Todd McShay, ESPN’s NFL Draft analyst, has some advice for UM running back Graig Cooper. Skip your senior season and head to the NFL. Cooper were told by Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon last month to test the NFL waters by applying to the league’s advisory committee for a projection on where they might be drafted if they choose to forego their final seasons. But McShay, who views Cooper as a second or “worst-case” third round pick, said the 6-foot, 200-pound running back is the only UM junior that should pull the trigger and enter the NFL Draft. “Obviously, he’s had his ups and downs throughout his career, but when it comes to running backs, I just think the sooner you can go the better,” McShay said during a conference call on Monday afternoon. “It’s the only position I would say that for. The shelf life for backs is so short as it is that if you’re going to come back and take another pounding…he’s looking at a not-great running back class [in] a year where he showed some flashes. “It’s a business decision that he has to make. Is he better off moving up a round by coming back next year and losing out on a [NFL] year, or is he better off being one year closer to free agency in what projects to be a very short career in the NFL because of the position he plays. That’s why I think Cooper, of those four, is the one that should go and the other three should go back to school.” McShay said tailback Javarris James will be taken “somewhere in the middle to late rounds.” Among running backs, James will be the 10th to 14th player picked at the position, McShay added. Personally I would hate to see Cooper gone because the U maybe something special next season. He has to do what is best for him though.
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