FILE - Wisconsin’s Braelon Allen celebrates his touchdown run during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Georgia Southern Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Madison, Wis. Allen is among the young running backs who say they love their position on the field and aren’t swayed away from it by the recent hesitancy of NFL teams in handing out big contracts to running backs.
“You don’t want to push people away from playing running back. Eventually there’s not going to be any. Then what do you do? Who fits in that role?” Allen said. “Something’s got to happen. It can’t keep going the way that it is.”that formed during the summer among the NFL’s best running backs out of concern for the lack of financial commitments being made around the league to their peers, there’s plenty of dismay within the ranks.
“I’d probably tell them, ‘If you love it, do it, but you might want to think about playing something else, maybe a slot receiver or something,’” Akers said. Dallas Cowboys rookie Deuce Vaughn left Kansas State a year early despite only being a sixth-round draft pick, realizing his 5-foot-6 frame would only further downgrade his value.