Forgoing his senior season with Florida State, Dalvin Cook will join Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffrey in the 2017 NFL draft, Jenna Laine of ESPN.com relays (Twitter link).
The move is not exactly unexpected given Cook’s production with the Seminoles since 2014, and it officially introduces another top-flight skill-position talent into the prospect pool.
ESPN.com’s Todd McShay has the 5-foot-11, 213-pound Cook ranked as the No. 7 overall prospect (Insider link) among draft-eligible players — six slots behind Fournette and 22 ahead of McCaffrey. CBSSports.com also has Cook slotted seventh in the 2017 pool, but in placing Fournette ninth, the site has Cook as its top running back.
Cook posted his second straight 20-touchdown season in 2016, rushing for 19 scores in both his sophomore and junior slates. He totaled 2,253 yards from scrimmage this season and will enter the league in time for his age-22 season. The three-year Florida State contributor will turn 22 in August.
By far the only RB I’ve noticed in recent history with the mentality of manipulate (the Defense) and amputate then own the space he wanted originally. Ie: makes the defense believe they have him and uses it to “paint” his desired lane. Always seems to get the yards he intends to. Runs aware of the vulnerability of his legs as a target and rarely presents then as a target to a tackler. All in all as long as he doesn’t become arrogant in his style he should always become a solid starter in the nfl if not a future star and possible hof nfl RB