Favorite STATE Running back in the modern era

[bulldoghair]

1. JJ Johnson #22
2. Anthony Dixon #24
3. Jerious Norwood #12
4. Michael Davis #37
5. Dicenzo Miller #12
6. Josh Robinson #13
7. Tie- Ladarius Perkins #27
Vick Ballard #28
8. Dontae Walker #3
9. Tony James #25
10. Robert Isaac #36

 

[dawgman42]

Gotta add Justin Griffith to that list.

 

[60sdog]

1. JJ Johnson #22
2. Anthony Dixon #24
3. Jerious Norwood #12
4. Michael Davis #37
5. Dicenzo Miller #12
6. Josh Robinson #13
7. Tie- Ladarius Perkins #27
Vick Ballard #28
8. Dontae Walker #3
9. Tony James #25
10. Robert Isaac #36

Hoyle Granger and Ode Burrell

 

[Podgy]

Kefer Mcgee's life was cut short. He'd be up there. Those top 7 guys were all good and reliable.

 

[Herbert Nenninger]

Robert Isaac’s mom was my homeroom English teacher the year he took over for Kefer. Whenever we did any sort of free writing, I would pepper in his name or MSU in general. Got some pretty grades in that one.

 

[Spotdawg]

This list reminds me that we have been lucky to have an all-star history of RBs at MSU. Seriously good backs (often with a questionable OL.) That being said, Boobie was always my favorite of the bunch. He seemed to know that it was a game and could add some seriousness to it, but he loved the fun of the game. I loved the Boobie persona and his takes on the what we all saw on the field. "Fun, Fun, Fun!"

 

[Msuirondawgs]

JJ and Dicenzo for me

 

[leeinator]

Walter Packer
Michael Haddix

 

[Crazy Cotton]

Who was that kid that transferred from Tulane and played for Croom? Terrible offense, but he gave it his best shot, always liked him.

 

[CharlieWinfield]

Who was that kid that transferred from Tulane and played for Croom? Terrible offense, but he gave it his best shot, always liked him.

Christian Ducre, I believe.

 

[J-Dawg]

Dicenzo
Boobie
JJ
Jerious
Ballard

 

[josebrown]

Jim Cumberbatch

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Kefer Mcgee's life was cut short. He'd be up there.

He is my favorite, he could see the field and changes gears like Tony Doresett.

 

[stateu1]

Dicenzo
JJ

 

[msudawg1200]

David Fair. Oh, what could've been without that knee injury. Honorable Mention:Hank Phillips

 

[tcdog70]

Hoyle only MSU rb to rush for 1000 yards in the Pros. Terry Vitrano-Wayne Jones-Art Davis-Shorty Mc Williams and Ode--all great RBs

 

[johnson86-1]

1. JJ Johnson #22
2. Anthony Dixon #24
3. Jerious Norwood #12
4. Michael Davis #37
5. Dicenzo Miller #12
6. Josh Robinson #13
7. Tie- Ladarius Perkins #27
Vick Ballard #28
8. Dontae Walker #3
9. Tony James #25
10. Robert Isaac #36

1a) Norwood
1b) Boobie
1c) Dicenzo
2) Justin Griffith (grossly underrated)
3) Vick Ballard
4) Ares (not sure there was ever a back that got screwed at MSU worse than him; had to sit the bench well after he became the best RB b/c of supposedly not doing the little things, and then the standard got changed with slopehead and he got benched for somebody a little more talented that wasn't nearly as good of a teammate and didn't do the little things as well he did). He probably should have been further up there
4) the Josh Robinson that existed from the start of the 2014 season through the UK game that year (would probably be #1 )
5) Fitz. He was basically another RB, even more so than Dak was another RB (and TE obviously).

 

[kired]

Norwood will always be my fave. Probably put Dixon at 2

 

[$altyDawg]

MIchael Davis and Kevin Bouie

 

[thatsbaseball]

Dicenzo
Boobie
JJ
Jerious
Ballard

Good list

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Norwood...was dealt a bad hand,... played great.

 

[L4Dawg]

Haddix, Miller, Johnson

 

[Wesson Bulldog]

1. Nick Fitzgerald
2. Kenny Roberts
3. Donald Ray King
4. Michael Davis
5. Walter Packer

 

[Ozarkdawg]

I remember Michael Davis running another 10 yards or so after an Auburn DB jumped on him to ride piggy back. He had busted through and was at mid field. May have scored like that if another guy didn't cut his legs out from under him.

 

[BKCBully]

Aeris Williams was outstanding and got a super raw deal by Moorhead. Only one year as a true starter and still had 2550 career yards .

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

1. JJ Johnson #22
2. Anthony Dixon #24
3. Jerious Norwood #12
4. Michael Davis #37
5. Dicenzo Miller #12
6. Josh Robinson #13
7. Tie- Ladarius Perkins #27
Vick Ballard #28
8. Dontae Walker #3
9. Tony James #25
10. Robert Isaac #36

Dicenzo was always a favorite. Maybe some nostalgia there because I was in school at the time.

His catch and run for a TD at BYU is an all-time favorite.

 

[bolddogge]

I'd have to put Boobie at #1. At the time, he was our offense. Everyone knew it and they still couldn't stop him.

 

[dawgstudent]

1.Dicenzo. Just loved watching him run because his vision was stellar.

2 and/or 3. Also loved the combo of Bouie and Davis in the early 90s.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

Hoyle Granger and Ode Burrell

Feels like "modern" needed more definition.***

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Feels like "modern" needed more definition.***

Yeah, that is modern to me. Both great RB's.

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

Gotta add Justin Griffith to that list.

Take Walker out and add Griffith.

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

Robert Isaac’s mom was my homeroom English teacher the year he took over for Kefer. Whenever we did any sort of free writing, I would pepper in his name or MSU in general. Got some pretty grades in that one.

He ran all over Bama in ‘96
Have his game worn, grass stained, crimson paint sticking to white numerals in my man cave still today.

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

Walter Packer
Michael Haddix

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

Tony Buckhalter !
I can hear Hank Flick plain as day in my mind saying his name at Scott Field in the mid-90’s
He wasn’t an exceptional RB though but did have one 100 Yd rushing game.

 

[Crazy Cotton]

MIchael Davis and Kevin Bouie

My future father in law was was an Oxford native, invited us up to watch the egg bowl in '94 from his primo seats (don't worry, she left Oxford for State) got to watch Bouie and Davis run all over them. Fun times. I think they both were within a 100 yards of thousand yard seasons that year - an insane tandem.

 

[drexeldog23]

William Prince ... had a promising first two years... got injured his junior year i think...

 

[aTotal360]

Everytime he caught a pass out of the backfield, I felt like he could score.

 

[Mayor of Little London]

JJ and Dicenzo were what made me fall in love with MSU football (and best defense in the country)!

 

[DawgsOnTheWing]

Dicenzo
Boobie
JJ
Jerious
Ballard

My five, but this order:
JJ
Zo
Norwood
Boobie
Vic

 

[$altyDawg]

My future father in law was was an Oxford native, invited us up to watch the egg bowl in '94 from his primo seats (don't worry, she left Oxford for State) got to watch Bouie and Davis run all over them. Fun times. I think they both were within a 100 yards of thousand yard seasons that year - an insane tandem.

Davis and Bouie were ripping yards off in chunks in maybe the most heartbreaking loss of my Bulldog life, the 94 Bama game. Back in the days when I held out hope...Ah, memories.