STRENGTHS
Frank is a smart running back with solid overall athletic talent. The skill set he has that can make him a starting back at the next level is vision, balance, and the ability to make it easy for his offensive lineman to block for him because of his patience and quick feet. Frank understands how to take advantage of his running skills better than most running backs coming out in the draft. He has good speed and along with his quick feet can impact quickly. Frank is what I call a “reactionary” running back. He sees the play waits for the defense to committee and then because of his excellent vision and balance reacts to gain his yards. He is not a… hand the ball off, run to the hole, and pray the hole is open, type of runner. It’s hard to tackle Frank behind the line of scrimmage because of this style of running and setting up his blocks. Out of all the running backs in this draft, Frank might be the smartest and gets the most out of his athletic and learned reactionary talents.
CONCERNS
Frank doesn’t show the burst you would expect from a running back who has this, reactionary style of gaining yards. He has good enough speed and he has good long speed but that quick burst he lacks. The other issue is Frank has at times fumbled the ball, although most of those fumbles are at impact to the ground and get overturned it shows that he carries the ball loosely and this will be the issue that will keep him off the field at the next level.
BOTTOM LINE: 3.25
I tell people this all the time, I am not an analyst or a coach and I don’t break down film and try to impress you with a whole bunch of football coach talk. I am a profiler. I’m trying to find out through a player’s play on the field in a game what motivates that player to be good and if that motivation will be enough to follow him to the next level to continue to be good and get better. All the other stuff is subjective. But motivation is a constant. It is the one thing that drives people to do what they do. That’s why my profiles are so different than many others and why my talent board may be so different. When I watch Frank on film, I see a person not haunted or in competition with his father’s records and great career. I see a player who is motivated on every carry for his father to be proud of him. That is a big difference from the average player whose father has a successful career. Once he establishes that his father is proud of every carry, Frank is inquisitive and wants to see just how good he might be. Once Frank satisfies both goals, how he reacts after that will be the key to how successful his career can be. Don’t shy away from drafting Frank in this draft because he should be a very productive three-down back, with the leadership skills to become a core player and a fan favorite for a franchise quickly.
