Who are the Top 10 Running Backs of All-Time in...

College?

Now granted I'm 33 yrs. old, but out of what I have seen and heard about through tv, records, and highlights, I would choose the following.

1. Barry Sanders
2. Herschel Walker
3. Earl Campbell
4. Bo Jackson
5. Ricky Williams
6. Adrian Peterson
7. Marshall Faulk
8-10 ???

Now I know names like Jim Brown, Marcus Allen, OJ Simpson, and so forth belong somewhere, but they are before my time and I didn't get the chance to see them.

What would your Top 10 list look like?

 

Dorsett should be on that list.

 

Peterson should not. Too many injuries. Too short a career.

Marcus Allen has to make your top 10.

 

its too difficult to make a top 10. You have left four spots open, assuming you rightfully drop Peterson from that list, and need to stick Archie Griffin, OJ Simpson, Ladanian Tomlinson, Jim Brown, and Doak Walker on there. You could make a case for so many guys in the top 10, we could go on for months. You can judge by numbers or talent or championships or whatever you wanted. Names like Emmitt Smith, Marcus Allen, and countless others deserve recognition, and even crazy names like Rashaad Salaam, Ron Dayne, and Jamal Lewis would come up for single season/career achievements

 

OJ Simpson
Marcus Allen
Mike Rozier
Archie Griffin
LaDanian Tomlinson
Eric Dickerson
Seve Owens
Ricky Bell
Tony Dorsett
Gale Sayers
Billy Sims
among others

Old Guys
Jim Thorpe
Doak Walker
Red Grange.... etc...

 

OJ Simpson
Marcus Allen
Mike Rozier
Archie Griffin
LaDanian Tomlinson
Eric Dickerson
Seve Owens
Ricky Bell
Tony Dorsett
Gale Sayers
Billy Sims
among others

Old Guys
Jim Thorpe
Doak Walker
Red Grange.... etc...

 

Joe Washington would be on the list if it were mine.

 

When the Cowboys first entered the NFL I hated to see them play Cleveland. Jim Brown would simply overwhelm them. There cannot be a realistic top ten list that does not have his name near the top. He was Earl Campbell on steroids.

 

Being from the Port Arthur area, I've heard a lot about Joe Washington. Definitely a special back that must have consideration on the top 10 list

 

get Emmitt Smith on there.

I love Gale Sayers. He was poetry in motion, but he's been surpassed.

 

1. Sergio Kindle
1a. Henry Shelton

 

oh. college.

 

You need to at least consider Cedric Benson.

6th all-time in rushing, 4th all-time in scoring.

 

Bubba Bean?

 

I would put Jim Brown on that list. His senior year he rushed for 986 yards, 6.2 ypc and scored 14 touchdowns in 8 games.

 

Ernie Davis may have been the best of them all. The first African-American to win the Heisman in 1961, he also led Syracuse to an undefeated season and the NC as a sophomore in '59 and a win over Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

Drafted with the first pick by the Redskins and immediately traded to Cleavland to pair with his idol Jim Brown, he never played a down in the NFL. Tragically, he was diagnosed with leukemia just months after winning the Heisman and died a year later.

 

If you don't put Javorski Lane on there right away, he is going to cry all night long.

 

I think Ed Marinaro still holds the record for rushing yards per game over the course of an entire career, albeit on a fairly weak Ivy League team against weaker opponents.

 

1. Teddy Lehman


everyone else

 

I'm not really sure why some of you don't list Ricky. He's only the 2nd all-time leading rusher in college.

 

Excuse me. I missed the word college. I guess Brown was a slacker in college. Maybe he was saving himself for the NFL.

 

Earl is at the top of any list
Barry Sanders
Tony Dorsett
Ricky
Eric Dickerson
Archie Griffin
Chris Gilbert (first back to ever rush for 1000 in three straight seasons)
Ron Dayne
Gayle Sayers
Marcus Allen

 

MINE:

Earl Campbell
Jim Brown
Hershel Walker
Bo Jackson
Barry Sanders
O.J. Simpson
Billy Sims
Tony Dorsett
Gale Sayers
Ernie Davis

Honorable Mentions:

Eric Dickerson
Archie Griffin
Steve Owens
Ricky Williams
Joe Washington
Marcus Allen


Shoulda Coulda Woulda:

Roosevelt Leaks - Every bit as good as Earl before his knee blew out!

Simply Not:

Ron Dayne
Adrian Peterson
Emmitt Smith
Mike Rozier
Ricky Bell
Cedric Benson

NOTE: I cannot pass judgment and did not include any pre 1960s RB's

 

Brown and Davis? Give up the Syracuse hype!

Ed Marinaro, O.J. and Archie Griffin make more sense. hell, maybe even Steve Owens.

 

As much as I hate to say it, O.J. Simpson was the best runner I ever saw in college, although I was very young when I saw him.

He's not bad at killing people, too.

Also you should put Gale Sayers somewhere in there. Electric runner at Kansas.

 

Best college running backs from my lifetime.

1. Barry Sanders
2. Ricky Williams
3. Reggie Bush
4. Adrian Peterson
5. LT
6. Marshall Faulk
7. Lawerence Phillips
8. Ron Dayne
9. Rashan Salaam
10. "Cadillac" Williams

 

1) Ricky Williams

2) Cedric Benson

3) Earl Campbell

4) Chris Gilbert

5) Jammal Charles

6) Roosevelt Leaks

7) AJ "Jam" Jones

8) Hodges Mitchell


9) Eric Metcalf


10) Jim Bertelsen