The RB Position
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I don’t think it’s gotten to the high school game yet. A strong RB in high school can be the difference maker in my opinion.
People are missing the reality that you need two to three RB’s due to use and injury. The position is very valuable in terms of game play. What they are willing to pay for “Elite” players is shifting simply because the history shows a major decline once they are paid at a high level.
I’d say it already has. There were two highly rated in-state receivers that played Running Back on varsity as fresh then by senior year they were both “receivers”
At any level, teams will ride or die with a strong runner. You just don't now have to pay them after their first contract.
There's not a much larger emphasis on running back by committee in college or HS given until like 2000 a large percentage of programs ran multiple back offenses and run heavy attacks.
The spread carried us away because it was so pass heavy, but now the most successful concepts marry the old and new.
The multiple-back, run-heavy offenses from the spread are sooooo fun. Especially when one is an H-back type with hands.
There's not a much larger emphasis on running back by committee in college or HS given until like 2000 a large percentage of programs ran multiple back offenses and run heavy attacks.
The spread carried us away because it was so pass heavy, but now the most successful concepts marry the old and new.
The multiple-back, run-heavy offenses from the spread are sooooo fun. Especially when one is an H-back type with hands.
Brodner and Hissong come to mind as difference makers in high school. I’m sure there are many more.
These days running back are starting to play the position in what 5-6th grade? Saw this somewhere else but it makes some sense that a lot of wear and tear for a lot of years on those RB tires.....just a thought
Basing my comments off of my observations.
There are roughly 150 RBs in the NFL.
Maybe 5 of them stand above the others.
There appears to be little productive difference between the remaining 145 and a pool of thousands with similar skill sets; relatively interchangeable parts.
The league finally figured that out.
It is cascading downward.
At the High School level, in most cases the best athletes are still carrying the rock as from the backfield they can have the most impact on a game at that level, however they often get moved to new positions at the next level.
Next up, interchangeable QBs.
There are roughly 150 RBs in the NFL.
Maybe 5 of them stand above the others.
There appears to be little productive difference between the remaining 145 and a pool of thousands with similar skill sets; relatively interchangeable parts.
The league finally figured that out.
It is cascading downward.
At the High School level, in most cases the best athletes are still carrying the rock as from the backfield they can have the most impact on a game at that level, however they often get moved to new positions at the next level.
Next up, interchangeable QBs.
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