The shortest route to offensive success in football is on the ground. There’s much less danger in handing the ball off to a running back who can make things happen as opposed to throwing it and risking an incompletion or worst yet an interception.
Several Las Vegas area teams will have the luxury of having a talented runner, in some cases two, who can carry his team to victory. In fact, this could be one of the strongest crops of ball carriers this area has seen in a while. Ranking them was no easy feat, but here goes …
1. BRAYLON RAYFORD, SLOAN CANYON, SO.
A bit premature on our part to put Rayford at the head of the class already? Perhaps, but we think after the dust has settled this season people will understand why.
Rayford transferred to Sloan Canyon after one season at Bishop Gorman. He joins forces with an already established star in backfield mate Jermaine Wilson Jr. to give the Pirates an embarrassment of riches at the position…