31. Tennessee RB Alvin Kamara
The skinny: Elite prep back committed to Nick Saban and Alabama but redshirted as a freshman following a knee injury. But he was suspended twice that season — once for behavioral reasons, the other time for an undisclosed violation — and arrested on charges of driving on a suspended license, driving without a safety belt and failure to appear. Kamara was granted a release following the season and transferred to Hutchinson Community College (Kan.) for a year, where he won conference offensive player of the year, scoring 21 touchdowns in 2014.
Kamara returned to the SEC with Tennessee, sharing the load for parts of two seasons with Jalen Hurd in the Vols’ run-based attack led by QB Josh Dobbs. Kamara averaged 6.5 and 5.8 yards per carry, respectively in 2015 and 2016. He also averaged 8.6 and 9.8 yards in each of his two seasons as a receiver and scored 24 TDs in 24 games with Tennessee. After missing time in 2016 with two different knee sprains, Kamara, who turns 22 at the start of training camp, declared early for the 2017 NFL draft.