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If he was underrated, what was Peyton Barber?

They played in the same division and had 6 common opponents, including each other, out of a 10 game schedule, so only 3 uncommon opponents.

Their rushing #'s from last year.

Barber - 225 Att for 1713 yds and 22 TD 7.61 YPC
Jones - 268 Att for 1682 yds and 16 TD 6.27 YPC

I'm not trying to make an argument that Barber is better, but if Jones was vastly underrated, what does that make Barber? I know Barber missed either most or all of his jr year due to an injury, which hurt him in the rankings, and I'm not sure if Jones was hurt his Sr year, but the #'s speak for themselves with that many common opponents, imo.

Walton played 3 top 12 teams in Class 6A that were not in the Region that Milton didn't play.

Brookwood
McEachern- Watch out for them this year. 2015 RB, Taj Griffin......NASTY.
North Cobb- Made the Georgia 6A Semifinals.

Walton also played with 4 Sophomore Offensive Lineman in 4 of the 8 games Jones' played. He missed the last 3 games of the season due to an MCL Sprain. Was due to return the next week but they lost in Round 1 of playoffs.

Walton was so dependent on Jones that in the game against North Cobb....down by 14 points late in the 3rd qtr on 4th down and 7.....They ran Jones instead of allowing McLeod to throw. North Cobb made the 6A Semifinals and was bragging that they held Jones to 177 yards rushing.

See his 2011 stats when he had a decent offensive line. 2,400 yards, 33 rushing TDs......3,000 All-Purpose Yards and 38 Total TDs. Led team to State Title game where they got blitzed by Robert Nkemdiche and Grayson.

This post was edited on 7/3/13 at 3:53 pm