Leading NU rushers 2004-2019

[inWV]

Dominant rushing wins games.
04-Ross#, Jackson
05-Ross*, Glenn/Lucky
06-Jackson*, Lucky*
07-Lucky#, Castille/Helu
08-Helu*, Lucky*/Castille
09-Helu#, Burkhead
10-Helu#, Burkhead*/TMart*
11-Burkhead#, TMart*
12-AA#/TMart#, Burkhead*
13-AA#, Cross
14-AA#, Tommy*
15-Newby*, Cross/Tommy
16-Newby*, Tommy*/Zig
17-Zig, Wilbon/Bryant
18-Zig#, AMart*/Mo
19-Mills*, AMart*
# 1000 yds or more rushing
* 500 yds or more rushing

Compare this to rushing stats for the Ducks when Frost was OC there:
13-Marshall#, Tyner*/Mariota*, Thomas*
14-Freeman#, Mariota*/Tyner*
15-Freeman#, Griffin*

 

[oldjar07]

Dominant rushing wins games.
04-Ross#, Jackson
05-Ross*, Glenn/Lucky
06-Jackson*, Lucky*
07-Lucky#, Castille/Helu
08-Helu*, Lucky*/Castille
09-Helu#, Burkhead
10-Helu#, Burkhead*/TMart*
11-Burkhead#, TMart*
12-AA#/TMart#, Burkhead*
13-AA#, Cross
14-AA#, Tommy*
15-Newby*, Cross/Tommy
16-Newby*, Tommy*/Zig
17-Zig, Wilbon/Bryant
18-Zig#, AMart*/Mo
19-Mills*, AMart*
# 1000 yds or more rushing
* 500 yds or more rushing

Compare this to rushing stats for the Ducks when Frost was OC there:
13-Marshall#, Tyner*/Mariota*, Thomas*
14-Freeman#, Mariota*/Tyner*
15-Freeman#, Griffin*

Pathetic 3 years from 2015-17.

 

[CatColumbia]

Pathetic 3 years from 2015-17.

Pathetic O-lines during this period I will add.

 

[yunginsNU2]

Man i really miss watching little Cory Ross play like a Giant. That dude had so much heart

 

[PCastro]

Pathetic 3 years from 2015-17.

Not an excuse for Riley but he walked into nebraska, f’n nebraska, and Newby was best back on roster? I love Bo and think he is an awesome coach but he really let some things fall off.

 

[huskerhooligansdotcom]

Newby had a good year as a senior. He was very tentative and average the whole rest of his career.

The mark of a good running back is always making the first guy miss... regardless of how bad the line is. If you have a good line, you are making a safety miss on your way to a good gain. If you have a bad line.. you make a defensive lineman whiff and get back to the line of scrimmage. Cory Ross, Ameer, Rex... the first guy never got them.

 

[inWV]

Newby had a good year as a senior. He was very tentative and average the whole rest of his career.

The mark of a good running back is always making the first guy miss... regardless of how bad the line is. If you have a good line, you are making a safety miss on your way to a good gain. If you have a bad line.. you make a defensive lineman whiff and get back to the line of scrimmage. Cory Ross, Ameer, Rex... the first guy never got them.

Add Roy to the list. Kid had some rugby experience and it showed in terms of how he navigated blocking near the LOS. He could get upfield in a hurry.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

Helu was damn good and got screwed by Callahan’s deal with Lucky.

 

[John_J_Rambo]

Not an excuse for Riley but he walked into nebraska, f’n nebraska, and Newby was best back on roster? I love Bo and think he is an awesome coach but he really let some things fall off.

you love bo and think he's an awesome coach?

yikes. his wife wouldn't be caught dead saying those things.

 

[inWV]

Riley recruits were Stevenson, Zig, Tre, Jaylin, and Miles (FB). Riley hit 75% bad luck and recruit El Busto if you don’t count Miles who transferred. He was lucky he had Newby for a couple of years.

 

[NorthwoodHusker]

Riley recruits were Stevenson, Zig, Tre, Jaylin, and Miles (FB). Riley hit 75% bad luck and recruit El Busto if you don’t count Miles who transferred. He was lucky he had Newby for a couple of years.

Thats less than this staff has recruited, as theyve recruited six in two years.

Pathetic recruiting by MR staff

 

[inWV]

Thats less than this staff has recruited, as theyve recruited six in two years.

Pathetic recruiting by MR staff

In his last three years, Bo landed, Newby, Cross, Wilbon, Taylor, and Lorenzo Stewart who never made it. Bo hit on 50% of his RB recruits who showed up. Bo’s last stellar RB recruits was AA and also Green, who transferred to TCU and had two 1000 yd seasons.
For Frost so far, Bell was a bust, Mo was 1 good year and out, Mills looks good and the rest are too early to tell. So he’s at 33%. But he’s recruiting more guys and will continue until the room has sufficient talent. Four young guys below Mills plus a guy like Wandale.

 

[bigboxes]

Man i really miss watching little Cory Ross play like a Giant. That dude had so much heart

Pork chop was one of my favorites.

 

[Bill_Callahan2.0]

Do this again in 4 years... We’ll see a lot of Marvin Scott....

 

[zrob]

Helu was damn good and got screwed by Callahan’s deal with Lucky.

Lucky was pretty damn good himself. His Junior year was extremely good with over 1,000 yards rushing and over 700 receiving. A RB with over 1,700 yards sounds awesome after what we had last year.In his sophomore and Senior seasons Marlon didn't really have so many touches that there wouldn't have been enough for someone else.

 

[TruHusker]

The blocking in the Helu vid was very good.

 

[inWV]

The blocking in the Helu vid was very good.

Keep in mind that the Stache was routinely slagged on this board. NU had better backs for him but Barney’s guys gave them room to run.

 

[dinglefritz]

Lucky was pretty damn good himself. His Junior year was extremely good with over 1,000 yards rushing and over 700 receiving. A RB with over 1,700 yards sounds awesome after what we had last year.In his sophomore and Senior seasons Marlon didn't really have so many touches that there wouldn't have been enough for someone else.

Imagine what Lucky could have been if he would have been willing to work in the weight room and practice. L A Z Y.

 

[zrob]

Imagine what Lucky could have been if he would have been willing to work in the weight room and practice. L A Z Y.

Agreed. I don't understand how anyone would be lazy when they have enough talent that they basically possess a "winning lotto ticket" to play in the NFL if they want to put in some effort and make football the most import thing in life for a few years.
Oh well I guess other guys come to NU and squander talent in far worse ways. And it was pretty cool for a season having a RB that had near elite skills catching the ball too.

They way people are today if those guys were Huskers today in 2020 it seems like we would be able to expect 1 or both of Helu/Lucky to transfers out.

 

[TheNewNU]

Keep in mind that the Stache was routinely slagged on this board. NU had better backs for him but Barney’s guys gave them room to run.

Cavanaugh was maybe the worst OL coach in power 5.

 

[big red22]

Man i really miss watching little Cory Ross play like a Giant. That dude had so much heart

He was the inspiration for my screen name

 

[PCastro]

Riley recruits were Stevenson, Zig, Tre, Jaylin, and Miles (FB). Riley hit 75% bad luck and recruit El Busto if you don’t count Miles who transferred. He was lucky he had Newby for a couple of years.

Zig and Tre were better than what was in the cupboard after 7 years of being able to recruit to a run based scheme at Nebraska

 

[inWV]

Zig and Tre were better than what was in the cupboard after 7 years of being able to recruit to a run based scheme at Nebraska

Adam Taylor - never developed due to injuries
Newby-1,600 yds rushing last two years
Cross-reliable backup/short yardage guy for four years, on roster Riley's first year
Wilbon-bit of a bust for a 4* guy
vs.
Devine-only year of substantial productivity was in Frost's first year
Tre-only a glimpse of his talents were seen due to degenerative knees
Jaylin-couldn't best two walkons when given a chance to climb into the 2 deep

Yes, we knew that Pelini wasn't keeping up with recruiting backs to a run focus scheme, although I think Cross, Newby and Tommy would have been sufficient had Bo coached NU in 2015.. But Riley didn't even recruit enough decent backs for a Pro based scheme.

 

[NorthwoodHusker]

Adam Taylor - never developed due to injuries
Newby-1,600 yds rushing last two years
Cross-reliable backup/short yardage guy for four years, on roster Riley's first year
Wilbon-bit of a bust for a 4* guy
vs.
Devine-only year of substantial productivity was in Frost's first year
Tre-only a glimpse of his talents were seen due to degenerative knees
Jaylin-couldn't best two walkons when given a chance to climb into the 2 deep

Yes, we knew that Pelini wasn't keeping up with recruiting backs to a run focus scheme, although I think Cross, Newby and Tommy would have been sufficient had Bo coached NU in 2015.. But Riley didn't even recruit enough decent backs for a Pro based scheme.

Loved Tre, but other teams passed on him for a reason. Newby only got coached out of his 'Im faster than you' his senior sason, was ok.
Ziggy not getting his, dog house for whatever reasons. Cross was slow, but could truck you. Taylor should have medically outted his scholly.
No backups for Ziggy but Taylor was terrible, backups for AA was ruined when Taylor went down, both scenarios went unanswered.
We have to keep up,even through our mishaps.

I think expanding the walkon program is where we will get those extra schollies each year, whether its a O lineman,even possibly a D lineman, some will work their way into the two deep, and thats where you use that scholly for just a year at least, for that other scholly.
Neither Bo nor MR used this ability, which is more work, but offers rewards for the team in many ways.

 

[NikkiSixx]

Riley's thing was a rb had to pass block really well before he could see the field and we didn't have those sort of guys.

I think it will be really important to get back to having a thousand yard rusher, because without that kind of running threat, the passing game doesn't open up.

I do wonder what Lubick thinks about the running game and if it will be something he emphasizes or not.