Not a surprise, with no senior stars at running back, juniors Marshawn Lynch and Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson are the two highest rated running backs in the 2007 NFL Draft. Peterson is a special talent, with home-run speed, but runs too upright, takes a lot of direct hits and sustains a lot of injuries. I like Lynch, at 5-11 217 pounds he has decent size but runs low to the ground and is very elusive, he rarely takes a hard hit and has excellent hands coming out of the backfield. It will be tempting for NFL teams to draft Adrian Peterson, he has Eric Dickerson like ability, but the safer pick would be Lynch, therefore he is my top rated running back for the 2007 NFL Draft.
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