Current NCAA RB Rankings

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:08 pm

Total Yards
1 LaMichael James ORE
2 Marcus Lattimore SCAR
3 Ronnie Hillman SDSU
4 Henry Josey MIZZ
5 David Wilson VT
6 Ray Graham PITT
7 Bernard Pierce TEM
8 Robbie Rouse FRES
9 Zach Line SMU
10 Joseph Randle OKST

Yards per Carry (min 60 carries)
1 LaMichael James ORE
2 Jeff Demps FLA
3 Jonas Gray ND
4 Eddie Lacy ALA
5 Malcolm Brown ARMY
6 Asher Clark AFA
7 Waymon James TCU
8 Ja'Terian Douglas TLSA
9 Isaiah Pead CIN
10 Donovonn Young ILL
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36 Zach Line SMU

Touchdowns
1 Bernard Pierce TEM
2 Zach Line SMU
3 Montee Ball WIS
4T Trent Richardson ALA
Ronnie Hillman SDSU
Marcus Lattimore SCAR
Robert Turbin USU
5T LaMichael James ORE
Rex Burkhead NEB
Joseph Randle OKST

StallionsModelT · Post by **StallionsModelT** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:26 pm

Zach is truly an elite college player. Tough, smart, and willing to leave it all out there every week for his team. Great kid and a great story. Thank God we have him next year!

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:51 pm

If you limit it to the 25 running backs with 70 or more carries (rather than 60 as above,) Zach is #3 in the nation in YPC.

sportsforce · Post by **sportsforce** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:03 pm

Do you guys think Zach Line playing another year will be a problem with RB prospect Brandon Hamilton? Hamilton looks like a total stud. He seems to be flying under the radar for some reason. The coaching staff is actively recruiting him so it'll be interesting if this hurts or helps SMU's recruitment.

cutter · Post by **cutter** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:20 pm

sportsforce wrote:Do you guys think Zach Line playing another year will be a problem with RB prospect Brandon Hamilton? Hamilton looks like a total stud. He seems to be flying under the radar for some reason. The coaching staff is actively recruiting him so it'll be interesting if this hurts or helps SMU's recruitment.

JJ always says the best players will play. if Hamilton isn't afraid of competition, and if he really is a stud, he should have nothing to worry about. if he is worried about competition, he will have problems wherever he goes. If he has goals of playing in the NFL, he would be hard-pressed to find a coaching staff to help him get his foot in the door at that level. if he performs at this level.
plus, 'total studs' that cannot learn how to block effectively will not make it at this level or the next. so, being willing and able to learn how to be a complete back will be essential.
just my $.02.

PonyKai · Post by **PonyKai** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:22 pm

No, dad. Zach as a senior won't be a problem.

SMU21TCU10 · Post by **SMU21TCU10** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:55 pm

Stlhockeyguy02 wrote:No, dad. Zach as a senior won't be a problem.

Beat me to it

kull · Post by **kull** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:31 am

he is just a system RB

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:46 pm

This is where you see the June Jones genius. How many other college teams would have Zach playing running back? (Of course that begs the question whether Line would have been *even better* as a linebacker).

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:53 pm

Get off your knees, Patterson has built a bcs program doing this for 10 years

PonyKai · Post by **PonyKai** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:16 pm

Yeah....he has.

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:16 pm

True. I think you have to to have success with the level of talent available. Remember that TCU has not been recruiting at the same level their national rankings would suggest.

Anyway, I stick by the assertion that June is very, very good at the out of the box identification of talent. Guys like Margus Hunt, a complete reach by anyone's definition, really make you look like a genius.

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:18 pm

Hunt wasnt a reach...he was a lucky find...

He would have been asked to play at any school in the country with his measurable, we got lucky he got here and we got rid of track, and need a scholarship...

Please stop the sucking...

White Helmet · Post by **White Helmet** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 2:18 pm

Did we even offer Hamilton at RB?