The last two Cleveland Browns seasons have been very subpar for their running back room. The team has been at the bottom of several NFL running back statistics. Before these last two seasons, they had been one of the best departments, but with Nick Chubb running into injury troubles things have gone south. The team needs to build back and strengthen this part of their team during this offseason.

The free agency market opens in the next few weeks, followed by the NFL Draft, and the Browns will be looking at running backs in both of these places.

According to many who are analyzing this year’s draft prospects this draft is stacked with strong runners. It’s just what the doctor ordered for the Browns. In this series, we will look at several running backs that could help the Browns get back to being one of the better running games in the league.

I’ve already mentioned two running in previous mock drafts including DJ Giddens of Kansas State and Omarion Hampton of North Carolina so we won’t mention them in this series. But still, there are many other possibilities for the team.

Running Back: TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State

The Ohio State running back had an outstanding four-year career as a Buckeye. He had a breakout freshman season where he ran for 1,248 yards with an impressive 6.8 yards per carry average. This season he shared running back duties with Quishon Judkins but still got to 1,016 yards on the ground and a stellar 7.1 yards per carry average.

For his career, he collected 3,761 yards on the ground to go with 42 touchdowns. He also caught 77 passes for 853 yards and six more touchdowns.

Henderson isn’t a big back closer to 5’10 in height. He has breakaway speed on occasion when you watch the tape but what you see mostly, is a running that will move chains and get you that first down.

He seems to like taking the contact. He does a good job of following behind his blockers. He has good patience and a knack for making a good cut or two when running downhill.

Henderson would be a good third-down back for the Browns when you needed that three yards for the first down.

Henderson could potentially be drafted in the first round but could still be there in the second or third rounds. The Browns have been drafting more Ohio State Buckeyes in recent drafts like current player Dawand Jones so drafting another Buckeye would be a good move, especially for the fans.