Ronald Jones II, the USC RB, sits at No. 36 on the consensus board across 23 public boards. The tier model reads him as a role player — 8% elite, 21% starter.
Physicality
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Jones is a classic slasher with the wiggle and explosiveness to elude open-field tacklers and then burst to chunks of yardage.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Jones was a much more assertive runner in 2017 and improved upon areas of improvement from the 2016 season.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Jones also has the ability to turn into a much more dangerous pass-catcher than we saw at USC.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a rotational-RB.
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“…Jones is a classic slasher with the wiggle and explosiveness to elude open-field tacklers and then burst to chunks of yardage. Jones was a much more assertive runner in 2017 and improved upon areas of improvement from the 2016 season. Jones also has the ability to turn into a much more dangerous pass-catcher than we saw at USC. He should test well at the Combine, but there will still be teams concerned with how many…”
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