Preference to Pac or west coast players...interested in hearing peoples opinions on this & think the topic deserves its own thread From the other day. FWIW partial to players that can break a tackle and move the pile. Love that part of the game. Also realized how much FB I’ve actually watched here lol. 🤯🤔😅
Over time people have forgotten just how good Dickerson was. Old Georgia F really screwed the pooch on that one. Earl Campbell was an absolute beast his first few years in the pros. It's funny just how good AP was, yet SC's D stifled him and gave him his worst game ever as a collegiate athlete.
Best back I saw live in college was probably Cal's JJ Arrington. Cal had a string of terrific backs in the 2000's w/ Arrington starting the trend. Hell that Nigerian dude who split time with him his Jr year had over 1,000 yards. Forsett, Beast mode, Jahvid Best, Shane Vereen. Nice little run of backs there.
Best or most dominant?
Napoleon Kaufman exposed ventura high school football as his personal bitch. defenses knew what was coming, didn't matter. TD anyways.
Best against the Best?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
hard to argue with Bo. Derek Henry would be a close second.
Best I have seen in person against the best , Reggie Bush. sc
FOR H.S it was KERWIN BELL . From orig. St.Francis h.s of la canada & then Edison H,S. where he really only played the 1st half ! Otherwise he would own ALOT of records !!!
Joe Washington was so fast running out of that Oklahoma wishbone back in those days. One of those hold your breath kind of RB’s if you’re the other team.
Randy Meadows and Mickey Flynn, 1956
Freeman McNeil at Banning High School. i was 7th grader, we would walk home thru the Banning campus and stopped almost daily to watch Pilot football practice. Unbelievable. I would blink hard to make sure what I was watching was real. unreal speed and quickness. Freaky.a few Years later I was a scrub on the JV team trying to tackle Stanley “the steamer “ Wilson. City player of the year, I think, two years in a row. 4 year starter at Oklahoma under Switzerland. Starter with the Bengals.two great running backs.