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Longhorns Bijan Robinson 'Best RB Prospect in 10+ Years' Says NFL Exec

Bijan Robinson is one of the best running back prospects in over a decade, according to one NFL executive

Matt Galatzan

Texas Longhorns star running back Bijan Robinson heads to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis this week, looking to cement himself as the Draft's No. 1 overall running back prospect. 

However, according to a report from NFL insider Jordan Schultz, one NFL executive has taken it a step further, calling Robinson the best running back draft prospect in 10+ years.  

“He’s one of the best running back prospects I’ve seen over the past 10+ years," the executive said in Schultz's report. "He changes everything for your offense.”

Not only that, but he also has recently been compared by a handful of NFL experts to arguably the league's best current running back, Saquon Barkley.

And frankly, Robinson has earned that kind of praise, becoming a superstar from the moment he stepped on the field for Texas in 2020. 

Last season alone, Robinson rushed 258 times for 1,580 yards and 18 touchdowns, while catching 19 passes for 314 yards and two more scores in 12 games.

In 2021, despite missing the final two games of the season with a dislocated elbow, Robinson was almost as good, carrying the ball 195 times for 1,127 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 26 catches for 295 yards and four touchdowns through the air. 

In his career, Robinson averaged 6.3 yards per rush, finishing fourth on the Longhorns' all-time rushing list with 3,410 yards, despite playing in nine fewer games than Earl Campbell (4,443 yards) and 18 fewer games than Cedric Benson (5,540 yards) and Ricky Williams (6,279 Yards).

And while it is unclear who will ultimately draft Robinson this spring, what is clear is that whoever does take him, will get an extremely talented player. 

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.

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