Marshall Faulk With Henry Fournette Elliott the RB

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Marshall Faulk With Henry Fournette Elliott the RB

Marshall Faulk knows how to judge running back talent at the college level.Faulk rushed for 4,589 yards and 57 touchdowns at San Diego State from 1991-93 before a Hall of Fame career in the NFL. The NFL Network analyst sees three running backs in the college ranks that stand out in LSUs Leonard Fournette, Ohio States Ezekiel Elliott and Alabamas Derrick Henry.MORE: | Those three guys carried it this year on the national stage, Faulk told Sporting News.Henry won Jaron Brown Jersey the Heisman Trophy at Alabama after rushing for 1,986 yards and 23 TDs. Fournette finished with 1,953 TDs and 22 TDs after an impre sive 212-yard, four-touchdown Tedric Thompson Jersey effort in the Advocare V100 Texas Bowl on Tuesday. Elliott had1,672 yards and 19 TDs this season, but Faulk said his contribution last season triggered this years running back revival.The running back is relevant again, Faulk said. You saw two backs go in the first round (last year) after a three-year hiatus. Duane Brown Jersey We have some good backs in college that are coming to the NFL. Were seeing the run game really start to make a difference. I think you saw that last year when Ezekiel Elliott carried Ohio State to the national championship.Faulk, who ranks 10th on the NFL all-time rushing list with 12,279 yards, projects all three running backs will have succe s at the next level.I think its going to be different kinds of succe s, Faulk said. Fournette and Ezekiel Elliott can carry a franchise, they can carry a team.I think Henry can be a platoon guy, hell need a third down back, he said. More like a LeGarrette Blount in that situation like we see over in New England. All three have a bright future in the NFL.Faulk joined the 22 members Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey of the 2015 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team at a football clinic for more than 200 children from the YMCA of Greater New Orleans at Isidore Newman School on Thursday. Allstate made a $10,000 donation to the YMCA of Quinton Jefferson Jersey Greater New Orleans to further the organizations mi sion. Faulk said the goal is to make sure kids are having fun and understand the game of football. Its about being active.The most important thing about it is the 22 young men that comprised the Good Works Team will be out there, Faulk said. They are going to be working with the kids. Not just teaching the kids about football but being active in the communities.
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