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Draft 2001: Running Back Rankings
By Frank Coyle
Special to SportsLine.com
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Feb. 12, 2001
Revised rankings for the top running back prospects for the 2001 NFL Draft:
1. Deuce McAllister - 6-1, 220, Mississippi
2. LaDainian Tomlinson - 5-11, 215, Texas Christian
3. Kevan Barlow - 6-1, 235, Pittsburgh
4. Michael Bennett - 5-11, 210, Wisconsin
5. Anthony Thomas - 6-1, 225, Michigan
6. Lamont Jordan - 5-11, 220, Maryland
7. Travis Henry - 5-10, 220, Tennessee
8. Rudi Johnson - 5-10, 220, Auburn
9. James Jackson - 5-11, 210, Miami (Fla.)
10. David Allen - 5-9, 185, Kansas State
11. Correll Buckhalter - 6-0, 220, Nebraska
12. Reggie White - 5-11, 225, Oklahoma State
13. Travis Minor - 5-11, 200, Florida State
14. Derek Combs - 6-2, 200, Ohio State
15. DeAngelo Evans - 5-9, 200, Emporia State (Kansas)
16. Dominic Rhodes - 5-9, 210, Midwestern State (Texas)
17. Robert Sanford - 5-10, 220, Western Michigan
18. Jeff Chaney - 5-10, 190, Florida State
19. Kevin Brown - 6-1, 225, UNLV
20. Derrick Blaylock - 5-10, 190, Stephen F. Austin
21. Tony Taylor - 5-9, 190, Northwestern State (Louisiana)
22. Chris Barnes - 6-1, 210, New Mexico State
23. Marcel Shipp - 5-11, 190, Massachusetts
24. Hodges Mitchell - 5-7, 190, Texas
25. Dee Brown - 5-10, 210, Syracuse
26. Cedric Washington - 5-10, 200, Boston College
27. Chester Taylor - 5-10, 190, Toledo
28. Corey Crume - 5-11, 220, Eastern Kentucky
29. Larry Ned - 5-10, 200, San Diego State
30. Jamie Wilson - 5-11, 210, East Carolina
31. Carl Fair - 6-0, 215, Alabama-Birmingham
32. Bo Carroll - 5-9, 170, Florida
33. Rashard Bartholomew - 5-10, 200, Yale
34. Mondrell Coley - 5-7, 200, Hampton
35. Charles Roberts - 5-6, 180, Cal-Sacramento State
36. Deonce Whitaker - 5-6, 185, San Jose State
37. Aveion Cason - 5-9, 190, Illinois State
38. George Fisher - 5-11, 225, Abilene Christian
39. Jamal Robertson - 5-9, 200, Ohio Northern
40. Troy Albea - 6-0, 200, Appalachian State
Coyle, a full-time NFL scout, has published
Draft Insiders' Digest, an NFL Draft and free agency publication for the last 10 years.
He attends practices, games and individual workouts across the country as well as breaking down game films to study the nation's top players. He writes for numerous pro weeklies on the NFL Draft and free agency in addition to game matchups and player profiles.
Coyle attends NFL minicamps in May and June and numerous training camps throughout the summer. He is a frequent guest on sports talk shows from coast-to-coast, and has also been a personnel consultant to several NFL teams in recent years.
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