Running backs not facing demise, but still devalued in draft (The Associated Press)

The experience, potential and skills of Georgia’s Todd Gurley and Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon ought to entice a couple of teams to end the unprecedented two-year absence of running backs from the first round. Elite running backs haven’t stopped being developed by college programs, as evidenced by the depth of this class that could produce about a dozen picks by the end of the third round. So why doesn’t this position measure up anymore to some of the others when NFL teams rank their prospects? Maybe they didn’t feel the running backs the last couple of years were first-round talent.
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