ESPN: top 100 RB's of past 60 years (2 canes)

[ben]

paywall. can someone post the list?

100. Greg Lewis, Washington (1987-90)

99. Ronnie Harmon, Iowa (1982-85)

98. Rueben Mayes, Washington State (1982-85)

97. Garrett Wolfe, Northern Illinois (2004-06)

96. Donny Anderson, Texas Tech (1963-65)

95. Travis Etienne, Clemson (2017-20)

94. Mel Renfro, Oregon (1961-63)

93. Mel Farr, UCLA (1964-66)

92. Jim Grabowski, Illinois (1963-65)

91. Mercury Morris, West Texas A&M (1966-68)

 

[ben]

90. Andre Williams, Boston College (2010-13)

89. J.J. Arrington, Cal (2003-04)

88. Bryce Love, Stanford (2015-18)

87. Kevin Smith, UCF (2005-07)

86. Larry Csonka, Syracuse (1965-67)

85. Shaun Alexander, Alabama (1996-99)

84. Roosevelt Leaks, Texas (1972-74)

83. Terry Miller, Oklahoma State (1974-77)

82. Woody Green, Arizona State (1971-73)

81. Darnell Autry, Northwestern (1994-96)

 

[ben]

80. Paul Palmer, Temple (1983-86)

79. Anthony Davis, USC (1972-74)

78. Anthony Thompson, Indiana (1986-89)

77. Emmitt Smith, Florida (1987-89)

76. Najee Harris, Alabama (2017-20)

75. Leonard Fournette, LSU (2014-16)

74. Toby Gerhart, Stanford (2006-09)

73. Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona (2011-13)

72. J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State (2017-19)

71. Dalvin Cook, Florida State (2014-16)

 

[ben]

70. Ki-Jana Carter, Penn State (1992-94)

69. Lydell Mitchell, Penn State (1969-71)

68. Saquon Barkley, Penn State (2015-17)

67. Damien Anderson, Northwestern (1998-2001)

66. Errict Rhett, Florida (1989-93)

65. Nick Chubb, Georgia (2014-17)

64. Mike Hart, Michigan (2004-07)

63. Royce Freeman, Oregon (2014-17)

62. DeAngelo Williams, Memphis (2002-05)

61. Donnel Pumphrey, San Diego State (2013-16)

 

[ben]

60. Mike Alstott, Purdue​

59. Jamaal Charles, Texas​

58. Edgerrin James, Miami​

57. Gale Sayers, Kansas​

56. Joe Washington, Oklahoma​

55. Ahman Green, Nebraska​

54. Rob Lytle, Michigan​

53. Trent Richardson, Alabama​

52. Ed Marinaro, Cornell​

51. Warrick Dunn, Florida State​

 

[AUcane]

@ben you're a scholar and a gentleman

 

[ben]

50. Rashaad Penny, San Diego State​

49. LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU​

48. Willis McGahee, Miami​

47. Mark Ingram, Alabama​

46. Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma​

45. Larry Johnson, Penn State​

44. Steve Owens, Oklahoma​

43. Keith Byars, Ohio State​

42. Steve Slaton, West Virginia​

41. Troy Davis, Iowa State​

 

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40. John Cappelletti, Penn State​

39. Garrison Hearst, Georgia​

38. Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma​

37. Ricky Bell, USC​

36. Chuck Muncie, Cal​

35. Darren McFadden, Arkansas​

34. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State​

33. Derrick Henry, Alabama​

32. Cedric Benson, Texas​

31. Marcus Allen, USC​

 

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30. LaMichael James, Oregon​

29. Marshall Faulk, San Diego State​

28. Darrin Nelson, Stanford​

27. Mike Garrett, USC​

26. Floyd Little, Syracuse​

25. Eric Bieniemy, Colorado​

24. Eric ****erson, SMU​

23. Thurman Thomas, Oklahoma State​

22. Darren Sproles, Kansas State​

21. Eddie George, Ohio State​

 

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20. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin​

19. Montee Ball, Wisconsin​

18. George Rogers, South Carolina​

17. Rashaan Salaam, Colorado​

16. Leroy Keyes, Purdue​

15. Christian McCaffrey, Stanford​

14. Billy Sims, Oklahoma​

13. Charles White, USC​

12. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin​

11. Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin​

 

[ben]

10. Reggie Bush
9. Earl Campbell
8. Bo Jackson
7. Mike Rozier
6. Tony Dorsett
5. OJ Simpson
4. Ricky Williams
3. Herschel Walker
2. Archie Griffin
1. Barry Sanders

 

[TruCane81]

Pretty accurate I guess.

Reggie Bush was electric, but I’m not sure he is top 10. I need to see more names. I could be wrong.

The rest are pretty solid.

Edit: Looking at the next 10, his position is probably right.

 

[TruCane81]

Bush is too low fwiw

The rest of those guys are CRUSHING his stats.

He had the highest ypc, but would he have held up and ran like that under those guys workload?

I seriously doubt it. His position is pretty accurate.

 

[TruCane81]

Duke Johnson is a big snub.

Yards and ypc is legit.

They probably would justify it due to touchdowns though.

 

[AUcane]

20. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin​

19. Montee Ball, Wisconsin​

18. George Rogers, South Carolina​

17. Rashaan Salaam, Colorado​

16. Leroy Keyes, Purdue​

15. Christian McCaffrey, Stanford​

14. Billy Sims, Oklahoma​

13. Charles White, USC​

12. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin​

11. Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin​

This set of 4 has some stat accumulators and shouldn't be this high (Wiscy x3, Salaam).

 

[dadecountycane]

duke not on the list?

 

[ddann]

Pretty weird, subjective list, as usual.

I didn’t see Todd Gurley on there, btw.

 

[Memnon]

LaDainian Tomlinson should be much higher than 49th.

He’s 13th All-time in college rushing yards & is arguably one of the top 5 RB’s ever.

Darren McFadden is easily a top 20-25 RB in College All-time as well.

 

[ddann]

LaDainian Tomlinson should be much higher than 49th.

He’s 13th All-time in college rushing yards & is arguably one of the top 5 RB’s ever.

Darren McFadden is easily a top 20-25 RB in College All-time as well.

^True.

Like I said, it’s just another weird, subjective list.

McFadden was all-world in 2007. He should’ve won the Heisman instead of that other guy.

 

[Gransapo]

Eric ****erson is way too low.