The question ‘What went wrong with Trent Richardson?’ is one that has kept dynasty owners (at least Richardson owners) up in a cold sweat for the past year and a half. I had to ask Matt Williamson about Richardson’s fall from dynasty grace on Under the Helmet as well. Here is the metric story on the No.3 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, dare I say the highest a running back will ever go again?
The film side of Trent Richardson coming out of Alabama was impressive and he showed a strong athleticism score (+42%) by the numbers. Looking at the metric profiles for backs selected in the top-half of Round 1 by the NFL shows some trends. First off, let’s sift by non-dominant rushing scores:
Non-Dominant Rushing Scores
The list of top-16 NFL Draft running back draft picks dwindles to seven names by filtering out prospects with at least a +20% rushing score. Trent Richardson logged a +9%, allowing for some wiggle room on the high score of the subset. Here is the remaining list:
