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Name: Kareem Hunt
Born: August 6, 1995
Position: Running Back
Pro Team: Kansas City Chiefs
College Team: Toledo
Draft Status: Round 3, 86th Overall
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OffensivelyPC
May 22, 2017 at 12:36 pm
Hunt and Ross are rated about the same and in my rookie draft, it was either Hunt or Ross and Kamara. There’s a lot to like about Hunts floor, but Ross being taken as a top 10 pick was enough to make me comfortable taking Ross.
I think a lot of times, people let situation override where some players actually went in the NFL Draft, particularly when he’s considered a “draft darling.” Don’t get me wrong, I love Hunt as a prospect and he landed in a great spot. That gives him 1st round consideration in dynasty rookie drafts. Since 2012, excluding the extreme cases in top 10 WRs, you cut out guys like Justin Blackmon and Mike Evans and his predictability is somewhere between Amari Cooper, Sammy Watkins, Tavon Austin and Kevin White. In the same period for 3rd round RBs, cut out the extreme samples like David Johnson and Tre Mason and you get somewhere between Terrance West, Bernard Pierce Jerrick McKinnon, Knile Davis, and Tevin Coleman.
Say what you will about Tavon Austin and Kevin White, but Tavon has been productive as most those RBs, Kevin White still has serious upside we’re not yet able to gauge, and Cooper and Watkins are pretty darn productive injuries aside (some of those RBs listed – Tevin in particular – also have injury concerns).
All this is to say – draft position matters and it has to matter even more when we’re talking about 80 picks between the two guys being considered.
Stoney Curtis
May 23, 2017 at 8:49 am
Hunt landed in a good situation with Andy Reid. PPR RB’s maintain fantasy value. Ware aside, this guy will be mixing in TD’s for the next 5-8 years. He’s my pick after 1.6, over OJ Howard or Ross. Value is found in 3rd round at TE with Everett or Shaheen. Also, Ardarius Stewart and Chad Williams seem to be falling further then they should…