Via the Sports Central message boards that we just linked...

ESPN compares the Big Ten and SEC running backs, and at least in the NFL, the SEC dominates.

Not good news for Big Ten backs and running back recruits if you ask me.  Maybe it's all the wear and tear?  Very few of those SEC backs were really workhorses in the Big Ten mold, other than maybe Shaun Alexander, and even he was a bit more dynamic, preferring to run outside than inside.  I guess you can add Auburn's Stephen Davis to that workhorse category (criteria: everydown back, multiple-season starter, sorry Tennessee guys who came in rapid succession).

Mike Hart's diminished NFL stock just dropped a bit further.

I heard Ohio State signed a really big back this year, also, 230-pound kid for the 2006 season.  Wonder how he feels if he's read that?

For what it's worth, I think Carnell Williams' NFL career could be pretty short-lived.  He's had two durability/use type injuries, and plays way bigger than he is, preferring contact over taking it to the outside.  He also has a lot of mileage, seeing as how is coaches absentmindedly decided he was the superior of teammate Ronnie Brown.

Brown should thrive in the NFL.  Fresh legs, unnatural speed for a back that big, terrific vision, a combination running style, and he can catch the ball.  He might be a future Hall of Famer, in fact.  And then everyone will wonder why he was second string at Auburn to some guy with the ridiculous nickname of "Cadillac" who ran more like a Buick.  Blame it on Tommy.