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2017 NFL Draft Look Back: Offensive Prospects

July 21, 2018
A look back at the high school careers of 2017 NFL Draft prospects Deshaun Watson, Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, and Leonard Fournette.

Before they became college stars, Deshaun Watson, Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, and Leonard Fournette dominated high school football. All four are projected first-round picks in the 2017 NFL Draft.

McCaffrey broke Barry Sanders' all-purpose yard record at Stanford after starring at Valor Christian. Fournette was the nation's top high school prospect before LSU. Watson and Cook showed the same explosiveness in high school that made them Heisman contenders. Their paths from prep standouts to NFL prospects followed similar trajectories.