{"id":32992,"date":"2016-02-26T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T20:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=32992"},"modified":"2016-02-26T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T20:05:10","slug":"nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Scouting Combine Q&amp;A: the state of the running back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Chris Hayre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The NFL Scouting Combine brings hope to over 300 prospects participating at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, but one position group has been devalued in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Hayre spoke with some of the league&#8217;s brightest minds Thursday to get their thoughts on the state of the running back. <\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 156867131 w=474] <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Running back prospects, including Ohio State University standout Ezekiel Elliott, will participate in on-field drills Friday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\u201dfeaturecaption\u201d\">Photo at top: Over 300 prospects will participate in the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (Chris Hayre\/MEDILL) <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chris Hayre The NFL Scouting Combine brings hope to over 300 prospects participating at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, but one position group has been devalued in recent years. Chris Hayre spoke with some of the league&#8217;s brightest minds Thursday to get their thoughts on the state of the running back. [vimeo 156867131 w=474]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":33045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[585],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-winter-2016"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFL Scouting Combine Q&amp;A: the state of the running back - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NFL Scouting Combine Q&amp;A: the state of the running back - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Chris Hayre The NFL Scouting Combine brings hope to over 300 prospects participating at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, but one position group has been devalued in recent years. Chris Hayre spoke with some of the league&#8217;s brightest minds Thursday to get their thoughts on the state of the running back. [vimeo 156867131 w=474]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-26T20:05:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Scouting-Combine.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"647\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"christopherhayre\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"christopherhayre\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/\",\"name\":\"NFL Scouting Combine Q&amp;A: the state of the running back - Medill Reports Chicago\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Scouting-Combine.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-26T20:05:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/4720ce65be0d5ec33b8b8327959febc2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Scouting-Combine.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Scouting-Combine.jpg\",\"width\":1150,\"height\":647},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NFL Scouting Combine Q&amp;A: the state of the running back\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/\",\"name\":\"Medill Reports Chicago\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/4720ce65be0d5ec33b8b8327959febc2\",\"name\":\"christopherhayre\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf4aea0587e4fa2f50cdf466dd9b326786897cb19cd0bdf1f801fec4b0b7fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf4aea0587e4fa2f50cdf466dd9b326786897cb19cd0bdf1f801fec4b0b7fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"christopherhayre\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/christopherhayre\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NFL Scouting Combine Q&amp;A: the state of the running back - Medill Reports Chicago","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NFL Scouting Combine Q&amp;A: the state of the running back - Medill Reports Chicago","og_description":"By Chris Hayre The NFL Scouting Combine brings hope to over 300 prospects participating at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, but one position group has been devalued in recent years. Chris Hayre spoke with some of the league&#8217;s brightest minds Thursday to get their thoughts on the state of the running back. [vimeo 156867131 w=474]","og_url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/","og_site_name":"Medill Reports Chicago","article_published_time":"2016-02-26T20:05:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1150,"height":647,"url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Scouting-Combine.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"christopherhayre","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"christopherhayre"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/","name":"NFL Scouting Combine Q&amp;A: the state of the running back - Medill Reports Chicago","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Scouting-Combine.jpg","datePublished":"2016-02-26T20:05:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/4720ce65be0d5ec33b8b8327959febc2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Scouting-Combine.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Scouting-Combine.jpg","width":1150,"height":647},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/nfl-scouting-combine-qa-the-state-of-the-running-back\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NFL Scouting Combine Q&amp;A: the state of the running back"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/","name":"Medill Reports Chicago","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/4720ce65be0d5ec33b8b8327959febc2","name":"christopherhayre","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf4aea0587e4fa2f50cdf466dd9b326786897cb19cd0bdf1f801fec4b0b7fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf4aea0587e4fa2f50cdf466dd9b326786897cb19cd0bdf1f801fec4b0b7fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"christopherhayre"},"url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/christopherhayre\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}