In continuation with our positional breakdowns of potential NFL Draft prospects for the New York Jets, we turn our attention to a position of great need for a team that struggled mightily to generate any type of offensive excitement in 2012, running back. Today, our draft team provides a breakdown of the top five potential targets that could be selected by the Jets in April’s draft. These initial rankings are certainly subject to change as we progress through the entire pre-draft process, but as it stands now, these players are who we feel would be the best options for New York at running back. Be sure to give our draft team a follow on Twitter, and to check out our previous breakdown of potential quarterback targets for the Jets.
Chris Gross
The running back position for the New York Jets in 2012 was, to put it nicely, abysmal. Shonn Greene flashed some quality against inferior defenses, but when put to the test of a contending defensive unit, he revealed himself as having nothing...
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PLAYERS:
Shonn Greene,
Bilal Powell,
Marshawn Lynch,
Eddie Lacy,
Mark Ingram,
Trent Richardson,
Giovani Bernard,
Montee Ball,
Kenjon Barner,
Chip Kelly,
Marcus Lattimore,
Stepfan Taylor,
Chance Warmack,
Joe McKnight,
Leon Washington,
Johnathan Franklin
TEAMS: New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks, Alabama Crimson Tide, North Carolina Tar Heels, Michigan State Spartans, Wisconsin Badgers, Oregon Ducks, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, UCLA Bruins
TEAMS: New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks, Alabama Crimson Tide, North Carolina Tar Heels, Michigan State Spartans, Wisconsin Badgers, Oregon Ducks, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, UCLA Bruins
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