Georgia RB D’Andre Swift declares for 2020 NFL Draft

D’Andre Swift is one of the best running backs in the nation, and now he announced he will be entering the 2020 NFL Draft.

The 2020 running back just got a whole lot better with the Georgia Bulldogs’, D’Andre Swift, declaring for the NFL Draft. In what appears to be one of the most loaded running back classes in recent memory, Swift will be joining some stiff competition: Zack Moss, Eno Benjamin, and Kylin Hill, with others who have still yet to declare.

Swift is one of if not the most elusive back to enter the draft thus far; his ability to change direction without losing much speed is uncanny. He isn’t the fastest (still has the requisite speed), but he has phenomenal burst to get through small creases and break off big runs.

Swift is a do-it-all running back, he can sit by in pass protection, he can go out for passes — even out wide as a — and of course, can run between the tackles. If your team is looking for a bell-cow back look no further than Georgia’s, D’Andre Swift.

Like many of the Bulldogs running backs in the past, Swift was forced to split carries for most of his career, however, that is not a bad thing. Often you’ll hear people say “he has too much tread on his tires”, but that is not the case for Swift. He has only carried the ball 439 times in his career compared to Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin, who has over 900 carries in his.

With the recent trend “running backs don’t matter” we have started to see fewer and fewer running backs go in the first round, but this 2020 class and especially Swift present the chance to help, at the least, quiet that trend. Last year’s draft only saw one running back selected in the first round — albeit was a weaker class — and only 7 total selected in the first three rounds.

D’Andre Swift and his fellow classmates have the opportunity to help silence the critics that say running backs don’t matter in what could end up as the overall position in the 2020 NFL Draft.