2018 NFL Draft Prospects: Fullbacks

By Charlie Campbell.
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The top 2018 Fullback prospects available for the 2018 NFL Draft. * – denotes 2019 prospect. ** – denotes 2020 prospect.

This page was last updated April 24, 2018. Follow Walter @walterfootball for updates.

1. Dimitri Flowers, FB, Oklahoma
   Height: 6-1. Weight: 253. Arm: 31. Hand: 9.25.
   40 Time: 4.83.
   Projected Round (2018): 4-6.
   4/24/18: Flowers recorded 14 carries for 22 yards with four touchdowns as a runner in 2017. He had 26 receptions for 464 yards and five touchdowns, too. Flowers put together a solid week at the Senior Bowl.
   
   7/17/17: Flowers is thick lead blocker for the Sooners. He had a quality junior year with 115 yards on 22 carries and 200 yards on 11 receptions with four touchdowns. In 2015, he caught eight passes for 130 yards with four touchdowns. Flowers also plays on special teams, and that will be huge for his NFL hopes.





2. Ryan Nall, FB, Oregon State
   Height: 6-2. Weight: 237. Arm: 31.5. Hand: 10.
   40 Time: 4.58.
   Projected Round (2018): 6-FA.
   4/24/18: Nall was a power back for Oregon State over the past two seasons and has a nose for the end zone. The junior averaged 4.9 yards per carry in 2017 for 810 yards with eight touchdowns. He caught 27 passes for 240 yards and two scores as well. In 2016, Nall averaged 6.5 yards per carry for 951 yards and 13 touchdowns. He had 22 receptions for 214 yards with two scores that season. Nall could be a functional fullback in the NFL and had a nice workout at the combine.



3. J.D. Moore, FB, LSU
   Height: 6-4. Weight: 235.
   Projected 40 Time: 4.83.
   Projected Round (2018): 6-FA.
   4/24/18: Moore totaled one carry for one yard and eight receptions for 69 yards in 2017. He missed seven games during the year.
   
   7/17/17: Moore returned to the field in 2016 and did a nice job as a lead blocker. He also made 10 receptions for 58 yards. Moore was doing an excellent job of paving the way for Leonard Fournette in 2015 before an injury knocked Moore out for the season after six games.





4. Chris Warren, FB, Texas
   Height: 6-2. Weight: 247. Arm: 32. Hand: 10.
   Projected 40 Time: 4.52.
   Projected Round (2018): 7-FA.
   4/24/18: Warren played running back in college, but he should move to fullback in the NFL. He averaged 4.4 yards per carry for 314 yards and six touchdowns in 2017, plus made 18 receptions for 229 yards.



5. Nick Bawden, FB, San Diego State
   Height: 6-1. Weight: 244. Arm: 30.38. Hand: 9.
   Projected 40 Time: 4.75.
   Projected Round (2018): 7-FA.
   4/24/18: It isn’t easy for a fullback to earn an invitation to the Senior Bowl, as the event only has a very limited number of them competing in Mobile. There are fullbacks all across college football striving to get one of those few spots at the Senior Bowl. One of the fullbacks who earned one of those elusive invitations year was Bawden. He had a decent week in Mobile.
   
   Bawden has the size to be a lead blocker in the NFL and played quarterback early in his collegiate career. Bawden caught 15 passes per season over the last two years, totaling 240 yards and a touchdown.



6. Khalid Hill, FB, Michigan
   Height: 6-2. Weight: 263.
   Projected 40 Time: 4.71.
   Projected Round (2018): 7-FA.
   4/24/18: Hill recorded 17 carries for 34 yards and three touchdowns in 2017. He blocked well for Michigan, plus he had five receptions for 62 yards. Hill did not work out at the combine.
   
   7/17/17: Hill had a nice junior season, contributing 16 receptions for 118 yards and three touchdowns. He also had 39 yards on 25 carries and 10 touchdowns as the Wolverines’ goal-line back.

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