As a group, the West coast's class of 2011 running backs do not have the notoriety of last year's recruiting class that featured Malcolm Jones (UCLA) and Jordon James (UCLA), Dillon Baxter (USC), Brennan Clay (Oklahoma), Anthony Wilkerson (Stanford), however, it's still too early to rate this class in terms of production.
According to ESPN's college football recruit rankings, only one running back in this year's class (Bigelow) is ranked 80 (out of 100) or above, while last year's class featured four backs who eclipsed this mark. Regardless of rankings, the West coast has several dynamic backs in the class of 2011 and there will undoubtedly be more on this list before the season is over.
It's sort of a good thing that Oregon doesn't really need any RBs this year since we got a couple last season. The RBs don't have the depth of last year on the West Coast, although we've been getting our RBs out of Texas as of late so the West Coast isn't as important as it used to. Oregon will probably still take a RB due to them losing Alston this year and Kelly liking to keep at least 5 scholarship RBs on the roster.
Yeah. I agree with you 100%. This year's class is not very deep out West. Seastrunk is going to be a great addition for the Ducks. I'm looking forward to seeing him in action this season alongside James. I think the Pac-10 will start to attract a lot more recruits from Texas in the next few years.
