Florida's Jaden Baugh Is Being Massively Underrated
Tyler Forness breaks down why Florida Gators running back Jaden Baugh deserves far more respect after landing surprisingly low in Pro Football Focus' preseason rankings.
Video Transcript
Pro Football Focus shows Jaden Baugh a hefty amount of disrespect, ranking him 37th of all incoming players for the college football season.
Look, it's one thing to rank him 37th, which objectively is way too low.
But two, you rank him as the number four running back?
I mean, look, Caleb Hawkins, you can see ranked one spot above him, was very good for North Texas last year.
But are we sure we're not overrating him?
Baugh was excellent last season.
And in their offense, that was pretty inept.
1,168 yards, 5.3 yards per carry, and a really impressive 3.7 yards after contact, 65 missed tackles for us, including whopping 12 in that massive Florida State game.
Look, I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that Jaden Baugh is the second coming of the Messiah.
No.
What I am telling you is he's the best running back in college football.
And Caleb Hawkins is nowhere near what Jaden Baugh is going to be.
Look, Hawkins was really good at the, at the G6 level last year.
He'll probably be good for Oklahoma State.
But Baugh is a wrecking ball monster, and he's gonna be unleashing that Buster Faulkner offense.
Look, everybody who has Baugh ranked this low is going to be shocked when he becomes a Heisman Trophy contender early on in the 2026 season.
