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images The Denver Broncos will use one of their 45 formal interviews at the 2025 NFL Combine on Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II. The Denver Broncos have their representatives present for the 2025 NFL Combine. Head Coach Sean Payton, General Manager George Paton, and a large contingent of scouts and personnel executives are doing their diligence and cra...2025
  • Report: Colts have formal meeting scheduled with top Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
    • Report: Colts have formal meeting scheduled with top Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
    Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Colts have a formal meeting with the NFL Draft’s consensus top running back prospect, but let’s not read too much into it yet. According to The Draft Network’s Ryan Fowler, the Indianapolis Colts are among the league teams that have a formal meeting scheduled with Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty: The following teams have formal meetin...2025
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Doak Walker Award stats and results

  • • Chargers agree to 1-year, $9.25 deal with RB Najee Harris
    2025
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  • • 4 WR/RB for Chargers fans to watch at the NFL Combine
    2025
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  • • Do the Rams need “big” changes at running back?
    2025
  • • NFL free agency: What will the Browns do about Nick Chubb with free agents, draft options galore?
    2025
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  • • Browns NFL free agency: 3 free agents that would completely change the team
    2025
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  • • Barry’s Thoughts and Jots from around the NFL, college football, the NFL draft, Jameis Winston and more
    2024
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  • NFL Draft 2025: Potential picks in rounds one through three for the Eagles
    • NFL Draft 2025: Potential picks in rounds one through three for the Eagles
    Photo by Loren Orr/Getty Images The Birds have one pick in each of the first three rounds. Who should they take? Read on, friend! With college football barreling towards its halfway point, and two teams (shout-out Miami, Fla. and Indiana) already reaching bowl eligibility, it’s as good a time as any to write thousands and thousands of words on players who the Philadelphia Eagles might not ...2024
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  • Cowboys' RB-by-committee could be short-lived, 2025 RB draft class is stacked
    • Cowboys' RB-by-committee could be short-lived, 2025 RB draft class is stacked
    Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images There are some notable prospects at running back in next year’s draft class. First in 2023 and then again in 2024, the Dallas Cowboys pretty much decided to bypass the running back position in the NFL draft in back-to-back years. Yes, they added Deuce Vaughn in the sixth-round in 2023, but no one's going to make the argument that he's the future of the...2024
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  • • NFL free agency: Browns add another running back according to report
    2024
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  • • Texas football’s rise from irrelevancy, explained
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  • • The Chiefs met with OSU’s Ollie Gordon II, a running back who still has plenty of potential
    2025
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  • • Dallas Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: RB Omarion Hampton
    2025
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  • • Do the Rams need “big” changes at running back?
    2025
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  • Dallas Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: RB Ashton Jeanty
    • Dallas Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: RB Ashton Jeanty
    Photo by Robin Alam/ISI Photos/Getty Images Ashton Jeanty is a popular name among Cowboys fans. We continue our 2025 NFL Draft preview of draft prospects that could interest the Dallas Cowboys. Today we are looking at running back Ashton Jeanty from Boise State. Ashton Jeanty RBBoise State Broncos Junior4-star recruit 5’9”215 lbs Photo by Patrick Mulligan/Getty Images Hi...2025
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  • Exclusive Senior Bowl interviews: RBs Jarquez Hunter, R.J. Harvey have the versatility, pass-catching skills to succeed
    • Exclusive Senior Bowl interviews: RBs Jarquez Hunter, R.J. Harvey have the versatility, pass-catching skills to succeed
    Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images The Browns are in need of another back this year The Cleveland Browns have lived and died with the run game. Or, at least they did. Recently, not so much. Starter Nick Chubb destroyed his knee in 2023 and since then the rushing attack has fallen off. Will the offense once again become a running juggernaut? Or will the passing game become their focus? RELATED: FORME...2025
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  • • NFL free agency: What will the Browns do about Nick Chubb with free agents, draft options galore?
    2025
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  • • Barry’s Thoughts and Jots from around the NFL, college football, the NFL draft, Jameis Winston and more
    2024
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  • • NFL Draft 2025: Potential picks in rounds one through three for the Eagles
    2024
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  • • Fight Camp! New series pits Browns players against each other: Jerome Ford vs. D’Onta Foreman
    2024
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  • • Texas football’s rise from irrelevancy, explained
    2024
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  • • Adrian Peterson Says He Could Have Made Jump to NFL After High School
    2015
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  • Texas' Bijan Robinson declares for the NFL Draft
    • Texas' Bijan Robinson declares for the NFL Draft
    2022
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  • • Texas football’s rise from irrelevancy, explained
    2024
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  • Prospect Primer: Bijan Robinson, RB, Texas
    • Prospect Primer: Bijan Robinson, RB, Texas
    2023
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  • • 5 things to know about Saints RB Kendre Miller
    Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Saints add a dynamic RB to their backfield. The New Orleans Saints for the third straight pick address a major need. DT, DE and now RB. The Saints have had a really solid couple days and now selecting RB Kendre Miller. Here is five things to know about the Saints new RB Kendre Miller. Miller has 2,410 career rushing yards Kendre Miller is a workhorse and ...2023
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  • • Breaking down the Bengals’ selection of Illinois RB Chase Brown
    Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Can Chase Brown become the Bengals’ future in the backfield? The Cincinnati Bengals went all defense on the first two days of the NFL Draft and started Saturday off attacking the offensive side of the ball, selecting Purdue wideout Charlie Jones in the fourth round. With the 28th pick in the fifth round, the long-awaited running back pi...2023
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  • • Dallas Cowboys draft 2023: RB Bijan Robinson scouting report
    Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Scouting report series on this year’s draft prospects with player projections and comparisons. This review is on Texas Longhorns running back Bijan Robinson. We continue with our 2023 NFL Draft draft prospect review of players that could interest the Dallas Cowboys. Today we look at a running back Bijan Robinson from the Texas Longhorns. Previous prospec...2023
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  • • Gordon motivated by not becoming a first-round bust
    Melvin Gordon was a Heisman Trophy finalist, Doak Walker Award winner and likely first-round pick in the NFL Draft. But it isn't those accomplishments which fuel him, but rather his fears....2015
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  • • Fight Camp! New series pits Browns players against each other: Jerome Ford vs. D’Onta Foreman
    2024
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  • Why the Cowboys should avoid suggested trade for this running back
    • Why the Cowboys should avoid suggested trade for this running back
    Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports Why Dallas shouldn’t “run” with this idea. What can you say about the Dallas Cowboys front office? They might be the most maddening front office in all of sports. Yes, they’re successful, boasting the wealthiest franchise in the NFL, despite being stagnant in their approach to player acquisition. But they have left the team in a pattern of ‘slightly above aver...2024
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  • • Cowboys news: Dallas has plenty of options for the first round of the draft
    Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The latest news and notes surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. Science Lab: Cowboys 7-Round Mock Is Explosive - Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com No way the team drafts a running back in Round 1, right? 1. Bijan Robinson, RB Pick: Round 1, 26th-overall School: Texas Honors: Doak Walker Award Winner, Unanimous All-American, 2x First-Team All-Big 12 I literal...2023
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  • • Future Broncos: Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson
    2025
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  • Report: Colts to formally meet with Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon II ahead of NFL Draft
    • Report: Colts to formally meet with Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon II ahead of NFL Draft
    Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images The Colts are scheduled to formally meet with one of the NCAA’s former leading rushers. According to The Draft Network’s Ryan Fowler, the Indianapolis Colts are among the NFL teams that are expected to formally meet with Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II: The following teams have formal meetings scheduled with Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon II,...2025
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  • • Dallas Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: RB Omarion Hampton
    2025
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  • • Broncos will formally interview Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II at 2025 NFL Combine
    2025
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  • • Report: Colts have formal meeting scheduled with top Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
    2025
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  • • Do the Rams need “big” changes at running back?
    2025
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  • • Dallas Cowboys 2025 draft scouting report: RB Ashton Jeanty
    2025
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  • • NFL free agency: What will the Browns do about Nick Chubb with free agents, draft options galore?
    2025
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  • • Barry’s Thoughts and Jots from around the NFL, college football, the NFL draft, Jameis Winston and more
    2024
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  • • NFL Draft 2025: Potential picks in rounds one through three for the Eagles
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Doak Walker Award rumors, scandals

  • • Report: Colts have formal meeting scheduled with top Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
    2025
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  • • Fight Camp! New series pits Browns players against each other: Jerome Ford vs. D’Onta Foreman
    2024
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  • • Would the Rams consider drafting this Notre Dame RB to pair with Kyren Williams?
    2024
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