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re: The Legend of Bo Jackson
Posted on 7/14/12 at 11:01 pm to TTsTowel
Posted on 7/14/12 at 11:01 pm to TTsTowel
He has more career receiving yards than any other Auburn RB, so I can't call him a bad player.
He actually was pretty good at times and very useful in the Malzahn offense. He didn't come close to living up to his potential though.
He actually was pretty good at times and very useful in the Malzahn offense. He didn't come close to living up to his potential though.
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Posted on 7/14/12 at 11:05 pm to achamb7
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The following is a comparison between Herschel Walker, Bo Jackson, Ron Dayne, Ricky Williams, Adrian Peterson and Darren McFadden.
Career Numbers:
Herschel Walker ……….. 5596yds-1083-57tds (36 games) 155.4 YPG / 5.17 YPC
Ron Dayne ……………... 7125yds-1220-71tds (47 games) 151.6 YPG / 5.84 YPC
Ricky Williams ………… 6592yds-1064-75tds (49 games) 134.5 YPG / 6.19 YPC
Adrian Peterson ………... 4045yds-747-41tds (31 games) 130.5 YPG / 5.41 YPG
Darren McFadden …...…. 4484yds-763-40tds (38 games) 118.0 YPG / 5.88 YPC
Bo Jackson …………..…. 4714yds-735-48tds (41 games) 114.9 YPG / 6.41 YPC
Herschel Walker, Darren McFadden, Ron Dayne, Ricky Williams and Adrian Peterson had more career carries than Bo Jackson but when you focus on quality and not quantity, it paints a whole new picture. Ricky Williams had a career average of 6.19 yards per carry. McFadden averaged 5.88 yards per carry, better than Adrian Peterson’s 5.41 rushing average and Herschel Walker’s 5.17 average per carry. Ron Dayne was right behind McFadden with 5.84 yards per carry. Bo Jackson tops all four with a career average per carry of 6.41 yards. Ricky Williams possessed the best TD ratio with 1 every 14.2 carries. Bo Jackson scored a rushing touchdown every 15.3 carries, better than Dayne’s 17.2, Peterson’s 18.2, Walker’s 19.0 and McFadden’s 19.1.
Top 11 Career Games:
Dayne ……… 2798yds-355-28tds / 254.4 YPG / 7.9 YPC / 12.6 att per TD
Williams …… 2763yds-364-36tds / 251.2 YPG / 7.6 YPC / 10.1 att per TD
Walker …….. 2468yds-398-25tds / 224.4 YPG / 6.2 avg / 15.9 att per TD
Peterson …… 2231yds-321-21tds / 202.8 YPG / 6.9 avg / 15.3 att per TD
McFadden …. 2202yds-307-19tds / 200.2 YPG / 7.17 avg / 16.2 att per TD
Jackson …..... 2175yds-301-20tds / 197.7 YPG / 7.22 avg / 15.0 att per TD
Once again, Walker, Peterson, Dayne, Williams and McFadden lead in total yards with more carries than Jackson. In terms of quality, Ron Dayne had the highest yards per carry with 7.9 yards per rush and Ricky Williams possessed the best TD ratio of 1 evert 10.1 attempts.
Career Games of 20 carries or more:
Jackson ….… 2193yds-325-19tds / 182.7 YPG / 6.74 avg / 17.1 att per TD
Williams …... 4857yds-779-55tds / 179.9 YPG / 6.23 avg / 14.2 att per TD
Dayne ……... 6330yds-1075-67tds / 175.8 YPG / 5.89 avg / 16.0 att per TD
Walker …….. 5463yds-1052-57tds / 165.5 YPG /5.19 avg / 18.4 att per TD
McFadden …. 3261yds-552-24tds / 155.3 YPG / 5.90 avg / 23.0 att per TD
Peterson …… 3830yds-700-39tds / 147.3 YPG / 5.47 avg / 17.9 att per TD
Walker had 33 games of at least 20 carries, Peterson had 26 and McFadden had 21 games, compared to Bo Jackson’s 12 games. Like Walker, Ron Dayne was a workhorse with 36 career games and Ricky Williams had 27 games. Bo averaged 182.7 yards per game compared to Williams’ 179.9, Dayne’s 175.8, Walker's 165.5, McFadden’s 155.3 average and Peterson’s 147.3 yards. Bo Jackson had the better average per carry and scored more frequently except for Ron Dayne and Ricky Williams. Jackson had fewer 20-carry games because he played in the wishbone offense in 3 of his 4 seasons.
Conference Games:
Walker …….. 168.9 yds per game / 5.23 avg / 20.0 att per TD
Dayne ……… 145.4 yds per game / 5.32 avg / 20.8 att per TD
McFadden …. 128.6 yds per game / 5.63 avg / 23.8 att per TD
Williams …… 136.1 yds per game / 5.93 avg / 18.4 att per TD
Jackson …..... 113.2 yds per game / 6.27 avg / 17.2 att per TD
Peterson …… 112.1 yds per game / 5.81 avg / 14.8 att per TD
Because of more attempts, Herschel Walker, Ron Dayne, Ricky Williams and Darren McFadden had a better average in yards per game than Bo Jackson and Adrian Peterson. In terms of quality, Bo Jackson had a higher average per carry than the other five backs but Adrian Peterson had the best TD ratio against conference opponents.
Number of games averaging 5 or more yards per carry:
Jackson ……. 29 of 41 (70.7%)
Williams …… 32 of 49 (65.3%)
McFadden …. 24 of 38 (63.2%)
Dayne ……… 28 of 47 (59.6%)
Peterson …… 17 of 31 (54.8%)
Walker …….. 16 of 36 (44.4%)
Number of games averaging 6 or more yards per carry:
Jackson ……. 21 of 41 (51.2%)
McFadden …. 18 of 38 (47.4%)
Williams …… 22 of 49 (44.9%)
Peterson …… 13 of 31 (41.9%)
Dayne ……... 18 of 47 (38.3%)
Walker …….. 11 of 36 (30.5%)
Number of games averaging 7 or more yards per carry:
McFadden …. 12 of 38 (31.6%)
Williams …… 14 of 49 (28.6%)
Dayne ……… 12 of 47 (25.5%)
Jackson ……. 10 of 41 (24.4%)
Peterson …… 6 of 31 (19.3%)
Walker …….. 3 of 36 (8.3%)
Games against Opponents with winning record:
During Adrian Peterson’s career, he faced a strength of schedule of .612. Bo Jackson faced a strength of schedule of .601. Darren McFadden faced a strength of schedule of .566, Ricky Williams faced a .525 and Ron Dayne was at .494. Herschel Walker had the lowest level of competition att at .485. Of Bo Jackson’s 41 games, 29 of his opponents had a winning record (70.7 pct). Peterson’s competition came from 19 teams of 31 with a winning record (61.3 pct). McFadden faced 21 of 38 (55.3 pct), Williams faced 25 of 49 (51.0 pct) and Ron Dayne faced as winning opponent in 20 of 47 games (42.5%). Herschel Walker faced only 15 of 36 (41.7 pct).
Herschel Walker …… 2253yds-470-21tds / 150.2 YPG / 4.79 YPC / 22.4 ATD
Darren McFadden ….. 2949yds-492-21tds / 140.4 YPG / 5.99 YPC / 23.4 ATD
Ron Dayne …………. 2414yds-468-18tds / 120.7 YPG / 5.16 YPC / 26.0 ATD
Adrian Peterson ……. 2285yds-452-23tds / 120.3 YPG / 5.06 YPC / 19.7 ATD
Ricky Williams ……. 2952yds-540-24tds / 118.1 YPG / 5.47 YPC / 22.5 ATD
Bo Jackson …………. 3227yds-527-31tds / 111.3 YPG / 6.12 YPC / 17.0 ATD
Herschel Walker had the best average in yards per game but Bo Jackson finished with the best yards per carry and TD ratio against the more difficult competition.
Games against Opponents with win percentage of .750 or better:
Ron Dayne (12) …………. 1394yds-282-11tds / 116.2 YPG / 4.94 YPC / 25.6 ATD
Darren McFadden (11) …. 1274yds-218-12tds / 115.8 YPG / 5.84 YPC / 18.2 ATD
Bo Jackson (13) ………… 1470yds-254-11tds / 113.1 YPG / 5.78 YPC / 23.1 ATD
Herschel Walker (6) …..…. 645yds-159-7tds / 107.5 YPG / 4.06 YPC / 22.7 ATD
Ricky Williams (11) …….. 1044yds-216-7tds / 94.9 YPG / 4.83 YPC / 30.9 ATD
Adrian Peterson (10) ……. 916yds-218-8tds / 91.6 YPG / 4.20 YPC / 27.2 ATD
Ron Dayne had the highest yards per game with 116.2 against opponents with a win percentage of at least .750. Darren McFadden had the best yards per carry and TD ratio. Bo Jackson was close behind McFadden in this category. According to the University of Texas official athletic website, Ricky Williams was a fullback during his first 2 seasons and a halfback during his final 2 years. As a fullback, Williams averaged 91.2 YPG and 183.5 YPG as a halfback.
Bowl stats are included for all the above backs.
Posted on 7/14/12 at 11:27 pm to URHatinIt
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Auburn has had some damn good RBs
Posted on 7/14/12 at 11:33 pm to Alahunter
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Trent was arguably better.
I don't think so, nothing special about Trent... -Signed,
Posted on 7/14/12 at 11:35 pm to thirdlawson
Jim Brown was a heavy hitter. That's for sure.
Posted on 7/14/12 at 11:43 pm to Alahunter
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Bo was in an offense geared only for running.
So being one-dimensional makes you easier to stop, right?
Posted on 7/14/12 at 11:46 pm to thirdlawson
I think Bo's legend started when he was a one man track team in high school. People don't realize how close UT came to signing Jackson along with Tony Robinson. And his exploits of strength and athleticism are legendary. Kevin Greene bet Jackson he couldn't throw a football from one sideline to the other "ON ONE KNEE" but he did it. The guy was a freak in terms of athletic ability.
Posted on 7/15/12 at 5:25 am to StevieRayVol
Who else in today's game do you guys think is close to the level of Bo? I would say Adrian Peterson would top my list.
Posted on 7/15/12 at 5:40 am to StevieRayVol
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. The guy was a freak in terms of athletic ability.
I was at the Buck Masters camp a few years ago and he was in the top three in the compound bow competition. There were some world class rednecks there. I think Bo could do almost anything he wanted in sports. I am an avid Bo fan but I put him right below Herschel on all time SEC RBs. Bo and Herschel ran in a different type of offense than is used today. You put Bo in a pro set or spread offense and he is still going to tear you up. I am proud to have him represent my school and in my AU family.
Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:00 am to UKWildcatsFAN
Barry Sanders was better and it isn't even close.
Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:16 am to Swoopin
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Swoopin
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Come in and shite on a thread and then preach on the downfall of the SECRant.
Yeah. It's awful I called Jackson the greatest athlete the SEC ever had, and had an opinion on him as a running back. I suppose I should have just done what you do and get personal.
Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:18 am to UKWildcatsFAN
If ain't Herschel it ain't shite
Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:36 am to Damn Good Dawg
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If ain't Herschel it ain't shite
This thread isn't about Herschel and its not ment to compare the two.
Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:38 am to UKWildcatsFAN
Well now it is 
Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:39 am to Damn Good Dawg
If you wanna make a tread about the legend of Walker have at it.
Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:42 am to UKWildcatsFAN
Oh unwad your panties, Alice, every Herschel thread ends up with a AU guy doing the same thing as I and it's in good fun.
Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:44 am to Damn Good Dawg
I'm not mad. I'm just pointing out the original purpose of the thread. I am not comparing Bo to walker, I'm comparing him to other great Auburn running backs and questioning his legend of being the best running back to play for the tigers.
This post was edited on 7/15/12 at 7:46 am
Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:47 am to UKWildcatsFAN
Ok, I'm sorry for polluting the thread with Herschel. It was in good fun but I dont wanna be that guy.
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Posted on 7/15/12 at 7:50 am to Damn Good Dawg
It's Sunday Dawg. No need for your early morning shenanigans.
Posted on 7/15/12 at 9:19 am to UKWildcatsFAN
I remember when my defense stuffed Bo in the cotton bowl.
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