Today, Phillip Marshall posted an entry basically stating that Bo Jackson was the best runner ever at Auburn. That pretty much goes without saying. He then asks for users to vote for the next three running backs in the all-time list. I posted my vote, but I thought I would go into my thoughts in more detail.
Before getting too deep, the entire list. All numbers mined from the 2007 Auburn Football Media Guide.
| Name | Career RY |
Career APY | Career TD | Season RY | Season APY | Season TD | Game RY | Score |
| Bo Jackson | 4303 | 4892 | 43 | 1786 | 1859 | 17 | 290 | 154.74 |
| Carnell Williams | 3831 | 5084 | 45 | 1307 | 1718 | 17 | 204 | 120.19 |
| James Brooks | 3523 | 4496 | 24 | 1314 | 1800 | 10 | 226 | 103.80 |
| Joe Cribbs | 3368 | 4561 | 34 | 1205 | 1336 | 16 | 250 | 100.02 |
| Stephen Davis | 2811 | 3178 | 30 | 1263 | 1355 | 17 | 246 | 90.25 |
| Brent Fullwood | 2789 | 3758 | 24 | 1391 | 1512 | 10 | 207 | 74.08 |
| Rudi Johnson | 1567 | 1637 | 13 | 1567 | 1637 | 13 | 249 | 67.79 |
| Ronnie Brown | 2707 | 3390 | 29 | 1008 | 1189 | 14 | 224 | 66.36 |
| Kenny Irons | 2186 | 2430 | 17 | 1293 | 1459 | 13 | 218 | 57.04 |
| James Bostic | 2084 | 2254 | 18 | 1205 | 1245 | 12 | 211 | 44.25 |
- Season stats refer to the best season
- Game stats refer to the best game
- APY: All-Purpose Yards
- RY: Rushing Yards
- TD: Touchdowns
- [Edit 2008-01-28: Records highlighted in bold.]
