Top 5 running backs in college football for 2018

Washington v Stanford
Big Ten Championship - Ohio State v Wisconsin

3. J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State

If it wasn’t for Taylor and Boston College’s A.J. Dillon both finishing in the top ten for rushing yards as freshmen last season, everybody would be talking about J.K. Dobbins. Ohio State had their mind set on featuring Mike Weber heavily, but the youngster just was too impressive to take a backseat.

On less than 200 carries he came up with over 1400 yards on the ground and reached 170 yards on three different occasions, including the Big 10 Championship game against Wisconsin, who had the number one ranked rushing defense in the country. His combination of explosiveness and power is special. When I talked about my biggest storylines for the 2018 college football season, I already mentioned that he reminds me of Zeke a few years back.