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Top Clemson Running Backs since 1968!
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About the year I really started following Clemson Football closely! If you have someone to add, please do! Who are the top 10 in this group!!(Your favorites, not stats)
Buddy Gore Ray Yauger Smiley Sanders
Ken Callicutt Warren Ratchford Tracy Perry
Lester Brown Marvin Sims Cliff Austin
Chuck McSwain Jeff McCall Kevin Mack
Terrance Flagler Stacey Driver Kenny Flowers
Wesley McFadden Terry Allen Joe Henderson
Ronald Williams Rudy Harris Derrick Witherspoon
Emory Smith Raymond Priester Terry Witherspoon
Travis Zachery Chad Jasmin Yusef Kelly
Duane Coleman Reggie Merriweather James Davis
CJ Spiller Jamie Harper Andre Ellington
Rod McDowell Zac Brooks Wayne Gallman
Adam Choice CJ Fuller Tavien Feaster
Travis Etienne Will Shipley Phil Mafah
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Paw Master [17790]
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Re: Top Clemson Running Backs since 1968!
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May 13, 2025, 3:21 PM
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My 10- Travis Etienne, CJ Spiller, James Davis, Raymond Priester, Terry Allen, Kenny Flowers, Cliff Austin, Marvin Sims, Lester Brown, Andre Ellington
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May 13, 2025, 3:36 PM
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Can't really disagree with your list, seems pretty accurate to me.
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Re: Top Clemson Running Backs since 1968!
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May 13, 2025, 3:39 PM
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Wait who was the back who played in the early 80's who went on to have a good career with the Browns? Seems like he was #27, may have played FB but had speed. Kevin Mack may have been his name.
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Re: Top Clemson Running Backs since 1968! kevin mack
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May 13, 2025, 3:40 PM
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is was definitely him
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Glad to see Ellington made your list...
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May 14, 2025, 12:11 PM
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I feel he is a little underrated / overshadowed. He was one of the shiftiest backs I think I've ever seen at Clemson. I would be thrilled to have him on my "dream team".
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May 13, 2025, 3:21 PM
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People who never got to see fullbacks Perry, Sims, McCall, and Johnson play missed some amazing blockers and runners. Those guys could all break tackles and were hard to stop near the endzone. I can still recall their numbers 46, 31, 32, and 42.
BTW...where is Tracy Johnson?
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Paw Master [17790]
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Re: Top Clemson Running Backs since 1968!
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May 13, 2025, 3:22 PM
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Missed him, great back!!
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I listed Tracy Johnson as an honorable mention...
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May 14, 2025, 9:16 AM
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for the Danny Ford Era. Tracy Johnson and Chris Lancaster. Bruising fullbacks.
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May 14, 2025, 9:18 AM
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Forgot the red headed guy with the crewcut ..... oh Chris Lancaster (I think) ..... could flat out bury people with his blocking.
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Allen, Priester, ETN***
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May 13, 2025, 3:30 PM
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My Top 3 are ETN, ETN and then ETN***
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May 13, 2025, 3:44 PM
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In my 40 years watching the Tigers, I think he's the best I've seen...
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May 14, 2025, 12:16 PM
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If I were building a "dream team", ETN would be my number one. For 2 and 3 I wouldn't necessarily go next best, rather go with different styles. So like Preister or Gallman or James Davis could give me some muscle when needed, and someone like Andre Ellington or CJ could bring the elusiveness and speed. Two and three would be harder to pick than one.
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I think it is fair to scratch any of the running backs off that list
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May 13, 2025, 3:51 PM
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Who were active before I was born. That is a different era, and they were not as good.
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Re: I think it is fair to scratch any of the running backs off that list
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May 13, 2025, 5:20 PM
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Where is my late friend Heida Davis??
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top 10
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May 13, 2025, 6:36 PM
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Top 10 POTENCY in a 1 game healthy scenario
1.ETN
2.T Allen
3.Spiller
4.Flagler
5.Flowers
6.Priester
7.Ellington
8.Ronald Williams
9.Davis
10.Austin
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Re: Top Clemson Running Backs since 1968!
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May 13, 2025, 7:03 PM
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I agree with most on the lists but I will say I’d love to see spiller on the teams Travis was on… I think Travis is the best all around back we have had but ppl seem to forget how explosive spiller was. Watch a few highlights that speed and those moves were un real. I’d have him like 1b behind Travis at 1a simply bc Travis played on much better teams with WAY better qbs.
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Gotta break that up into the primary eras...
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May 14, 2025, 9:14 AM
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Danny Ford Era: Terrance Flagler, Kenny Flowers, Terry Allen (Honorable Mention: Tracy Johnson)
Bowden/Swinney Era: CJ Spiller, Andre Ellington, Travis Etienne (Honorable Mention: Raymond Priester)
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May 14, 2025, 9:18 AM
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I know mine has nothing to do with stats or any of that, but my favorite Clemson running back is Ronald Williams. The reason behind it is, He is also from my hometown of 96 and as a kid I thought he was amazing, and I followed his career at Clemson and then to the CFL.
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May 14, 2025, 9:19 AM
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He was outstanding and if things had been a little different and he had stayed at Clemson, I think he could have had a good NFL career.
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Athletic Dir [1107]
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May 14, 2025, 11:55 AM
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Awesome list...I'm glad someone went back to the 1960's on a list , I remember all these guys!
My Top 13....
ETN
CJ Spiller
James Davis
Wayne Galman
Terry Allen
Buddy Gore
Kevin Mack
Andre Ellington
Lester Brown
Terrance Flagler
Raymond Priester
Jeff McCall
Will Shipley
Go Tigers!!
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Weren't Emory Smith and T Spoon both fullbacks?***
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May 14, 2025, 12:38 PM
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Paw Master [17790]
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Re: Weren't Emory Smith and T Spoon both fullbacks?***
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May 14, 2025, 1:26 PM
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Yes!
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Re: Weren't Emory Smith and T Spoon both fullbacks?***
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May 14, 2025, 7:58 PM
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You could throw Vinnie Circiru and Pat Cyrgalis in there too.... FBs. Vinnie became an NFL LB after transferring to BC and Pat was switch to TE in 1999.
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May 14, 2025, 4:56 PM
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Wasn’t born until 1987 and didn’t start paying attention until 2000 so I couldn’t make a good top 10.
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May 14, 2025, 7:57 PM
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Javis Austin around the time Zachery was here in the mid to late 90s..... he was the man under West after Preister left and got beat out by Zachery when TB came in.
He went through a rough patch around that time and ended up losing his right eye. He's back with the program in some capacity, I recently saw.
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