Anthony McFarland Jr., the Maryland RB, sits at No. 49 on the consensus board across 1 public boards. The tier model reads him as a role player — 1% elite, 8% starter.
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “McFarland runs hard, but he's not that big and he's not that creative, so he could struggle to find yardage for himself.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “His projection can't just rely on a couple of splash performances from 2018.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a rotational-RB.
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“…McFarland runs hard, but he's not that big and he's not that creative, so he could struggle to find yardage for himself. A high-ankle sprain may have been at the root of his unimpressive 2019 tape, as he showed a little better burst and tackle-breaking ability in 2018, but in both seasons he needed either clear points of entry or to be operating in open space to get it going. His projection can't just rely on a coupl…”
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