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2019 NFL Draft: 3 Sleeper running backs for Baltimore Ravens

By Richard Bradshaw

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 01: Elijah Holyfield #13 of the Georgia Bulldogs leaps over Brandon Jones #19 of the Texas Longhorns during the second half of the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 01, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 01: Elijah Holyfield #13 of the Georgia Bulldogs leaps over Brandon Jones #19 of the Texas Longhorns during the second half of the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 01, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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EAST LANSING, MI – OCTOBER 20: Karan Higdon #22 of the Michigan Wolverines escapes the tackle of Andrew Dowell #5 of the Michigan State Spartans during a second quarter run at Spartan Stadium on October 20, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI – OCTOBER 20: Karan Higdon #22 of the Michigan Wolverines escapes the tackle of Andrew Dowell #5 of the Michigan State Spartans during a second quarter run at Spartan Stadium on October 20, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

Karan Higdon:

My colleague Chris Schilser noted in his recent article highlighting five running backs for the Ravens to target that Karan Higdon should be somewhere on that list. Both Chris and I agree that Higdon should be a running back that the team should potentially draft in 2019, but it comes for many reasons.

First off, Higdon has a solid build for a running back at 5’10” 202-lbs. to go with good vision and solid speed. Higdon isn’t beating a ton of people in a 40-yard dash, but he’s got awesome acceleration. Michigan’s offensive line did a great job giving Higdon holes in 2018 ad he did not disappoint, rushing for 1,178-yards and 10 touchdowns. On a Wolverines team that is chock-full of talent at the wide receiver position, Higdon still stood out and made the team’s run game more than respectable.

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With the Baltimore Ravens, Higdon would be the ultimate change-of-pace back. Higdon would round out the backfield full of strong runners like Gus Edwards with a complimentary style of balance and explosion. With Lamar Jackson bringing the speed and Edwards bringing the pain, Higdon brings a little bit of everything to the offense. Higdon would be the “wind” to Jackson’s “fire” and Edwards’s “earth.”

Higdon doesn’t fit the bill as a team’s no.1 running back, but he does fill the void in the Ravens backfield nicely. If Higdon were to continue to progress as a receiver, he could become the perfect weapon for the offense.

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