Some intersting stats about running backs

[camelcowboy]

NCAA Division 1-A:

2002 Top 10 Rushers

Player School Yards/Game
1 Larry Johnson Penn State 160.5
2 Michael Turner Northern Illinois 159.6
3 Chris Brown Colorado 153.4
4 Willis McGahee Miami (FL) 134.9
5 Marcus Merriweather Ball State 134.8
6 Quentin Griffin Oklahoma 134.6
7 Avon Cobourne West Virginia 131.5
8 Steven Jackson Oregon State 130.0
9 Joffrey Reynolds Houston 128.8
10 Terry Caulley Connecticut 124.7

Top Single-Season Rushing Yards

Player School Year Yards
1 Barry Sanders Oklahoma State 1988 2,628
2 Marcus Allen Southern Cal 1981 2,342
3 Troy Davis Iowa State 1996 2,185
4 LaDainian Tomlinson TCU 2000 2,158
5 Mike Rozier Nebraska 1983 2,148
6 Rickey Williams Texas 1998 2,124
7 Larry Johnson Penn State 2002 2,087
8 Byron Hanspard Texas Tech 1996 2,084
9 Rashaan Salaam Colorado 1994 2,055
10 Troy Davis Iowa State 1995 2,010
11 LeShon Johnson Northern Illinois 1993 1,976
12 Tony Dorsett Pittsburgh 1976 1,948
13 Michael Turner Northern Illinois 2002 1,915

[Don't Panic]

Northern Illinois... tough to draw any conclusions from that. Doesn't hurt to see, though.

[camelcowboy]

Northern Illinois... tough to draw any conclusions from that. Doesn't hurt to see, though.

School doesn't mean that much to me, Rice, Reed came from small schools. The school hurt his draft status but maybe we made the wrong choice in 2003 by drafting willis at 23

[Forward_Lateral]

1 out of 10 has lived up to the hype so far. How many of those guys aren't even in the league anymore?

[Forward_Lateral]

Check that, 2 have lived up to the hype. I didn't see Jackson's name there.

[Don't Panic]

Just noticed Troy Davis... remember him? That guy put up crazy numbers that year. Two and three hundred yard games. It was disgusting. He's probably selling insurance these days!

[patmoran2006]

School doesn't mean that much to me, Rice, Reed came from small schools. The school hurt his draft status but maybe we made the wrong choice in 2003 by drafting willis at 23
uuhhhhh ya..

Larry Johnson went four picks later to KC

[X-Era]

School doesn't mean that much to me, Rice, Reed came from small schools. The school hurt his draft status but maybe we made the wrong choice in 2003 by drafting willis at 23

School should mean something to you. Level of competition is key when talking about stats. I agree that a great player can come from anywhere, but your linking stats to a great player and skipping level of competition.

It does matter

[camelcowboy]

School should mean something to you. Level of competition is key when talking about stats. I agree that a great player can come from anywhere, but your linking stats to a great player and skipping level of competition.

It does matter


Not four years later when the player has shown he can play on the NFL level.

[Mr. Miyagi]

Just noticed Troy Davis... remember him? That guy put up crazy numbers that year. Two and three hundred yard games. It was disgusting. He's probably selling insurance these days!
Yeah what the hell happened to that guy? He had such a promising career...

[JoeMama]

Yeah what the hell happened to that guy? He had such a promising career...

He's been in the CFL since 2001.

He was too small for the NFL. He was like 5'7" 190 lbs.