It's clear the RB position has never been valued less, but it doesn't change the fact that RBs still must have elite skills/traits: vision/timing, be able to set up blocks, have juke and burst, and learn to deflect hits (make yourself small through a hole) then break tackles. Those abilities take years to develop, it's very rare to see players swith to RB position late in football and play in college, let alone the NFL, because it takes a certain body type, skill set, and hundreds of carries. A long way of saying LRZ has ZERO chance of being an NFL RB. Cool story, but he couldn't crack Ohio State's RB room this year.
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