Call Your Shot: Who will be the Chiefs first pick in the 2025 NFL draft?

[htismaqe]

I said it at the time he was drafted - Jonathan Taylor, like most Wisconsin RBs, had a lot of tread on his tires coming out of college b it shouldn't be surprising that he's injured a lot.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I said it at the time he was drafted - Jonathan Taylor, like most Wisconsin RBs, had a lot of tread on his tires coming out of college b it shouldn't be surprising that he's injured a lot.

That was always the major concern with Taylor.

He had almost 1,000 carries through three college seasons. Wisconsin rode him HARD.

If he'd have stayed for 4 years, he's almost certainly the all time NCAA leader in rush attempts.

And the guys on that list, for the most part, had very short careers at the next level. You go through the top 25 and you're looking at a whole bunch of guys who just never amounted to much, Tony Dorsett and Herschel Walker.

And Walker was just about washed by his 4th year in the league.

Dorsett is the only guy on that list who went to the NFL and had a long, productive career. Even in the entire top 50 you only add one more guy - LaDainian Tomlinson. And Tomlinson had fewer carries in 4 years (against lesser competition) at TCU than Taylor had in 3.

There just ain't gonna be a lot of miles left on his engine, IMO.

Taylor's already beaten the odds by having a productive 5th NFL season but it came in part due to the mileage kept off him over his two injury plagued seasons before it. He's much closer to the finish line than the starting gate...