Four former Badgers land on ESPN’s top 100 running backs list

 

Dillon Graff 

April 12, 2022 1:17 pm CT

Earlier today, ESPN’s Bill Connelly tried his hand at naming the top 100 running backs in college football over the last 60 years – talk about a tall order.

Among those named on Connelly’s list were four former Wisconsin Badgers running backs: Melvin Gordon (No. 20), Montee Ball (No. 19), Ron Dayne (No. 12), and Jonathan Taylor (No. 11).

In all honesty, anything less than four players from RBU would have been completely unacceptable. Especially considering that of the top 50 career rushing totals in NCAA history, five of them belong to Wisconsin Badgers running backs.

The University of Wisconsin is known as an old school, run heavy team – and as a result have had more Doak Walker recipients (5) than any other program since the award’s conception.

You can read Bill Connelly’s entire top 100 running backs list below:

Mercury Morris! Travis Etienne! Mike Alstott! Troy Davis! Darrens McFadden and Sproles! A bunch of Wisconsin and SDSU dudes! All the guys you’d expect at the top!

I ranked the top 100 CFB (FBS) RBs of the last 60 years because of course I did.https://t.co/wOjSXQKPam

— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) April 12, 2022

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