Ezekiel Elliott's transcendent rookie campaign in 2016, one in which the Cowboys turned nine losses into nine wins and secured the top seed in the NFC, changed the way scouts and GMs looked at and valued the running back position in the draft. Fournette, Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook and Alvin Kamara were all projected as first-round picks at one point in the draft process after Elliott was the sole back to go in the first round in '16.