Damien Harris RB Alabama

STRENGTHS
Damien reminds me a lot of former Broncos RB Terrell Davis. He’s a power back with deceiving speed and a great burst. He has good hands to catch the difficult pass out of the back field and the strength to break tackles along the way. He is very difficult to take down in open space because of his speed and power. Damien is a three down back because of his high football IQ and because he blocks and reads the blitz. Damien may not juke an opponent out of his jock strap but, give him a sliver of an opening at the line of scrimmage and he will give you just enough wiggle to make you miss him and pray your safety is big enough to take him down. He’s basically a one cut back but if he needs more than one cut to gain the yardage to move the chains some how he finds it. Damien is a worker bee running back with the deceiving speed to take it all the way inside the fifty-yard line.

CONCERNS
Damien is not the type of back that will make his own yardage with a lot of scrambling and changing direction. He needs a good solid line in front of him to impact. Then again, don’t most backs?

TALENT BOARD ROUND 2.06
Offensive lineman love to block for running backs like Damien because they know if they make their blocks that he will not deviate much from the whole he is supposed to run through and that makes them want to block harder. That means that Damien can make the players around him better because of his consistency to hit the hole on time and every time. He is a three down, power, running back and those do not come along often with the ability to block, run and catch the ball the way Damien can. Most running backs with all of those talents are on the small side and asking them to stay on the field and run the ball 20 to 25 times is asking a lot. Damien has the potential to be the type of running back you only take off the field because he needs a breather and not because of down and distance. He’s a quality football player with the potential to be an impact running back for the team that selects him.