One of the great things about the Raiders hiring former NFL Network star Mike Mayock is that we have access to all of his player rankings since the 2006 NFL Draft. With all of that information, we may be able to find trends and make educated guesses throughout the draft process as to who Mayock may like, but also, what positions he knows bests.

While we have all offseason to run through the tape and his draft boards, this piece is going to be a little less comprehensive. Instead, this simply a list of Mayock’s “top 5” running backs for each draft class since 2008.

In Part 1 of this series, we reviewed Mayock’s top quarterbacks. Here is the full list of his top running backs since 2008, via the NFL.com archives:

2008

1. Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois

2. Darren McFadden. Arkansas

3. Jonathan Stewart, Oregon

4. Felix Jones, Arkansas

5. Jamaal Charles, Texas

2009

1. Knowshon Moreno, Georgia

2. Chris “Beanie” Wells, Ohio State

3. Donald Brown, Connecticut

4, LeSean McCoy, Pittsburgh

5. Shonn Greene, Iowa

2010

1. C.J. Spiller, Clemson

2. Ryan Mathews, Fresno State

3. Jahvid Best, California

4. Toby Gerhart, Stanford

5. Dexter McCluster, Mississippi

2011

1. Mark Ingram, Alabama

2. Daniel Thomas, Kansas State

3. Mikel LeShoure, Illinois

4. Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech

5. Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma State

2012

1. Trent Richardson, Alabama

2. Doug Martin, Boise State

3. David Wilson, Virginia Tech

4. LaMichael James, Oregon

5. Isaiah Pead, Cincinnati

2013

1. Eddie Lacy, Alabama

2. Montee Ball, Wisconsin

3. Giovani Bernard, North Carolina

4. Andre Ellington, Clemson

T-5. Le’Veon Bell, Michigan State

T-5. Christine Michael, Texas A&M

2014

1. Bishop Sankey, Washington

2. Carlos Hyde, Ohio State

3. Jeremy Hill, LSU

4. Tre Mason, Auburn

5. Andre Williams, Boston College

2015

1. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin

2. Todd Gurley, Georgia

3. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska

4. Duke Johnson, Miami (Fla.)

5. Tevin Coleman, Indiana

2016

1. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State

2. Devontae Booker, Utah

3. Derrick Henry, Alabama

4. Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech

5. Kenyan Drake, Alabama

2017

1. Leonard Fournette, LSU

2. Christian McCaffrey, Stanford

3. Alvin Kamara, Tennessee

4. Dalvin Cook, Florida State

5. Samaje Perine, Oklahoma

2018

1. Saquon Barkley, Penn State

2. Sony Michel, Georgia

3. Derrius Guice, LSU

4. Nick Chubb, Georgia

T-5. Ronald Jones II, USC

T-5. Rashaad Penny, San Diego State

How do you think Mayock has done evaluating running backs in his career? What grade would you give him? Feel free to comment below.