Shortly after the news that the Washington Commanders were open to trading starting running back Brian Robinson Jr. Jacory Croskey-Merritt, who prefers the name Bill, exploded for a 27 yard touchdown run on MNF, the last game of week 2 of the preseason. Croskey-Merritt flew under the radar in college because of him barely playing for 4 years at Alabama State, then transferred to New Mexico to carry the ball 189 times for 1,190 yards and 17 touchdowns and hauled in eight receptions for 72 yards and a touchdown.

Merritt earned 2nd team all Mountain West honors and then transferred to Arizona. He only appeared in one game for the Wildcats due to some weird NCAA eligibility issue. Its confusing because he was in college for 6 years. He then declared for the draft. At the East-West Shrine Bowl, he earned offensive MVP. Croskey-Merritt posted impressive numbers for his size including a 95th percentile Burst Score, despite not being invited to the combine. All throughout training camp his name kept popping up and the hype was suddenly real when the Brian Robinson Jr. trade rumors surfaced. Safe to say he is no longer a secret on this offense.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is likely to shoot up the draft board after all of this. He is now the primary running back on an ascending offense with a young superstar quarterback in Jayden Daniels who is entering his 2nd year. The ceiling of this offense is through the roof. If you were lucky enough to snag Croskey-Merritt before this break through, count your blessings!

Author: Jesse Baldwin @J_Baldwin51