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Going into the 2019 season there are:
7 Canes in the Top 100 all time NFL rushing list.
5 Canes in the Top 50 list.
2 out the 9 active RBs in the top 100 are from the U.

Over the past 20 years (1999-2018):
What makes it more amazing is that 5 out of the 7 Canes in the top 100 all started their careers withing the last 20 years (1999-2018).
4 out of the top 15 from (1999-2018) are Canes including #1, #4, #11, #15. No other school has more than 1 player in the top 15.

Rank Player Yds Years Tm
1 Emmitt Smith+ 18,355 1990-2004 UF
2 Walter Payton+ 16,726 1975-1987 Jackson St.
3 Barry Sanders+ 15,269 1989-1998 OK St
4 Frank Gore 14,748 2005-2018 U
5 Curtis Martin+ 14,101 1995-2005 Pitt
6 LaDainian Tomlinson+ 13,684 2001-2011 TCU
7 Jerome Bettis+ 13,662 1993-2005 ND
8 Adrian Peterson 13,318 2007-2018 OK
9 Eric ****erson+ 13,259 1983-1993 SMU
10 Tony Dorsett+ 12,739 1977-1988 Pitt
11 Jim Brown+ 12,312 1957-1965 Syracuse
12 Marshall Faulk+ 12,279 1994-2005 San Diego State
13 Edgerrin James 12,246 1999-2009 U
14 Marcus Allen+ 12,243 1982-1997 USC
15 Franco Harris+ 12,120 1972-1984 Penn State
16 Thurman Thomas+ 12,074 1988-2000 OK St
17 Fred Taylor 11,695 1998-2010 UF
18 Steven Jackson 11,438 2004-2015 Oregon St
19 John Riggins+ 11,352 1971-1985 Kansas
20 Corey Dillon 11,241 1997-2006 Washington
21 O.J. Simpson+ 11,236 1969-1979 USC
22 Warrick Dunn 10,967 1997-2008 FSU
23 Ricky Watters 10,643 1992-2001 ND
24 Jamal Lewis 10,607 2000-2009 Tenn
25 LeSean McCoy 10,606 2009-2018 Pitt
26 Thomas Jones 10,591 2000-2011 Virginia
27 Tiki Barber 10,449 1997-2006 Virginia
28 Eddie George 10,441 1996-2004 OSU
29 Marshawn Lynch 10,379 2007-2018 Cal
30 Ottis Anderson 10,273 1979-1992 U
31 Ricky Williams 10,009 1999-2011 Texas
32 Clinton Portis 9,923 2002-2010 U
41 Willis McGahee 8,474 2004-2013 U
42 Earnest Byner 8,261 1984-1997 East Carolina
43 Herschel Walker 8,225 1986-1997 Georgia
44 Roger Craig 8,189 1983-1993 Nebraska
45 Gerald Riggs 8,188 1982-1991 Arizona State
46 Priest Holmes 8,172 1997-2007 Texas
47 Maurice Jones-Drew 8,167 2006-2014 UCLA
48 DeAngelo Williams 8,096 2006-2016 Memphis
49 Larry Csonka+ 8,081 1968-1979 Syracuse
50 Freeman McNeil 8,074 1981-1992 UCLA
51 Stephen Davis 8,052 1996-2006 Auburn
52 Garrison Hearst 7,966 1993-2004 Georgia
53 James Brooks 7,962 1981-1992 Auburn
54 Chris Warren 7,696 1990-2000 Virginia
55 Terrell Davis+ 7,607 1995-2001 Georgia
56 Jamaal Charles 7,563 2008-2018 Texas
59 Jonathan Stewart 7,335 2008-2018 Oregon
78 LeGarrette Blount 6,306 2010-2018 Oregon
90 Mark Ingram 6,007 2011-2018 Alabama
93 Chuck Foreman 5,950 1973-1980 U
94 Alfred Morris 5,931 2012-2018 FAU
96 Lamar Miller 5,864 2012-2018 U
 
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Not trying to be a downer. Definitely love our history. My living room is a shrine lol. Just would be nice for us to matter again and come back. Would love for my son to grow up and WANT to be a Canes fan not be forced to by his dad lol
 
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ChoadCane said:
Sometimes it feels like this is all we have left. I hope Diaz turns it around here.
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Well we do still have 6 active RBs in the NFL with a good stable currently at the U.
Frank Gore
Lamar Miller (Inj)
Duke Johnson
Mark Walton
Travis Homer
Gus Edwards

If you start at the U... you will get a shot at the NFL:
Travis Homer 2017 (9 starts), 2018 (13 starts)
Mark Walton 2016 (13 starts), 2017 (4 starts)
Gus Edwards 2016 (1 start)
Joseph Yearby 2015 (13 starts)
Duke Johnson 2014 (13 starts), 2013 (7 starts), 2012 (5 starts)
Mike James 2012 (12 starts), 2011 (2 starts), 2010 (3 starts)
Lamar Miller 2011
Damien Berry 2010
Graig Cooper 2008-2010
Javarris James 2006-2009
Tyrone Moss 2005-2006
Frank Gore 2004
Jarret Payton 2003
Willis McGahee 2002
Clinton Portis 1999, 2001
James Jackson 1999-2000
Najeh Davenport 1999
Edgerin James 1997-1998
 
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