Which Running Back is Your Heisman Favorite?
by Year2 on Nov 17, 2011 11:24 AM EST
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Yesterday's blind Heisman quarterback stats poll was fairly well-received, but a few people objected that it didn't include any running backs. It would have been difficult to do that within the scope of the overall Heisman race because, with only Trent Richardson trending on most Heisman lists, it'd be easy to pick him out.
So in the same vein as that post from yesterday, let's go with ball carriers today.
The ground rules are the same. All stats accumulated against I-AA competition have been thrown out. I again used touchdown percentage rather than raw TD numbers. To be even less helpful, I went with rushes per game and yards per game instead of the raw rushes and yardage totals. That gives you an idea of their usage rate and output, and it also evens out differences in the number of games played (as it differs from back to back).
"Boom percentage" is the percentage of rushes that go for 20 or more yards. The top 25 teams faced is according to the current BCS standings. The top 25 rush defenses faced is based on yards per rush allowed, again with no I-AA competition included. I do realize that running backs serve as receivers out of the backfield and sometimes work as return men too, but those stats might give some guys away. Let's stick to the ground game for now because this is all just for fun anyway.
Do you favor a less-used back with more pop? How about the guy with a larger workload who might not break off as many big runs? How much do you care about level of competition? What value do you place on the frequency with which these guys find pay dirt?
| Name | Rush/G | Yds/Att | Yards/G | TD Pct. | Boom Pct. | T25 Opp. | T25 Rush D |
| Player A | 14.44 | 6.58 | 95.11 | 6.92% | 6.92% | 4 | 3 |
| Player B | 20.40 | 5.91 | 120.50 | 8.82% | 5.88% | 3 | 3 |
| Player C | 24.56 | 5.05 | 124.11 | 5.88% | 2.71% | 3 | 3 |
| Player D | 16.90 | 5.88 | 99.30 | 12.43% | 5.33% | 3 | 2 |
| Player E | 24.00 | 4.31 | 103.44 | 11.11% | 4.17% | 3 | 2 |
| Player F | 20.14 | 7.11 | 143.29 | 6.38% | 7.80% | 2 | 2 |
| Player G | 18.89 | 6.79 | 128.22 | 12.35% | 7.65% | 2 | 2 |
| Player H | 14.20 | 7.64 | 108.50 | 6.34% | 9.86% | 1 | 1 |
| Player I | 21.56 | 6.18 | 133.11 | 2.06% | 6.70% | 1 | 1 |
Those are your choices. Who do you prefer as a Heisman-caliber back? The identities of these guys are in a comment below; try not to peek before making your pick.
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Player A – Zac Stacy, Vanderbilt (Rush 130/856 yards; Rec 14/79)
Player B – Trent Richardson, Alabama (Rush 204/1,205; Rec 25/318 1 TD; Ret 3/66)
Player C – Marcus Coker, Iowa (Rush 221/1,117; Rec 16/99)
Player D – Joseph Randle, OK State (Rush 169/993; Rec 32/204 2TD)
Player E – Collin Klein, QB, K-State (Rush 216/931; Pass 116/198, 1,376, 9 TD, 4 INT)
Player F – LaMichael James, Oregon (Rush 141/1,003; Rec 12/148 1 TD; Ret 8/140 1 TD)
Player G – Montee Ball, Wisconsin (Rush 170/1,154; Rec 12/213 4 TD; Pass: 1/25 1 TD)
Player H – Chandler Harnish, QB, NIU (Rush 142/1,085; Pass 176/282, 2,407, 20 TD, 4 INT)
Player I – David Wilson, VT (Rush 194/1,198; Rec 16/99 1 TD; Ret 18/337)
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He missed two games to injury. That’s pretty much the only reason he’s not being touted as a top Heisman candidate right now.
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I went with LaMichael James
I am not shocked
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 17, 2011 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
T-Rich!
Knew it.
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by RoscoeOfAlabama on Nov 18, 2011 12:28 AM EST reply actions
Monte Ball over James for me
High number of carries and yards, and very high boom% and TD%.
Richardson would be a distant 3rd for me.
Wait you picked G over F? or Ball over James???
if you are looking for boom % isn’t that James over Ball all day according to the listing here?
The only thing Ball has over James is TD%, and James gets taken out near the goal line usually because he is gassed by then.
Perfect (pur-fec-t): the only person on earth, besides Tim Tebow, in the 21st century to be without fault is gatorhippy.
Not surprising
I was between B and F, went with B due to competition and a consistency. Boom percentage for me tells me there is a penchant for inflated stats, due to broken coverage more likely than Jim Brown running.
those are definitely the top backs of college football imo.
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