Best RB at Pitt since TD?

[PittSqueak]

Please consider:
1) Skill & ability at Pitt, not in the NFL
2) Skill & ability over production, since so much of production can be tied to the rest of the team (see also: Curtis Martin)
3) How long each was a good-to-great RB, not simply their peak (ex: Conner had 1 amazing season, 1 decent, and 1 as a good platoon -- similarly I left Ray Graham out since he never had a great season)

 

[Swervin27]

McCoy with JC #2.

 

[paulbl99]

He's not even listed.

Charles Gladman.

F'ed await his career after his soph yr but dude was best runner I ever saw at Pitt save for the great Tony Dorsett.

 

[FordhamIII]

Rooster Jones

 

[paulbl99]

Rooster Jones

The best thing about Jones was when looking at him Sherrill spotted Hugh G

Lol

 

[cpc247]

Martin probably is #1 but there will never be another shady at Pitt....

 

[Parkview57]

Sadly, Brian Davis may have given Shady a run for the money on the first two criteria.

 

[wbrpanther]

Sadly, Brian Davis may have give Shady a run for the money on the first two criteria.

Brian Davis would have been a firm second all time. But he was a classic knucklehead who didn't give a s**t.

 

[paulbl99]

Sadly, Brian Davis may have give Shady a run for the money on the first two criteria.

Heard him interviewed a few yrs ago surpringly....

Actually turned out OK and is a supervisor for UPS, believe it was in MD ....married w 3 girls.

Pretty much admitted didn't have the dedication to make big time college FBwork and didn't like school.

 

[paulbl99]

Heard him interviewed a few yrs ago surpringly....

Actually turned out OK and is a supervisor for UPS, believe it was in MD ....married w 3 girls.

Pretty much admitted didn't have the dedication to make big time college FBwork and didn't like school.

Lots of people say he was best HS running back they ever saw.
Hands down.

 

[anon_4dfwm2pijbr0a]

Lots of people say he was best HS running back they ever saw.
Hands down.

They did a 30 for 30 on Marcus Dupree....Davis seems like he has a somewhat similar story.

 

[Las Panteras]

And Dupree almost ended up at Pitt

 

[revampedpanthers]

McCoy with JC #2.

If production isn't a priority its pretty easily Curtis Martin. Guy never stayed healthy in college but he was special and it showed with him ending up in Canton. McCoy still has some work to do to get there but to me is number 3. Conner might be 4 but curvin richards was really good college player.

 

[BillyWestFan]

Billy West.

 

[Jakey_John]

Ray Graham pre injury belongs on this list too.

 

[phxpanther]

Ray Graham pre injury belongs on this list too.

Don't forget Swervin Curvin, over 1,200 yards as a true fr in 11 games, and didnt start until 4th game. Over 1,200 as a soph, banged up his final year

 

[DiehardPanther]

If production isn't a priority its pretty easily Curtis Martin. Guy never stayed healthy in college but he was special and it showed with him ending up in Canton. McCoy still has some work to do to get there but to me is number 3. Conner might be 4 but curvin richards was really good college player.

The game Martin played against Texas was unbelievable. The biggest question for me is are we talking career production or the baddest cat to play RB?

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

OK. My choice was like most of you. But I gave strong consideration for Ironhead also.

 

[Pittx9]

Not saying he's the answer to the question, but ray Graham deserves mentioning.

 

[phxpanther]

OK. My choice was like most of you. But I gave strong consideration for Ironhead also.

Ironhead was a bit of a 1 year wonder. I know he had 250 vs Miami in 1986 but i think he finished that year with 754.

He was amazing in 1987

 

[phxpanther]

Just looked it up, over 1100 yards from scrimmage in 86, better than I thought. 361 receiving yards that year.

And in 87 was a couple yards short of 2,000

 

[sonofabit]

You and Shady in a phone booth. You whiff. Curvin and James tied after Ironhead.

 

[JD1976]

Shady had the most talent of any player at Pitt the last 30 years other than Fitz. His skill set is at a level we are not accustomed to seeing.

Dion Lewis' 2009 season and Conner's 2014 season were incredible.

 

[Benu]

E. Walker
Rooster Jones
Joe McCall

 

[sibleyfan91]

I used to think Curtis Martin but the more I consider it, I think Shady accomplished more with less around him. QB and OL were not as good. Some of those games he was literally all of the offense. He came up huge in big games too ... ND, WVU.

 

[President Stache]

Yeah, was thinking that when the tv crew was slobbering over the penn state backs.

Pitt has had way better running backs. As others said, Gladman, West, Barlow, Richards, McCall, Graham, Bryan Thomas, Stephens-Howling, Adam Walker (was very good before injury), Randy McMillian, Miree, were all very good backs that got NFL time.

 

[FordhamIII]

In 1985 I believe Pitt had 4 Parade All American running backs: on the roster l

* Charles Gladman
* Zeke Gadson
* AB Brown
* Brian Davis

 

[BanksvilleDave]

Since people are just throwing nonsense out there, might I suggest Billy West or Nick Goings....

In reality, nobody, and I mean nobody, does the dead leg as well as Shady. McCoy is a 9 million per year stud.

 

[DiehardPanther]

Barlow deserves to be on the list somewhere. Not the best, but he had some huge games and a good career.

 

[Mikefln]

Billy West.

I have to give this a bump. That guy was great on some horrible teams.

 

[Pitt2009]

Marcus Furman would've been #1 if he stayed at RB.

 

[JD1976]

Barlow deserves to be on the list somewhere. Not the best, but he had some huge games and a good career.

Good call. Barlow's 2000 game against WVU at Three Rivers was the second-highest rushing total in school history as I recall.