Re: FB: We basically have 5 James Davis/Terry Allen level RB's..

Most of those "great" backs at Clemson between 85-97 were in an era of featured backs with no one pushing them. James Davis was a 4 star (not that I care so much about stars considering Terry Allen was a safety when he came to Clemson) but these RB's are all 4 stars and could start at other schools with running offenses and rack up the yardage.

BUT- I humble myself and my statements considering they have not played at all or not enough at Clemson to know for sure. We just have never had this level of talent "potential" all at once. I do recognize the rarity of a Terry Allen(I was a student at Clemson when he played his last year) and James Davis- and let's not forget Ronald Williams of out 96, SC( I was a student at Clemson when he played)....

I am simply excited that we should not be without a back that could go for a 100 on any day with good blocking.

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Feb 17, 2015, 11:50 AM

> in Gallman, Choice, Fuller, Brooks and Dye with
> Spiller/Stephen Davis on the way in Feaster. WE'S
> RiCH!!!!!! Can't wait.

Gotta disagree.

If you look at the Rivals.com ratings, a 4-star correlates to a 5.8, 5.9, or 6.0 rating. Those are the guys who should - if they got it right - get drafted in Rounds 2-7 of the NFL.

A 6.1 - five-star - is CJ Spiller. If Rivals got it right, a 5-star should be drafted in the first round and have an immense, usually immediate, impact at the college level. Obviously Rivals got it right in Spiller's case - he was a 6.1 5-star, he got drafted in the first round. They had James Davis as a 6.0 - a high-end 4-star. I'd say they got that right too. He was a big-time college back, got drafted into the NFL.

Choice and Dye were 5.9's, Brooks was a 5.8, and Gallman was a 5.7 - a high-end 3-star. So far Choice and Dye have been injured and shown very little. If they're NFL prospects I have yet to see it. Brooks has never really lived up to his rating, performing at maybe a 5.5 - low-end 3-star - level to date, and he's had injury concerns of his own. CJ Davidson probably has 4-star tools but his ball security renders that moot; if he can't hold onto the ball he won't ever see the field.

Only Gallman has performed as billed. He has thus far played almost spot-on to the level of that 5.7 rating he received. He's been a solid college back. You certainly won't confuse him with Nick Chubb or Samaje Perine as a freshman, and he won't make the NFL unless he gets quite a bit bigger and stronger and learns to run north-south behind his pads instead of bouncing it east-west like a Wing T back all the time, but he's been pretty good.

As far as what we have with Fuller, who knows. Coachspeak is nice; I'll reserve judgment that he'll contribute until after we get a look at him in Spring. I personally doubt he's a contributor, ever.

So we aren't "rich" at RB. Quite the opposite. We're loaded at WR, mind, and have arguably the best collection of WR's in college football (we're getting used to that), but honestly I'd rate us barely above average, probably no more than middle-of-the-pack even in the ACC at running back. FSU, Pitt, Duke, NC State, and probably GT all have better RB's than we do.

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FB: We basically have 5 James Davis/Terry Allen level RB's..

maybe you do,,,

Well stated. I hope it's true, but only time will tell.*****