Rapid Reaction: Back-to-back! Freeman could do a little bit of everything, whether you needed a short-yardage burst on third down or a game-breaking big-gainer. He followed that up with a career-high 46 carries for 189 yards against Florida in the SEC Championship before finishing it out with three touchdowns vs. Clemson in the national title game. This may be the most talent Auburn has had in the running back room in some time but it also faces the most questions. What we know for sure is that Auburn will have a new lead back after JaTarvious Whitlow decided to transfer from the program after leading the team in rushing the past two seasons. Career stats:592 carries, 3,961 yards, 43 TDs; 58 catches, 449 yards, TD, Accomplishments: Big Ten Most Valuable Player (2015); Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (2015); Second-team All-American (2015); First-team All-Big Ten (2015); AmecheDayne Running Back of the Year (2015); CFP national champion (2015); Big Ten champion (2014); James E. Sullivan Award (2014). Career stats:1,079 yards rushing, 8 TD; 228 yards receiving, 2 TD. Best game of career: Vs Alabama State (9/27/21) - 8 carries, 147 yards, 1 touchdown OR at Alabama (11/26/22) - 11 carries, 134 yards. Tank is going to steamroll through defenses this fall. Why he's here: Henry is here because he managed one of the greatest single seasons for a ballcarrier in college football history as a junior, full-time starter in 2015 for the national champion Crimson Tide. Why he's here: Not bad for a ballcarrier who only started in the Wisconsin backfield his final two years, right? Jackson, who played at Auburn from 1982-85, rushed for 4,303 rushing yards (6.6 yards per carry) and 43 touchdowns in his career. Mason took home the SECs Offensive Player of the Year award in 2013 along with a first-team All-SEC selection. WebHis final year on campus is what makes him one of the best backs in SEC history. Newton continues to electrify the game of football in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. Join our linker program. Georgia destroys TCU to repeat as national champs, Rapid Reaction: LSU dominates Purdue in short-handed Citrus Bowl wipeout, Rapid Reaction: Mississippi State swings its sword, wins ReliaQuest Bowl on last-second field goal, Rapid Reaction: Unreal! The 6-foot, 209-pound Bigsby wass described by Gus Malzahn as a one-play drive type of guy who has great balance, great instincts and can break tackles. He is a perfect fit for the Auburn offense he just has no collegiate experience and did not get to earn reps in spring. He had more than 1,100 yards in his final six games, including a combined 499 in the SEC and BCS championship games (and an SECCG record 304 yards against Missouri that year). 1 running back in 2021. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. By the time he left school after his four-year career, Williams owned the schools rushing touchdowns record, was tied for the most touchdowns in a single season and had the second-most rushing yards in school history. Bijan Robinson (Texas RB 5) you have my attention sir. He earned an 80.6 receiving grade for the year, making him one of two running backs to generate a grade above 80.0 as both a receiver and a runner. He finished with 989 yards as a sophomore and 911 in six games as a junior, when he emerged as a Heisman favorite. After that year, he was chosen first overall in the NFL draft by the New York Giants. It was the SECs third-best single-season rushing total at the time. Adam Sparks, Adam Cole Tank Bigsby has made it official: Hes going pro. About Saturday Down South | Ethics and Editorial Standards | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Other Conferences: Big Ten | ACC | Pac-12. Tidwell, as legend has it, knocked out Jerry Clower and drug him backwards into the end zone. We'll start by ranking the top 10 returning players at each position and naming one sleeper who could make some noise this season. At his best, was a first down waiting to happen and broke a slew of tackles as an every-down option as a sophomore and junior and managed consecutive 20-touchdown seasons. Find the rest of PFFs top returning college players series here: Auburn Tigers School History Seasons: 120 (1902 to 2022) Record (W-L-T): 767-454-43 Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 770-452-42 Conferences: SEC, Southern, Ind This may be the most talent Auburn has had in the running back room in some time but it also faces the most questions. As we look back on the players who defined greatness in the backfield from 2010 to now, determining what gave them the edge over others whether that be total yards, touchdowns or impact was an extreme challenge given the host of options to pick from. Over those 2013 and 2014 seasons with the Badgers, Gordon rushed for 4,196 yards, including a jaw-dropping 2,500-plus yard season as a junior that led to him leaping to the NFL. What I Like: Alston has become one of Auburns biggest assets off the field, essentially being the best recruiter for Auburn this past year. Career stats (2013-15): 602 carries, 3,591 yards, 42 TDs; 17 catches, 285 yards receiving, 3 TDs, Accomplishments: Heisman Trophy (2015); Maxwell Award (2015); Doak Walker Award (2015); Walter Camp Award (2015); Unanimous All-American (2015); First-team All-SEC (2015); SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2015). Derick Hall is headed to the projected Super Bowl winner in this latest mock draft. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Tidwell led the country in total offense a second time in 1949 as a senior. Best game of career: Vs San Jose State (9/10/22) - 2 carries, 38 yards, This may be the most intriguing pickup of Auburn's 2023 recruiting class. The 5-foot-8, 190-pound back also showed off the elusiveness, athleticism and physical play style we saw from him on a limited basis as a true freshman in 2019 he produced two of the 15 highest single-game broken tackle rates from the 2020 season and ranked eighth in the Power Five in percentage of runs that picked up at least 3.0 yards after contact (48%). He also ran for 38 career touchdowns and was a weapon out of the backfield, adding 74 career receptions for 767 yards. Auburn running back Tank Bigsby (4) runs the ball during Auburn football A-Day spring game at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Or, more specifically, the second half of that season, when he carried Auburn to an SEC title and a Georgia destroys TCU to repeat as national champs, Rapid Reaction: LSU dominates Purdue in short-handed Citrus Bowl wipeout, Rapid Reaction: Mississippi State swings its sword, wins ReliaQuest Bowl on last-second field goal, Rapid Reaction: Unreal! But this is still a pretty loaded list. Lattimore had one as a freshman in 2010 and would have had more had it not been for two devastating knee injuries. Only Vaughn and North Carolinas Michael Carter earned grades above 85.0 as both a runner and receiver in 2020. He did not record a stat for the Tigers in 2022, but received 12 carries for 60 yards and one touchdown over the course of Auburn's first two games of 2021 (Akron, Alabama State). Slack is in the top 10 for passing yards, completions and completion percentage for the Tigers all time. Robinson was also productive on the receiving front with 1.63 yards per route run and 10 total receptions resulting in a 10-plus yard gain. Before Jason Campbell wore No. When it came to those inside-zone runs that Kentucky loves so much, Rodriguez jumped to first in rushing grade nationwide. His most impressive stat was his career completion percentage that lands him at the No. Only one player, Ohio State's Archie Griffin, has won the award twice. He entered his sophomore season as the talk of the SEC and was even better. Why he's here: We're cheating here with an 11th player and McCaffrey won't be a popular pick inside Top 10 considering there are guys with considerably more rushing yards, but he was an all-purpose freak at Stanford who was a threat to go the distance every time he touched the football and underrated nationally given those strengths. Auburn has a long history of producing elite running backs but none were better than Bo Jackson. There have been several comps thrown out for Cobb, and one many recruiting experts come back to is Alvin Kamara, given his ability to catch passes out of the backfield and turn anything into a big gain. Why he's here: He doesn't have the gargantuan rushing numbers some of these players in this list do, but when Fournette was healthy, there was no running back more talented this decade. The 5-foot-5 running back made it known from the get-go that he is going to be in the conversation for the best dual-threat back in the country. Cobb has some serious potential to become a great weapon in Hugh Freeze's offense. The 2020 four-star recruit who ranked 40th nationally, according to 247Sports was easily among the most elusive ball carriers in college football last year. The former Seattle Seahawk would have a prosperous NFL career which included NFL MVP. The list is based on a bevy of factors, including. Williams made the decision to return for his senior year and helped lead Auburn to a 13-0 season and an SEC championship, although the Tigerswere pushed out of the BCS title game by Oklahoma and Southern California. Yes, you read that correctly: Allgeier had only 26 career carries entering the 2020 season but still managed to finish the year with a 93.1 rushing grade, the second-best behind Javonte Williams. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Between 2009 and 2017, Auburn had a streak of 1,000-yard rushers. put together a 16-year NFL career and possibly more, as the soon-to-be 38-year-old hasnt officially retired yet we now get to see his son dominate in the collegiate ranks. Why he's here: Elliott edges Ohio State's all-time leader in rushing yards as a freshman, J.K. Dobbins, in this spot. Positional coach Cadillac Williams has a bevy of talented backs with a variety of skill sets but they have little experience. His blend of power and explosiveness has provided Auburn with a fun compliment to star tailback Tank Bigsby - but now that Bigsby is gone, is Hunter ready to carry the load in the backfield? The former SEC Newcomer of the Year eclipsed the 1,000 rushing yard mark this past season, and he is poised for a monster season in 2022. If Auburn is going to succeed on offense this year, Bigsby will be one of the biggest reasons why. Only injury will prevent Fournette from a third consecutive 1,000-yard season in 2016, which hell enter as a leading Heisman Trophy candidate. He has breakout written all over him for the 2021 season. Alston was the newbie in the rotation this season, and by default didn't see a lot of playing time - despite this, he finished inside the top 10 of PFF's individual offensive grades for the Tigers in 2022. There's also the possibility of adding some more depth via the transfer portal - Mississippi State running back Dillion Johnson may be added to this list here in the next couple of weeks. But in Alabamas share-the-carries system, that was Henrys lone 1,000-yard season. An award-winning editor with previous stints at the Miami Herald, The Indianapolis Star and News & Observer, Executive Editor Chris Wright oversees editorial operations for Saturday Down South. The Auburn Tigers football program of Auburn University has had 290 players drafted into the National Football League since Campbell managed to finish his career No. He ran for 1,816 yards that final season, breaking Bo A star baseball player who ended up playing both sports professionally, Jackson was a force on the gridiron for Auburn. The 2020 season was his best yet, as he recorded an 89.5 rushing grade 11th-best in the FBS on 91 carries. In his final two seasons with the Tigers, Leard led Auburn to victories that no one expected, but also battled in games that he shouldnt have, even being unseated by true freshman Gabe Gross after an injury in the 1998 season. 9 position for the Tigers with all-time yardage and completions. Statistics, wins, the awards circuit all that stuff matters here. What I Dont Like: As much as Bigsby has shined on the field over the last two seasons, the biggest question will be if the star running back can stay healthy. His rehab going well, all signs point to Chubb making another run at 1,000-plus yards in 2016. Chubb took over for Todd Gurley midway through the 2014 season and finished with a flurry. Williams was second on the team with 84 carries for 400 yards and two touchdowns and likely has a leg up on the other young backs. His final year on campus is what makes him one of the best backs in SEC history. Among the 68 FBS backs who totaled at least 50 carries on which they were contacted behind the line of scrimmage in 2020, Hall ranked third in PFF rushing grade. The true freshman is the fourth highest-rated running back in program history and should earn immediate playing time. Pat Sullivan was the Tigers first Heisman Trophy winner, and the first to win the award for a school that was previously coached by John Heisman. One of the biggest problems Auburn has had with star running backs is running them into the ground, Kerryon Johnson being the biggest example. It wasnt all that spectacular, either, as he fumbled on one of his 10 carries en route to a 57.2 PFF grade for the day. He was electric and showed a leadership quality that is nearly impossible to match. In the years that Slack was the starter, the Tigers won a share of the SEC title, and they won a Sugar Bowl in 1988. He had almost 2,000 all-purpose yards as a junior in high school and has the potential to be a solid option in years to come for Auburn. pic.twitter.com/lufl0TX2gH, Russell Brown (@RussNFLDraft) March 9, 2021. Of his 280 carries on the year, only 13.6% resulted in a 10-plus-yard gain, 86th of 140 qualifiers. Four dozen SEC running backs have rushed fora1,000 yards in the past decade. We've seen a little bit of everything out of college football's running back position in the last decade, some of the game's top players overall coming from a position that is becoming increasingly less emphasized at the next level as teams move to by-committee approaches in the spread era era. Bill Connelly ranked Jackson as the 8th best running back on his list. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NCAA player performance data. What I Like: The sophomore from Mobile provides good depth for the Tigers. Cameron Newton is the only Heisman winner that has also won a national title for the Tigers. This Nebraska football roster has famous All-Americans, Nebraska running backs in the NFL, and Cornhuskers players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 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