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Eddie Lacy's size lives up to his bruising reputation, as the Alabama running back measured in as the second-heaviest running back. With their official measurements out of the way, he and his fellow backs will have to show their running ability.
It's tough to say whether any running back prospects will be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, but there's certainly a possibility that guys like North Carolina's Giovani Bernard or Alabama's Eddie Lacy get selected towards the bottom of it.
Size isn't the most important measurable for running backs at the combine -- their speed will obviously be the thing scouts are most keenly watching -- but it does have some meaning. For guys like Oregon's Kenjon Barner and Rutgers' Jawan Jamison, their size is a question mark that could scare off some teams when issues like ball security arise. And for some, like Lacy and Le'Veon Bell, being a big bruiser is their greatest attribute.
Lacy measured in at 5'11 and 231 pounds, just one pound short of being the heaviest running back -- that honor goes to SMU's Zach Line -- wall Bell was the tallest at 6'1 and measured in at 230 pounds. Jamison was just 5'7 with the smallest hands in the draft at 8.38 inches, although his weight of 203 pounds isn't awful. It was obvious that Barner's listed height of 5'11 in college wasn't accurate, as he measured in at 5'9 and 196 pounds.
| Player | School | Height | Weight | Hand Size |
| C.J. Anderson | California | 5-8 | 224 | 9.08 |
| Montee Ball | Wisconsin | 5-11 | 214 | 9.08 |
| Kenjon Barner | Oregon | 5-9 | 196 | 9.18 |
| Le'Veon Bell | Michigan State | 6-1 | 230 | 9.58 |
| Giovani Bernard | North Carolina | 5-8 | 202 | 9.38 |
| Tommy Bohanon | Wake Forest | 6-1 | 246 | 10.08 |
| Zach Boren | Ohio State | 5-11 | 238 | 10.08 |
| Rex Burkhead | Nebraska | 5-10 | 214 | 9.68 |
| Knile Davis | Arkansas | 5-10 | 227 | 8.58 |
| Andre Ellington | Clemson | 5-9 | 199 | 9.38 |
| Michael Ford | LSU | 5-9 | 210 | 9.08 |
| Johnathan Franklin | UCLA | 5-10 | 205 | 9.38 |
| Mike Gillislee | Florida | 5-11 | 208 | 9.38 |
| Ray Graham | Pittsburgh | 5-9 | 199 | 9.58 |
| D.J. Harper | Boise State | 5-9 | 211 | 10.28 |
| Montel Harris | Temple | 5-8 | 208 | 9.38 |
| Mike James | Miami | 5-10 | 223 | 9.68 |
| Jawan Jamison | Rutgers | 5-7 | 203 | 8.38 |
| Stefphon Jefferson | Nevada | 5-10 | 213 | 9.18 |
| Eddie Lacy | Alabama | 5-11 | 231 | 9.48 |
| Marcus Lattimore | South Carolina | 5-11 | 221 | 9.78 |
| Zach Line | SMU | 6-0 | 232 | 8.68 |
| Miguel Maysonet | Stony Brook | 5-9 | 209 | 8.48 |
| Onterio Mccalebb | Auburn | 5-10 | 168 | 9.08 |
| Christine Michael | Texas A&M | 5-10 | 220 | 9.38 |
| Lonnie Pryor | Florida State | 5-11 | 227 | 8.38 |
| Joseph Randle | Oklahoma State | 6-0 | 204 | 8.68 |
| Theo Riddick | Notre Dame | 5-10 | 201 | 8.68 |
| Robbie Rouse | Fresno State | 5-6 | 190 | 9.28 |
| Zac Stacy | Vanderbilt | 5-8 | 216 | 8.58 |
| Stepfan Taylor | Stanford | 5-9 | 214 | 8.58 |
| Chris Thompson | Florida State | 5-7 | 192 | 9.28 |
| Matthew Tucker | Texas Christian | 6-0 | 221 | 9.28 |
| Spencer Ware | LSU | 5-10 | 228 | 9.58 |
| Kerwynn Williams | Utah State | 5-8 | 195 | 9.18 |
| Braden Wilson | Kansas State | 6-3 | 251 | 10.08 |
| George Winn | Cincinnati | 5-10 | 218 | 9.78 |
| Cierre Wood | Notre Dame | 5-11 | 213 | 8.58 |
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