The Sooner Spectator guy didn't. He did have Billy number one though.
The Sooner Spectator guy didn't. He did have Billy number one though.
Q - considering the OLs he ran behind, definitely...
dupree - nope
i do agree that peterson will most likely finish #1, especially given our OL situation last year...
let's see (no order, just off the top of my head):
Billy, little joe, pruitt, owens, vessels, AD, Elvis peacock, Kenny King, Lydell, Spencer....that's 10 and there are others. i'd give Q the nod over Dupree just because of what his teams accomplished. though, obviously Dupree was a freak and potentially so many things.
what's the spectator list?
I think if you bumped Stanley Wilson for Q I could accept that list.
what's the Spectator's list?
I'll have to walk up to the other house to get it.
Griffin yes, Dupree no.
To be honest, AD has no business being in there yet either. He needs to prove it again this year for him to be a top 10 RB all time.
Dupree was a tremendous talent but only showed flashes of brilliance.
Griffin is #4 on the all-time rushing list at OU and had great junior and senior seasons.
I would also include Demond Parker on the Top 10 list. Did he include him?
- TRU
i thought that was a pretty well thought out article, his list wasnt just "recent players" but spanned across the schools historyOriginally Posted by gdc
somebody good is always going to get left off a list like that....
depends upon what the measurements are to be in the top 10, I guess. Courtesy of soonerstats here are the career rushing leaders:
1.
Billy Sims
RB
1975-79
4,118
593
53
6.94
2.
Joe Washington
RB
1972-75
4,071
675
39
6.03
3.
Steve Owens
RB
1967-69
4,041
958
57
4.22
4.
Quentin Griffin
RB
1999-02
3,938
744
44
5.29
5.
De'Mond Parker
RB
1996-98
3,403
579
21
5.88
6.
Stanley Wilson
RB
1979-82
3,198
567
15
5.64
7.
Greg Pruitt
RB
1970-72
3,122
422
38
7.40
8.
Adrian Peterson
RB
2004-05
3,029
560
29
5.41
9.
Lydell Carr
RB
1984-87
2,910
563
21
5.17
10.
Mike Gaddis
RB
1988-91
2,726
443
30
6.15
11.
Jamelle Holieway
QB
1985-88
2,713
539
32
5.03
12.
James Allen
RB
1993-96
2,438
563
7
4.33
13.
Kenny King
RB
1976-78
2,431
391
10
6.22
14.
Spencer Tillman
RB
1983-86
2,425
456
22
5.32
15.
Jim Grisham
RB
1962-64
2,404
474
18
5.07
16.
Kejuan Jones
RB
2001-05
2,325
599
36
3.88
17.
George Thomas
RB
1946-49
2,231
368
34
6.06
18.
Clendon Thomas
RB
1955-57
2,201
323
31
6.81
19.
Elvis Peacock
RB
1974-77
2,163
352
28
6.15
20.
Billy Vessels
RB
1950-52
2,153
346
31
6.22
21.
Thomas Lott
QB
1976-78
2,145
442
30
4.85
22.
Steve Davis
QB
1973-75
2,124
534
34
3.98
23.
Jerald Moore
RB
1993-95
2,111
388
25
5.44
24.
Jack Mildren
QB
1969-71
2,025
541
32
3.74
25.
Leon Heath
RB
1948-50
2,018
287
17
7.03
26.
Leon Perry
RB
1985-89
2,016
423
21
4.77
Notice 4 of the top 26 were QBs.
Q - yes.
Demond was #9. Probably would have been much higher on better teams.
1. Sims
2. McDonald
3. Pruitt
4. Peterson
5. Washington
6. Vessels
7. Owens
8. Wilson
9. Parker
10. Thomas
need to post what his criteria was, it helps the reader understand why he made the choices he did
Pruitt's 7.4 ypc is pretty gaudy.
He cited his own eye-witness observations since 1967, interviews, and reading.
It'd be nice if we could bump this list at the end of the year and get a good laugh.
as it is...I'd put Little Joe at 2 and move everyone else down a slot...Q would be between Steve and Wilson.
The author actually did make an allowance for moving AD up after this season, acknowledging that his career is still a work in progress.
With four solid seasons, Q should definitely be on there.
It will be fun watching AD move up the all time list this season. Which game will he make it to #1? My prediction is Missouri.
given the other QB's yards per carry, including Mildren, Steve Davis, and Thomas Lott...... Jamelle's 5+ is pretty impressive.
how many of you would have guessed Jerald Moore's ypc was higher than AD's? not me. David Overstreet probably deserves some run in this thread.
yes
Demond Parker? get real
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