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Same. Can’t remember who the last player was that I was this excited to see play.

Qb? Probably Clausen junior year
Player? literally last year waiting on Love again lol.
And I wasn't let down
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.
 

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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.
For sure the best since.... who? The Bus? Was a lot of fun to watch him the last couple years.
 

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Strong argument that you could rank Love and Williams one and two, ever at ND.
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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
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.

I probably give the nod to Kyren over Darius Walker but he would be close IMO. Another really good APB. Audric also in that conversation.

My list:

1. Love
2a. Jones
2b. Price
4. Williams
5. Walker
6. Estime
 

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Since 2008:

Love
Price
Kyren
Adams
Riddick
Estime
Prosise
Dexter
J. Gray
A. Allen
Wood
Folston
Diggs
Tony Jones
Tyree
McDaniel

We have had some great running backs in recent history.
 

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I think we should drop the “best ever” superlatives when talking about a program as storied as Notre Dame. It’s incredibly hard to compare Love and Kyren to Ferguson and Pinkett or Denson and Brooks, let alone Lattner, Gipp, or Sitko

AI is a beautiful thing....."Give me a list of Notre Dame First Team All-American backs...."

Modern Era Running Backs (1970–Present)
Jeremiyah Love (2025) Doak Walker Award
Reggie Brooks (1992)
Allen Pinkett (1983, 1985)
Vagas Ferguson (1979)

Classic Era Backs & Fullbacks (1940–1969)
Nick Eddy (1966)
Paul Hornung (1955, 1956) – Though he won the Heisman at quarterback, he earned First-Team All-American honors at multiple backfield spots
Johnny Lattner (1952, 1953) – Two-time First-Team All-American and Heisman winner who played halfback, defensive back, and returner
Emil Sitko (1948, 1949)
Bob Kelly (1944)
Creighton Miller (1943) – Led the nation in rushing during Notre Dame's 1943 national title run

Early Era Halfbacks & Fullbacks (1899–1939)
Marchy Schwartz (1930, 1931)
Joe Savoldi (1930)
Jack Elder (1929)
Jim Crowley (1924) – One of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield
Elmer Layden (1924) – The fullback of the "Four Horsemen" backfield
Frank Thomas (1922)
George Gipp (1920) – Notre Dame’s very first consensus First-Team All-American back
Ray Eichenlaub (1913)
 
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Idk where he fits in the all-time list, but I think CJ Prosise will go down as the most underrated ND running back maybe ever.

Riddick gets his roses for ‘12, but Prosise came from out of nowhere to save the position and ended up being elite.

(I also think both Riddick and Prosise should’ve been given more feature/run as slot receivers when BK was dicking around with trying to maintain his spread even though it seemed like he didn’t really want to; it may well have changed BK’s offensive philosophy in a big way over time)
 

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Yeah, you can miss me with the 1900s players. As a millennial, I feel pretty comfortable with that sentence, lol.
You guys don’t know what you missed. ;)

Let me throw a twist in here. Speaking strictly in terms of more recent history, imagine Love running behind Q, Big Mike and that line!
 
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