By Josh Dhani

I hope many of y’all have heard of this running back. I am telling you, he can be the next great running back in the NFL. Coming of a 1,000-yard season with the Ole Miss Rebels, this 5′8″ 165-pound back can really play like he is doubled his size. He also averaged over six yards per carry along with eight touchdowns. He also had 44 catches for 520 yards along with three touchdowns.

He came into the Senior Bowl weighing 160 and gained a couple of pounds to be 170 pounds. But what really was a surprise was his performance at the NFL Scouting Combine today. He ran a 4.3 in the 40-yard dash along with 22 reps on the bench press. But the bench-press was what made the difference. He did 22 reps of 225 pounds, so he was pretty much lifting something that was 50 pounds larger than him 22 times!

So this is what we have overall from Dexter McCluster: he is a small, fast, and tough running back coming draft time. Most probably, I see him falling between the second-through-fifth rounds of the draft. It was said that the Rams and Packers have the most interest in him. I can see that happening. The Packers can establish a one-two punch with Ryan Grant and him. Since the Packers were more of a passing team, they can be more aggressive next year with strong runners. Same goes for St. Louis, who’s offense was pretty much run by Steven Jackson. It can now improve more with a guy like McCluster. The Rams will also probably improve their passing game with some lineman, a quarterback, and some receivers maybe. Also, they could draft Ndamukong Suh.

It could work out. McCluster looks to be a special player in the NFL. I am sure of it.