Packers 2017 NFL Draft position rankings: Building a collaborative draft board

Running Back Rankings

1. Leonard Fournette, LSU (38 pts)

2. Christian McCaffrey, Stanford (35 pts)

3. Dalvin Cook, Florida State (30 pts)

4. Joe Mixon, Oklahoma (24 pts)

5. Alvin Kamara, Tennessee (23 pts)

6. D’Onta Foreman, Texas (16 pts)

7. Jamaal Williams, BYU (15 pts)

8. Kareem Hunt, Toledo (14 pts)

9. Samaje Perine, Oklahoma (12 pts)

10. Marlon Mack, South Florida (10 pts)

Our Breakdown

Even though Leonard Fournette, Christian McCaffrey, and Dalvin Cook are our top-three running backs once we added up the point totals, it was not this clear cut in the individual rankings. Fournette and McCaffrey were ranked in the top three for all four writers with three first place nods going to Fournette and one first place spot given to McCaffrey.

On the other hand, Cook was a bit more polarizing. Two writers had him as their 2nd-ranked halfback, while one placed him 4th and the other ranked him 6th. Joe Mixon would have also finished  higher if it wasn’t for off-field concerns. Three of the four writers had the former Oklahoma back in their top four, while one writer didn’t even rank Mixon.

After the top few running backs, the writers varied in how they viewed the rest of the position. Alvin Kamara ranked anywhere from 4th to 6th in each individual ranking, while guys like D’Onta Foreman and Jamaal Williams were as high as 4th or as low as 10th.

Marlon Mack may have been the most polarizing among the top-10 backs. One writer viewed him as a top-five talent, while two writers didn’t even include him in their rankings.

In our comprehensive group ranking, he barely made the cut with 10 total points. He finished just ahead of running backs like Brian Hill, Jeremy McNichols, and Wayne Gallman, who all received nods as top-10 backs in the individual rankings but didn’t make the collaborative ranking.