Eagles Training Camp Battle: Lorenzo Booker vs. Tony Hunt vs. Correll Buckhalter

Training camp is finally here and FanHouse breaks down the most important position battles heading into the season, team by team.

Many Eagles fans didn't think much of the draft day trade that sent an Eagles third round draft pick to Miami for Dolphins running back Lorenzo Booker. After just a few days in to training camp up in Lehigh, the versatile back is making a name for himself.

Obviously the Eagles have all world running back Brian Westbrook as the center piece of their offense but the decision as to which other backs will get to see the field is still up in the air. Correll Buckhalter has managed to stay healthy and contributed a solid effort in 2007. Booker appears to be giving him some stuff competition.

The Eagles tended to use Buckhalter when they wanted to pound the ball up the middle instead of using Westbrook's speed to the outside while Booker's game tends to resemble BWest. Last year's rookie back Tony Hunt may be the odd man out.Booker has been dubbed the "camp darling" of 2008 for the Birds and wowed fans with a 60+ yard reverse earlier in the week in which he reportedly made the entire defense miss.

Booker has been compared to Westbrook but is actually a bit smaller physically but with a similar style game. One exciting option that has been discussed is to use both Westbrook and Booker at the same time along with three wide receivers, thus basically giving the Birds a 5 wide receiver set. That scenario could create big match up problems for opposing team's defense.

Don't believe one blogger's opinion, how about Brian Westbrook's?

"I think they're going to use Lorenzo in a big way,'' Westbrook said. "He's a talented guy, and as a teammate, you want to have the best 11 players on the field at a time. I'm happy to have him as a teammate.''

Don't forget Ryan Moats, another running back once compared to BWest, who is fighting an uphill battle to make the squad.

My prediction: I'm thinking the Eagles keep both Booker and Buck heading into the regular season.