Derrius Guice channeled Peyton Manning Thursday.
The former LSU running back was asked by reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis why teams should draft him.
"If you don't draft me, I’m gonna give your defense hell," Guice replied.
Derrius Guice’s message to teams who pass on him in the upcoming draft: “If you don’t draft me, I’ma give your defense hell.” pic.twitter.com/iOR4kWkDeZ
— Nick Shook (@TheNickShook) March 1, 2018
It was similar to the response Peyton Manning gave in 1998 when he advised the Colts to draft him No. 1 overall.
"If you don’t, I promise I’ll come back and kick your ass," Manning famously said 20 years ago.
Guice is one of several elite running backs in this year's NFL Draft class. Penn State's Saquon Barkley, Ronald Jones of USC, Georgia's Nick Chubb and Sony Michel, Auburn's Kerryon Johnson, Arizona State's Kalen Ballage and San Diego State's Rashaad Penny are just some of the backs who comprise a deep class.
Guice shared the LSU backfield with Leonard Fournette before Fournette was selected fourth overall last year by the Jaguars. While filling in for an injured Fournette in 2016, Guice ran for 1,387 yards and 15 touchdowns. He followed that up with a 1,251-yard effort with 11 scores last season. Guice has a powerful lower body and likes to be a physical runner. He even likened himself to former Seahawks and current Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch, saying he runs like "Beast Mode."
"I see angriness. I someone that refuses to go down," Guice said of Lynch. "When I run, I really think about him every time. When I go back and watch him, I'm like man, I really run like this dude. It's crazy because growing up, my favorite running back was Reggie Bush.
"As I got older and started studying running backs, 'Beast Mode' reminds me a lot of myself.
LSU running back Derrius Guice sees Marshawn Lynch in himself. “I really run like this dude.” pic.twitter.com/2FtGeCk2gu
— Nick Shook (@TheNickShook) March 1, 2018
"I just don’t like going down on first contact," Guice added. "A lot of guys go down to protect themselves.
"As a runner between the tackles, in my opinion, there is no one better than me — point blank. I run hard. I’m very powerful. I get a lot of hidden yardage."
Enough to give defenses hell.