Top 5 Running Back All Time

**Aclone** · 08-13-2009, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by jtaconutz

Crutchfield?

Yes, thanks. Must be time to hit the sack.

1. Troy Davis
2. Dwayne Crutchfield
3. Blaise Bryant
4. Dexter Green
5. Ennis Haywood

**jtaconutz** · 08-13-2009, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by Aclone

1. Troy Davis
2. (fullback in early '80's)
3. Blaise Bryant
4. Dexter Green
5. Ennis Haywood

If you add a single game: Ryan Kock vs. Mizzou

**CycloneWarrior** · 08-13-2009, 09:47 PM

Oj Simpson
Barry sanders
Earl Campbell

**Aclone** · 08-13-2009, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by jtaconutz

If you add a single game: Ryan Kock vs. Mizzou

**cyclonedcm** · 08-13-2009, 09:53 PM

Jim Brown was the best.

**cyclonedcm** · 08-13-2009, 09:54 PM

Joe Henderson, Tom Watkins

**swammi** · 08-14-2009, 06:14 PM

Sanders, Griffin, Davis, Brown, Campbell

All Heismans except Brown, who should have been. I was fortunate to be able to speak to Horning about that once. When I asked who he thought the greagtest RB of all time was, he did not hesitate. "Jim Brown", he said. He said the thing he is most proud of is that he was drafted ahead of the great Jim Brown. "I could not carry his jock strap" quipped Horning. Horning won that Heisman over Brown, an African-American who deserved it but no African-American had ever won it then, and they made no exception that year.

**ISUFB** · 08-15-2009, 11:52 AM

does anyone think that IF Iowa State were a better team, that Troy might have won the Heisman, I mean his numbers spoke for himself, but again it's all a popularity contest, IMO

**Bobber** · 08-15-2009, 12:12 PM

Walter Payton didn't light it up in college, but he's one of the best Pro...

**cyfreddy** · 08-15-2009, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Bobber

Walter Payton didn't light it up in college, but he's one of the best Pro...

Thank you! I cannot believe Walter Payton was not listed before now. Just like Troy Davis, he did not play on some of the best of teams.

**Aclone** · 08-15-2009, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by Bobber

Walter Payton didn't light it up in college, but he's one of the best Pro...

That's a laughable statement. Kinda like saying that Ladainian Tomlinson didn't light it up in college. Among other things, Payton set the NCAA record for career rushing touchdowns at the time, with 65.

**Bobber** · 08-15-2009, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by Aclone

That's a laughable statement. Kinda like saying that Ladainian Tomlinson didn't light it up in college. Among other things, Payton set the NCAA record for career rushing touchdowns at the time, with 65.

Yeah but he didn't play Division 1 did he? He certainly wasn't at a power program.

**AirWalke** · 08-15-2009, 01:41 PM

Troy Davis has gotta be up there. Think of the teams he was on. If those ISU teams in the mid-90s had anything else to work with, he may as well be considered along side the rest of the college greats.

Barry Sanders was very exceptional as well. The combination of speed and the "sixth sense" that separates great running backs and exceptional running backs... looking from that video, Sanders didn't even have to pull off a lot of extravagant moves to break those long runs. A subtle shoulder twist was enough to throw defenders dead set on tackling him off his scent completely. It almost looked effortless the way he made guys miss.

**Aclone** · 08-15-2009, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Bobber

Yeah but he didn't play Division 1 did he? He certainly wasn't at a power program.

His college team had several future NFL standouts on it, including Jackie Slater and Robert Brazile...back then, the SEC didn't offer many black athletes, and Jackson State was a powerhouse program.