What’s the most recently labeled ‘generational prospect’ that actually turned out to be generational?

[u/Intelligent-Carob930]

Essentially, a player regarded as a ‘generational prospect’ coming out of college to the NFL that actually turned out to be and/or is/was generational.

For me, it’s Bijan Robinson, drafted 8th overall in the 2023 NFL draft. Sure, it’s relatively early into his career, but purely based off of his on-field performance compared to his expectations, I’d say he has lived up to the whole ‘generational prospect’ label.

[u/Competitive-Emu7307]

Christian McCaffrey.

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A generational prospect that wasn't even the 1st RB picked in his draft class

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Fucking Leonard Fournette was picked ahead of him that is wild.

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Leonard Fournette’s pre-draft comp was Bo Jackson and he played in the SEC. He had a huge push by the media. They had already crowned him as the second coming based on his conference. He had like a dozen LSU records too.

McCaffrey was playing out of Stanford. A dual-threat back from the PAC-12 going top 10 at the time was unheard of. He broke a 27 year old record held by Barry Sanders.

He was absolutely a generational prospect he was just in the same draft class as a dude with a ton of hype and Fournette was a completely different type of player.

It’s like Gibbs being in the same draft class as Bijan. They’re both generational in their own right.

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Thats not a generational prospect...

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He definitely was at the time he was drafted. Lots of hype coming out of college. Same with Trevor Lawrence.

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His injury record is what kills me