How many running backs in this class?

The 247 recruiting site has Harold Joiner predicted to LSU. The Dandy Don site today has the much ballyhooed Anthony Pooka Wllliams perhaps going to LSU if he gets his grades up. We have Chris Curry and Tae Provens committed.

Now it’s a given LSU needs immediate depth at the depleted rb position when Guice and Williams leave. And it’s true these four 2017 prospects offer different skill sets.

But there is still but one football to hand off and I can’t remember getting 4 running backs in one class. Three is usually a big rb class, understanding that you can hurt depth at other positions by having too much youth at one position.

So does LSU take four rb’s in this class? If only three, would it be Joiner over Williams assuming both want to come? It would seem that Joiner and Curry would be more every down between the tackle backs while Proven and Williams would be more third down backs who could be more versatile in passing and return game.

Joiner is the highest rated of the group. Pooka seems to offer the best chance for a dynamic multi purpose back. Just getting one of the two along with Curry and Provens would be a decent haul and go a long way to restoring depth.

And you never know despite rankings who will be your best. Dalton Hilliard was not the star running back in his class at LSU, Garry James was. The LSU didn’t even offer Marshall Faulk at running back.