Building the perfect running back out of 2025 NFL Draft prospects

The 2025 NFL Draft is still months away, but how can we not talk about some of these college football standouts already making a name for themselves like Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty? The Boise State product is one of many fun running backs in this draft class. This begs the question: what makes for the perfect running back? We've seen some good ones in the NFL over the years, but Nick Chubb of the Cleveland Browns stands out the most. He has the ideal balance of vision, contact balance, explosiveness, agility, and hands to impact the game in every facet. So if we were building the perfect running back out of 2025 NFL Draft running backs, what would that Frankenstein look like? Let's get in the lab: So here is the thing, I could have used Jeanty for just about every single one of these categories. It's extremely hard to poke holes in his game. However, for the sake of introducing a variety of names, I am doing a different back for each category. Jeanty, however, has the respect of RB1 in this class