msnback to … The Colts sent the 44th and the 160th picks to the Cleveland Browns in order to move up three spots. Coach Chryst continued to say that the crewneck is one of the most comfortable things for him to wear and that they stay so nice thanks to Wisconsin Equipment keeping his locker stocked. Jonathan Taylor Fantasy Football Outlook for 2020 College Career. Entering a contract year, Mack will have now have plenty of competition to keep him motivated. https://badgerswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/29/pff-predicts-jonathan-taylors-fantasy-season/, Podcast: Major surprises from the Wisconsin football official roster, Former Badger linebacker carted off the field during TNF and may miss the rest of the season, A top WR in the Big Ten is back for his junior season, WATCH: Wisconsin HC Paul Chryst speaks on player expectations for the season, Badgers offer one of the top wide receivers in the class of 2022, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy.
The wheels came off against the 49ers in that game though, as they allowed a few big runs that netted 184 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries. © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. Jonathan Taylor will be taking over the lead rusher role sooner rather than later and Marlon Mack is a sub-par receiving back, leaving Nyheim Hines as a late-round gem in drafts this season. Taylor broke Herschel Walker’s record (5,596 yards) for most rushing yards in the first three years of a collegiate career. Somehow, he made it all the way down to the Indianapolis Colts as the 41st overall pick. Taylor put up some of the best numbers in college football history, becoming the seventh player ever to rush for 6,000 yards and he was the first to ever do so in just three seasons. There's no reason Mack's rate stats can't reach similar levels in 2020. 2020 PPR RANKINGS:Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | Superflex | Top 200. D’Andre Swift will have a highly productive Kerryon Johnson to deal with in earning consideration for the RB1 role. It's starting to feel like a Tarik Cohen situation where you want him used more than he actually is. Just like last year, though, Hines is too small to be a direct handcuff for the Colts' early-down work. At five-foot-ten and 226 pounds, Taylor is a big back. ESPN Fantasy Projection: The Colts surprisingly nabbed Taylor with the 41st pick of April's draft. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Mack has yet to play more than 14 games in a season and injuries have obviously made the Colts question if he can actually be their franchise back. Wisconsin reporter Jake Kocorowski recently highlighted that Taylor finished his career as one of the greatest backs not just in Wisconsin history but in FBS lore. Required fields are marked *. One of those rankings is ESPN senior writer Chris Low's college football power rankings for Week 3, one which now has Badgers in at No. His is a name worth remembering, though, since he's averaged a whopping 5.8 yards per carry in his NFL career.
Taylor was about a productive runner as there gets in college and his stats are almost unbelievable. In Ian Haritz’s Top 300 Fantasy Football Ranking, Jonathan Taylor came in as the 19th ranked running back. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'7vu_PgcHQqRYR_SYCRVJ3g',sig:'N5SZGvYdG4oEY2WAjdnWIbCXxaeb-uhFym1Qd89elCY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1209539450',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Your email address will not be published. He also added another 50 touchdowns on the ground, and five more through the air. Hines caught 63 passes as a rookie and 44 last year. Things can change quickly with teams trending in the direction the Jets are, so when you factor that in, combined with a 27-point team-implied total, Taylor is a must-start high-end RB2 who can reach top-five numbers if last week was a sign of things to come for the Jets. HiltonWR2: Michael Pittman Jr.SLOT: Zach Pascal / Parris CampbellTE: Jack Doyle. Is D'Andre Swift a Must-Start Fantasy Football RB? He was even better the year prior, clocking in an RB11 finish spot in the same category. The extremely heavy favorite, to nobody's surprise, comes out of the Big Ten East. The biggest issue with Mack, and the reason Taylor is so appealing, is the injuries. These stats helped Taylor break Herschel Walker’s record for most rushing yards through their Junior seasons.
A three-time top-10 finisher in the Heisman Trophy voting, Taylor is 5-10 and 226 pounds, a bruising rusher with some surprising speed. Plus, one has to wonder how much production Mack is putting up as a result of his own skillset or his offensive line. If you read the tea leaves, though, you can uncover reasons worth believing in Taylor's chances. 12, the same ranking they had in the original AP Poll before the season was put on hold.