Who is the greatest college running back of all time?

doubledragon

Who's the best running back to ever do it at the college level?

sayheywyo

Herschel Walker

coolstanley

Archie Griffin - Only two time Heisman trophy winner in history

perkdog

OJ Simpson, Charles White, Marcus Allen, Ricky Bell, Anthony Davis, Mike Garrett, Reggie Bush. Show me another team that has had more all time better RB’s As far as the best ever? Herschel Walker, Tony Dorsett, Barry Sanders are in the conversation

orioles93

@perkdog said:
OJ Simpson, Charles White, Marcus Allen, Ricky Bell, Anthony Davis, Mike Garrett, Reggie Bush. Show me another team that has had more all time better RB’s As far as the best ever? Herschel Walker, Tony Dorsett, Barry Sanders are in the conversation

I’ll take PSUs running back group all time over USC. Saquon Barkley, Franco Harris, Ki-Jana Carter, Curt Warner, Larry Johnson, John Cappelletti, Lydell Mitchell, Lenny Moore, Curtis Enis, Blair Thomas. But as far as best all time, gotta go with Archie Griffin or Herschel Walker.

perkdog

@orioles93 said:

@perkdog said:
OJ Simpson, Charles White, Marcus Allen, Ricky Bell, Anthony Davis, Mike Garrett, Reggie Bush. Show me another team that has had more all time better RB’s As far as the best ever? Herschel Walker, Tony Dorsett, Barry Sanders are in the conversation

I’ll take PSUs running back group all time over USC. Saquon Barkley, Franco Harris, Ki-Jana Carter, Curt Warner, Larry Johnson, John Cappelletti, Lydell Mitchell, Lenny Moore, Curtis Enis, Blair Thomas. But as far as best all time, gotta go with Archie Griffin or Herschel Walker.

And I thought PSU was LB U! Wow that stacks up pretty well

Justacommeman

Barry Sanders. In 1988 he rushed for over 2600 yards and 37 tds.

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perkdog

Wow a Mark sighting in Sportstalk. Been awhile

Tabe

All depends on how much you value peak over career. Barry Sanders in 1988 had the greatest season ever. Period. But he only started for one year.

If you're talking career, then you're looking at guys like Walker, Dorsett, Griffin, and Bo. Personally, because he had four 1000 yard seasons AND a 2000-yd season, I'd go with Dorsett.

But Barry was, without a doubt, the best for one year.

perkdog

Ron Dayne leads the NCAA in career rushing yards? I knew he was a beast but forgot he was the rushing leader.

perkdog

@perkdog said:
Ron Dayne leads the NCAA in career rushing yards? I knew he was a beast but forgot he was the rushing leader.

Check that. He SHOULD be but they didn’t count his Bowl Games which is nonsensical since they count Pumphreys

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Jimnight

Herschel Walker.

coolstanley

@perkdog said:
OJ Simpson, Charles White, Marcus Allen, Ricky Bell, Anthony Davis, Mike Garrett, Reggie Bush. Show me another team that has had more all time better RB’s

Ohio State - Archie Griffin, Ezekiel Elliott, Eddie George, Keith Byars, Hopalong Cassady, Beanie Wells, Robert Smith, Carlos Hyde, JK Dobbins

coolstanley

@perkdog said:
Ron Dayne leads the NCAA in career rushing yards? I knew he was a beast but forgot he was the rushing leader.

Wisconsin - Another program with a long list of great running backs.

perkdog

@coolstanley said:

@perkdog said:
OJ Simpson, Charles White, Marcus Allen, Ricky Bell, Anthony Davis, Mike Garrett, Reggie Bush. Show me another team that has had more all time better RB’s

Ohio State - Archie Griffin, Ezekiel Elliott, Eddie George, Keith Byars, Hopalong Cassady, Beanie Wells, Robert Smith, Carlos Hyde, JK Dobbins

Formidable for sure 👍👍

bronco2078

you guys with your incessant watching of college football

9 out of 10 the dummies on college teams never amount to anything in real football , why waste time watching the 9 losers who will be serving you fries 2 years later ?

perkdog

@bronco2078 said:
you guys with your incessant watching of college football

9 out of 10 the dummies on college teams never amount to anything in real football , why waste time watching the 9 losers who will be serving you fries 2 years later ?

😂😂😂. Lots of the names mentioned will compare bank accounts with you any day bud

bronco2078

@perkdog said:

@bronco2078 said:
you guys with your incessant watching of college football

9 out of 10 the dummies on college teams never amount to anything in real football , why waste time watching the 9 losers who will be serving you fries 2 years later ?

😂😂😂. Lots of the names mentioned will compare bank accounts with you any day bud

@ThespiritofGlicker wrote
no you are right ,and I'll watch them after they get in the NFL . Once all the Al Bundy types are weeded out .There are like 6000 colleges in the USA , I went to 2 of them and never watched any games they played.

I'm a complicated guy perk I do feel nostalgia for real pro sports at least when I was a kid not now , and obviously sports played on sega genesis consoles. Pretty sure college football is an elaborate con job to get real students (that can read and write and do thier times tables and goesintas ) and taxpayers to foot the bill for a minor league football system so the billionaire owners don't have to part with the money.

It took me a while I'll admit , and I'm embarrassed to say that even after that I still thought the Olympics was real for a little while too.

corona might help me break the tv sports habit tho , if all the leagues get shut down and I realize I don't miss it I'll be free for 10 or 15 more hours a week to do something useful.

robert67

Herschel Walker.

Here he is against my alma mater as as Freshman. Brutal.

https://youtu.be/8Nc2XsimM90

coinkat

Rather than argue about who is best, how about naming 3 from each decade going back 100 years... Starting with 1920-30 going forward. I would rather not argue about the limitations of some athletes given when they played and who they played against. It is not reasonable to compare Ron Dayne to Red Grange.

bronco2078

@coinkat said:
Rather than argue about who is best, how about naming 3 from each decade going back 100 years... Starting with 1920-30 going forward. I would rather not argue about the limitations of some athletes given when they played and who they played against. It is not reasonable to compare Ron Dayne to Red Grange.

True a lot of college superstars did rack up yards against tomato can opponents .

perkdog

@bronco2078 said:

@perkdog said:

@bronco2078 said:
you guys with your incessant watching of college football

9 out of 10 the dummies on college teams never amount to anything in real football , why waste time watching the 9 losers who will be serving you fries 2 years later ?

😂😂😂. Lots of the names mentioned will compare bank accounts with you any day bud

@ThespiritofGlicker wrote
no you are right ,and I'll watch them after they get in the NFL . Once all the Al Bundy types are weeded out .There are like 6000 colleges in the USA , I went to 2 of them and never watched any games they played.

I'm a complicated guy perk I do feel nostalgia for real pro sports at least when I was a kid not now , and obviously sports played on sega genesis consoles. Pretty sure college football is an elaborate con job to get real students (that can read and write and do thier times tables and goesintas ) and taxpayers to foot the bill for a minor league football system so the billionaire owners don't have to part with the money.

It took me a while I'll admit , and I'm embarrassed to say that even after that I still thought the Olympics was real for a little while too.

corona might help me break the tv sports habit tho , if all the leagues get shut down and I realize I don't miss it I'll be free for 10 or 15 more hours a week to do something useful.

👍👍

ssdawg77

As a UGA grad, I am definitely partial to Herschel Walker and I would have to argue that UGA is RBU as well with guys like Robert Edwards, Rodney Hampton, Kevin McLee, Tim Worley, Terrell Davis, Lars Tate, Knowshon Moreno, Charley Trippi, Frank Sinkwich, Knowshon Moreno, Garrison Hearst, Sony Michel, Nick Chubb, Todd Gurley, Thomas Brown and Willie McClendon. I'm sure I am leaving others off.

bronco2078

@ssdawg77 said:
As a UGA grad, I am definitely partial to Herschel Walker and I would have to argue that UGA is RBU as well with guys like Robert Edwards, Rodney Hampton, Kevin McLee, Tim Worley, Terrell Davis, Lars Tate, Knowshon Moreno, Charley Trippi, Frank Sinkwich, Knowshon Moreno, Garrison Hearst, Sony Michel, Nick Chubb, Todd Gurley, Thomas Brown and Willie McClendon. I'm sure I am leaving others off.

please edit your post and remove sony michele ,

signed all patriots fans

doubledragon

I'm just happy to see bronco talking college sports with us.

craig44

barry sanders is the correct answer.

hammer1

Juice.