By Tom Luginbill
Scouts, Inc.
It may be early, but here's a preliminary look at the nation's top running backs in the Class of 2006.
Scouts, Inc. Top 50 RBs for 2006 listed alphabetically
Player Ht., Wt. City, State High school
Josh Adams 5-11, 185 Cary, N.C. Cary
James Aldridge 6-1, 215 Crown Point, Ind. Merrillville
Kenny Ashley 5-8, 200 Venice, Calif. Venice Senior
Baron Batch 5-10, 180 Midland, Texas Midland
LaMarcus Bond 5-10, 175 Ahoskie, N.C. Hertford County
Carlos Brown 6-1, 195 Franklin, Ga. Heard County
Chris Brown 5-11, 195 Alexandria, La. Alexandria
Lucas Caparelli 5-11, 180 Burke, Va. Robinson Secondary
Brent Carter 6-3, 190 Pottstown, Pa. Pottsgrove
Antwan Cobb 5-10, 190 Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville
Graig Cooper 6-1, 180 Memphis, Tenn. Melrose
Latreal Cooper 6-2, 200 Cuero, Texas Cuero
JoJo Cox 5-10, 225 Jeffersonville, Ga. Twiggs County
Jocques Crawford 6-1, 205 Cordova, Tenn. Cordova
Derrick Davis 5-11, 212 Meridian, Miss. Meridian
Anthony Dixon 6-2, 215 Terry, Miss. Terry
Cordera Eason 6-3, 234 Meridian, Miss. Meridian
Toby Gerhart 6-1, 215 Norco, Calif. Norco
Michael Goodson 6-1, 190 Klein, Texas Klein Collins
Terry Grant 5-11, 185 Lumberton, Miss. Lumberton
Courtney Greer 5-10, 210 Midland, Texas Christian
Andre Harris 6-0, 215 Woodland Hills, Calif. Taft
Trent Hines 6-2, 200 Midland, Texas Lee
Javarris James 6-1, 205 Immokalee, Fla. Immokalee
Stafon Johnson 6-1, 189 Los Angeles, Calif. Dorsey
Courtney Jones 6-1, 210 Pensacola, Fla. Pensacola
Dustin Lindsey 6-1, 215 Alcoa, Tenn. Alcoa
LeSean McCoy 5-11, 210 Harrisburg, Pa. Bishop McDevitt
Vondrell McGee 5-9, 185 Longview, Texas Longview
Brandon Minor 6-1, 210 Richmond, Va. Varina
James Montgomery 5-9, 181 Rancho Cordova, Calif. Cordova
Emmanuel Moody 6-1, 195 Coppell, Texas Coppell
Knowshon Moreno 5-11, 205 Middletown, N.J. Middletown South
DeMarco Murray 6-1, 185 Las Vegas, Nev. Bishop Gorman
Richard Murphy 6-1, 187 Rayville, La. Rayville
Keith Payne 6-2, 215 Vienna, Va. Oakton
Munir Prince 5-10, 164 St. Louis, Mo. DeSmet Jesuit
JasLee Rouson 5-10, 220 Princeton, N.J. The Hun School
Evan Royster 6-2, 190 Centreville, Va. Westfield
Charles Scott 6-1, 220 Jonesboro, La. Hodge
E.J. Shankle 6-1, 174 Lufkin, Texas Lufkin
Jaious Singleton 6-9, 195 East St. Louis, Ill. East St. Louis
Tracy Slocum 5-10, 185 Clovis, Calif. Clovis East
Eugene Sowell 6-1, 205 Irondale, Ala. Shades Valley
C.J. Spiller 5-11, 185 Lake Butler, Fla. Union County
Demetrius Sumler 5-11, 213 San Diego, Calif. UNSHS
Benjamin Tate 5-10, 195 Newark, Md. Snow Hill
Chevon Walker 5-11, 190 Ft. Myers, Fla. Riverdale
Chris Wells 6-1, 220 Akron, Ohio Garfield
Mon Williams 6-1, 190 Mesquite, Texas Horn