I'd throw in an honorable mention for Everett Golson in 2013 before the suspension. My hopes were sky high coming off of the national title appearance after his true freshman year. Clausen '09 and Quinn '06 are two others that come to mind for QBs.
I think it’s going to take some time for some people to realize, but I think Love is the best running back in the modern era of Notre Dame football.
It takes me 0.0 seconds to realize that.
There could be an argument that he was the best running back in the modern era of college football.
For sure the best since.... who? The Bus? Was a lot of fun to watch him the last couple years.
I’d say the best since Kyren Williams.
Implying kyren was better? No way
No. Love is the standard. If we ranked rbs from this century, it would be Love, K.Williams, Price, Jones, McDaniel 😆
This is one reason why I'm not aligned with the beat w/r/t this year's backs. If Nolan James or Aneyas Williams actually are Kyren (a frequent comparison for both), then the RB room this year is more than enough to make a deep playoff push. Kyren isn't Love, nor is he as dynamic as Price, but he would absolutely have carved out a role as pass protector and pass catcher with more than enough in his runs to be RB2.
Woah. I love Kyren, but over Autry Denson, the Bus, Allen Pinckett, Julius Jones, Vagas Ferguson, etc? He had less rushing yards than Cierre Wood in his career. (Kyren is better, but just saying).
21st century players
Yeah, you can miss me with the 1900s players. As a millennial, I feel pretty comfortable with that sentence, lol.
Right, I understand you were saying that with "modern" but Pumpdog said "ever at ND" and I think that's a stretch for Kyren, even though I'm a big fan of his all-around game.
Forgetting Love; who’s better than Kyren? Maybe Price. Jones? He had incredible ability but never really put it all together. Did he even start? I can’t think of anyone else who would challenge Kyren for #2.
yup, I'm just a big KW fan. Not gonna argue with others about it, I don't have that strong of feeling on it. Your list is also great.
Likewise on Kyren, my favorite part of his game was how good of a pass protector he was. He wasn't just getting in the way of rushers, he was punishing them.
Price for sure, IMO. Dude would've been a killer if he was our feature back rather than a 1B to Love. I think Julius Jones definitely ranks ahead of Kyren IMO. Kyren probably the better all-purpose back, but Jones was a more elite runner.
