Brent Celek, Philadelphia Eagle

[QB Eagles]

im pretty sure penn state john cappaletti was the last white rb drafted in the first round....i wonder who was the last white fullback to be taken round one

I don't think there's been any fullback of any race taken Round 1 in over a decade.

[ice grillin you]

after some research it looks like william floyd was the last fb taken round one and touchdown tommy vardell the last white fb

[phattymatty]

goings has a black dad and white momma.

[Sgt PSN]

goings has a black dad and white momma.

so he's the last white dude to grow up without a dad? 

and you're all idiots for talking about white rb/fb and not even mentioning mike alstott....who even though he was listed as a fb, dude did alot more running than he did blocking. 

[shorebird]

John Riggens is the last pro bowl hall of famer at rb who is white that I remember.

[General_Failure]

We might as well list Cooley from his Gibbs seasons. I mean, he lined up in the backfield now and then, right?

[ice grillin you]

goings has a black dad and white momma.

and you're all idiots for talking about white rb/fb and not even mentioning mike alstott....who even though he was listed as a fb, dude did alot more running than he did blocking. 

no one mentioned it because theres a long history of white fb's

[Diomedes]

Kyle Eckel is white, right?  He's in the NFL this week, right?

Good call on Mike Alstott.

[Drunkmasterflex]

I don't think that he will be a first round pick but Toby Gerhart of Stanford will likely be a high pick and have a very good chance to start somewhere eventually. 

[Eagaholic]

Getting back to the original point, i.e. there aren't  starting white tailbacks in the NFL (and if there was they would be qualified to be a captain). Eckel isn't a starter and Alstott wasn't a starting tailback, although in his earlier years he did carry the ball a good bit. In any case, Alstott was a captain. So there.

[methdeez]

Alstott doesn't really count, at least in the modern sense, as a fullback to me. Even though he was listed as FB he was really just a big back. He never lead-blocked on a full-time basis, only as part of a misdirection.

[QB Eagles]

Gill Fenerty led the 1991 Saints in rushing attempts... he was listed as a running back and played as a tailback. There might be an actual contributing white RB after that, but I don't know who. Last guy who was really any good was Craig James for the Patriots in the 80s.

I consider Alstott to be a fullback, unless you're defining fullback as someone who only blocks (which is an idiotic definition). Fullbacks can carry the ball without becoming tailbacks, just like running backs can catch the ball without becoming wide receivers. Alstott would line up at different positions including tail but he was mostly lined up as a fullback. Guys like Warrick Dunn, Michael Pittman, and Cadillac Williams were the tailbacks on that team.

[shorebird]

Like I said before, Riggens was the last real back of any kind who was white and worth anything. He is a hall of famer. The rest are crap.

[ice grillin you]

if you had spelled riggos name correctly id have to say you sound eerrily close to being a skins fan

[shorebird]

LOL! I should have just said "Riggo"!!

Really though, I have watched the Eagles long enough to know that Riggo was one of the best rb's ever, and not just because he was white.