1.14 Denver Devils - RB Marcus Lattimore

In the real world: Lattimore was a stud as a freshman in 2010, and I'm sure a lot of us thought at that time, "Here's the #1 pick in the 2013 TUFF Draft." But then s*** happened. He tore his left ACL in 2011. He suffered a second injury—this time to the right knee—last October 27, which is cause for concern on one hand, but on the other, Frank Gore came back from ACL tears to both his knees. That injury looked even more gruesome than the one Willis McGahee had in the Fiesta Bowl ten years ago (and which McGahee recovered from as well). Not only did he miss the rest of the 2012 season, he was advised to get a medical redshirt and miss 2013 as well; however, he decided to go pro instead, after speaking with Gore, McGahee and Eddie George. Drafted by San Francisco in Round 4, he could be heir apparent to Gore (but I could have sworn that LaMichael James was going to be the Niners' RB of the future).

In the TUFF world: The Denver Devils have been in the AFC Championship game in four of the last five seasons—and they might have gone to all five if it hadn't been for Peyton Manning's neck injury in 2011. But they entered this year's draft with one weakness: Not a lot of depth at running back beyond Adrian Peterson. Their #2 running back last year, Ahmad Bradshaw, has only recently recovered from a foot injury and is unsigned as of the time this Draft Wrapup was released. Three other backs on the Devils' roster at the time that they drafted Lattimore--Brandon Jacobs, Peyton Hillis and Kevin Smith--are all unsigned free agents as well. The Devils even wanted to trade up to get him, but in the end, they never had to.