Toby Gerhart Scouting Report

Gerhart is being discussed as often as other backs and it's not that surprising. The race card, you know where you can stick that. Some team like New England for instance may use a 2nd rounder on him because they like the complete package he brings. But at the NFL level he is a marginal backup without true breakaway speed.

Good kid with great heart. the race card is being played alot right here whichbis to bad. I say 2nd round as this draft will have running backs go in the 2nd and 3rd rounds and he isn't an exsplosove playmaker. Hope he does well.

Good second round pickup for a team with aging back. Good complement for speed back.....carolina.....maybe even good fit for minnesota...

He'd be a steal in the 3rd. A stronger, slower Ronnie Brown - good vision, patience, balance, catching tackle breaking. He wil split carries with a speed back. Shonn Greene ran a 4.6 40 and he looked really good this year.

Faster than Shonn Greene and he looked pretty good! Vision, patience, balance, power and he runs angry. He can also catch the ball. He is a slower more powerful Ronnie Brown who will do very well splitting carries with a speed back. Underrated cuz of his skin! He will be a steal past the mid 2nd.

This is pretty funny because experts also had Gerhart ranked 5th or 6th best back in his own conference (let alone the whole country) at preseason and yet somehow we all watched him at that little show in NYC.........what's the name again??????? Oh yeah, the HEISMAN! Why should this be any different. If (and that's a big if) a team allows him to run, my gut tells me because of his sheer determination and willpower, he could very well be the surprise pick come the end of 2010 sseason. If he stays healthy and gets a chance to do what he does best, I have no doubt, the naysayers will be scratching their heads and proclaiming "how did I miss this kid".

For those who keep this "racial" issue going about Gerhart please get a clue. White RB's are not normally well thought of because most of them are not productive in the NFL's current game. The days of a guy like Riggins or Czonka dominating are over because players on defense are much bigger and faster than the old days. I think Gerhart will be a serviceable back in the NFL regardless of color but his draft status has no connection to him being white so leave that argument where it belongs. If you can name one white 1,200 yard rusher in the last 10 years please attempt to do so...you won't find one. That's not coincidence. The game has changed.

I think gerhart, if given a chance will have a great carrer. He reminds me alot of john riggins. the forty time in football is so overblown. you are talking a percentage of a second and gerhart has to many upsides to get stuck on that. I hope the nfl is able to get over their anti-white stance on tail backs. look at how far the nfl has come on its stance that black Qb's can't win. That stance is a thing of the past. Toby gerhart will be great if given a chance.

I don't think that he's necessarily only a power back. He has 4.5 speed. That's as fast as Adrien Peterson. He reminds me more of the Titans' Lendell White; a good back to keep down and distance with the occasional big run.

I would consider Gerhart to be an ideal backup RB for Steven Jackson if my Rams chose him in the 2nd round but consider him a much better steal if we somehow got him in the 3rd round instead of the 2nd round. From the folks I've spoken with about him, he's a better receiving AND blocking back than is being said in here. I'd prefer having him for short-yardage situations instead of blocking, though, to be honest.