Poll has been added.

Where did they go to school?

 

Douglas Beaumont- Male Victor Anderson- St. X

 

Michael Bush- Male Tony Driver- Male

 

Travis Prentice- Manual Aaron Payne- Holy Cross

 

Craig Walker- Fairdale Jimmy Maddox- Southern

 

Mark Higgs- Owensboro Francois Jackson- Fern Creek

 

Al Baker-Trigg County Chuck Coleman- Iroquois

 

Shaun Alexander- Boone County Paul Hornung- Flaget

 

Marcus Hanley- Ballard Shawn Donigan- Doss

 

Bobby Barrow- DeSales Randy Brooks- Valley

 

Mike Northington- Thomas Jefferson Steve Jewell- Butler

 

Alan Hennessey- Trinity Wilbur Hackett- Manual

 

Lee Bougess- Shawnee Dicky Lyons- St. X

 

Sherman Lewis- Manual Herbie Phelps-Old Kentucky Home

 

Kelvin Turner- Danville Derek Homer- Ft. Knox

 

Arliss Beach- Ashland Paul Blazer Eric Shelton- Bryan Station

What about Larry Schrieber Dixie 1964, played RB for Tennessee Tech untill joining the San Francisco 49ers in 1970 Played six season in the NFL. Named first team All-America in 1969. Set an NCAA record for most career rushes with 877. Set six conference records. Currently ranks second on the conference all-time rushing list with 4,421 yards. He is the all-time leading rusher in school history.Nominated to the College football hall of fame.

I may be a bit of a homer but I want to throw Shawn Robbins name in the mix based on his high school career.

 

02(Sophomore)- 12 games 1655yds 21 tds

03(Junior)- 10 games 2119yds 26 tds (12 ypc on the season)

04(Senior)- 12 games 2625yds 34 tds

 

I remember his senior year very well (Having been at every game) He only had touches in the 2nd half of 3 games that year (Regular season loss @ Prestonsburg, @Ashland in the playoffs, vs. Highlands in the state semis)

 

Shawn also ranks near the top in a few of kentuckys all time records.

 

11th in total points

10th in total touchdowns

7th in rushing yards

6th in rushing touchdowns

IMO Alexander hands down...

Joe Casey from PT was pretty good and a 1st team all USA TODAY in 03 in the same backfield as Peterson from OU.

Joe Casey from PT was pretty good and a 1st team all USA TODAY in 03 in the same backfield as Peterson from OU.

 

 

I am a homer for Shaun Alexander. Any mention of Artuse Pinner (sp). Do not know what ever happened to him, but I think he made it to the NFL. I remember him from AAA state championship game against CCH. He was a load.

Cant argue with Alexander at all. Pinner was a load also. We will never know how good Casey could have been. He was fast and strong like alot of these backs that have been mentioned.

Alexander... No brainer.

Shaun... end of thread

Honorable mention - Justin Frisk Highlands class of '07

Does anyone remember a Chris Jones from Danville or Boyle. Maybe not the greatest but he sure was fast.

Did anyone see Bubby Lewis for Fleming Co. before he blew out his knee in a scrimmage his senior year. Truly a special back. Had he played in a more media friendly part of the state you folks may be talking about him. Can I get an Amen! from someone in the Flemingsburg area. I have a feeling most in the state don't even know about him. Look at the record books at what he did during his soph. and junior seasons.

Alexander

I think it would be a nice idea to do as follows:

 

Allow the members of this site to recommend running backs who they feel are worthy of top 25 All time honors.

 

Take the top 50-100 tailbacks after there has been adequate time to deterimine who is in that class. Then let the members of this site vote on the top 25 All-Time, as ranked from best to 25. If 25 seems to unmanageable, go for the top 10.

 

Have the discussion continue for the rest of the season, with a vote near the championship games. After the vote comes in, have the GURU honor the top 10-25 that have been honored by Bluegrasspreps from Papa Johns stadium at halftime

 

It could be a neat honor and would certainly get Bluegrasspreps even more attention.