CJ Prosise, RB, Notre Dame

[TylerVagyler]

Here is another prospect to keep an eye on. Prosise saw action at S and WR during his early years at ND. In 2015, the Irish moved him to RB. He did not disappoint. He is still learning the position, but the potential is through the roof. He already shows phenomenal patience, vision and cutting ability. He's also one of the best pass-catching backs in the draft. Perhaps his most impressive trait is his second gear. Once Prosise finds an opening he is gone. You'll notice he takes a lot of carries out of the gun which is a huge plus for our offense.

Prosise has potential to be a star. Sitting behind Stew & Co. for one season will allow him to continue developing as a RB. A future duo of CJ and CAP is something I'd like to see.

 

[ecu88]

I love draft time. DG must feel like a fat kid in a candy shop this time of the year.  Cool find

[ecu88]

Love his vision and patience!  Decent hands, I wouldn't be mad as a fifth rounder.

[JawnyBlaze]

I hadn't watched any video of him before the above highlight video, but I gotta say I 100% agree he'd be a great fit for us.  He runs a bit upright and his center of gravity is a little higher than I like for a RB, but for those to be my only real complaints about a recent convert to RB is a good sign for him.  The experience in the passing game would be crucial, can take the Tolbert role we currently employ and would have probably better hands (and longer arms) and more YAC potential than Tolbert.  I'd be ok with as high as our 3rd on him if it's looking necessary.

[Guest]

Very interesting prospect, I'll have to watch games of his before I can make a true determination but man that acceleration is out of this world. Seems like he'd b a good offensive weapon but 3rd seems high from everything I gathered so far.

[davos]

I've really liked this kid.  He benefited from a great OL but he's got that every down back feel to him with some great cuts and patience in his play. 

[JawnyBlaze]

After watching some full game breakdowns, I may have been a bit too impressed by the highlights.  3rd would be a bit too high.  I still wouldn't mind us picking him in the 5th round or so, like ecu88 said, but there were a lot of times he was just ineffectual. 

[TylerVagyler]

10 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

After watching some full game breakdowns, I may have been a bit too impressed by the highlights.  3rd would be a bit too high.  I still wouldn't mind us picking him in the 5th round or so, like ecu88 said, but there were a lot of times he was just ineffectual. 

Yeah agreed. He's only been a RB for one season so he's still learning the position. But his potential is very high imo. 

[JawnyBlaze]

6 hours ago, TylerVagyler said:

Yeah agreed. He's only been a RB for one season so he's still learning the position. But his potential is very high imo. 

Agreed

[KB_fan]

Nice highlights.  Love how he just hits 2nd gear and goes.

In recent fanspeak mocks I've done, he's generally been among the ten highest-ranked players remaining when we draft in round 4, but he's off the board when we pick in round 5,