The Best HS Running Back You Ever Saw In Person?

• Gardens35

  Was talking with some of my co-workers about this today.
  
  
  I was fortunate to see Emmitt Smith play some high school ball, he's my #1.
  
  Locally, I'm undecided.....Ted Bell(Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, early 70's), and Maurice Clarett at WGH.
  
  
  Who's yours?
• riders1

  

  Robert Smith, Euclid
• OQB

  

  In no particular order:
  
  Clarett-WGH
  Sutton-Hoban
  Saine-Piqua
  Franklin- St. Peter Chanel
  Teague- Ursuline
  Carter-Copley
• Al Bundy

  Al Bundy
  Clarett
• Al Bundy

  Al Bundy
  Clarett
• Gardens35

  Like
• Al Bundy

  Shawn Patton was nice runner for Campbell, too bad he made so many poor decisions off of the field.
• RedRider1

  

  Delone Carter - Copley...had an extra gear that no one on the field had.
• OQB

  

  RedRider1;845212 wrote:Delone Carter - Copley...had an extra gear that no one on the field had.

  
  wow, I completely forgot about him....and I even had to play against him lol.
• TBone14

  

  Have seen a lot of good ones. I would consider Nate Kmic the best I ever played against.
  
  Best game ever at Lake High School. 06 or 07 when Central played Piqua at Lake in 1st round of the playoffs. Sanzenbacher vs Saine. Watched that one.
  
  Saw Borland, now a LB at Wisconsin, run the ball in HS. He was a beast.
• Dthane

  The one best??? Some of the ones I would have to try to decide on would be Ricky Powers-Buchtel, Ray Williams-Benedictine, Tubbo Yetts -Big Red, Quincy Wilson-Weir High WV, and two that I am not sure of their exacts, but I want to say James Cotton, who would later play D at OSU (maybe a Cleveland School), and a kid named Melvin Cobbs from Woodland Hills PA. Hard for me to decide in that bunch, but I wouldn't want to have to play against any of them.
• Al Bundy

  Dthane;845249 wrote:The one best??? Some of the ones I would have to try to decide on would be Ricky Powers-Buchtel, Ray Williams-Benedictine, Tubbo Yetts -Big Red, Quincy Wilson-Weir High WV, and two that I am not sure of their exacts, but I want to say James Cotton, who would later play D at OSU (maybe a Cleveland School), and a kid named Melvin Cobbs from Woodland Hills PA. Hard for me to decide in that bunch, but I wouldn't want to have to play against any of them.

  
  I forgot about Williams. He had an unreal day when I saw him play. I am sure that I am forgetting many others too..lol
• BTrev

  I haven't been watching HS Football long, not even 15 years.
  
  Anyway, here's my list...
  
  Maurice Clarrette -Warren G. Harding
  Walter Reyes -Struthers
  Lance Smith -Howland
  Tony Elzy -Warren JFK
  Shaun Lane -Hubbard
  Terrell Smith -Alliance
• beverboy1

  woodson fre-ross
• Al Bundy

  BTrev;845268 wrote:I haven't been watching HS Football long, not even 15 years.
  
  Anyway, here's my list...
  
  Maurice Clarrette -Warren G. Harding
  Walter Reyes -Struthers
  Lance Smith -Howland
  Tony Elzy -Warren JFK
  Shaun Lane -Hubbard
  Terrell Smith -Alliance

  
  Elzy had a game where he rushed for over 400 yards and scored, I believe, 7 TD's and he was on losing end. I never have seen such a dominant rushing performance end up on the losing end. JFK lost 64-62 to Girard in that game. It was also the highest scoring, non-OT game that I ever saw.
• justincredible

  

  Probably Javon Ringer in a playoff game at Licking Valley back in 02 or 03 (I think).
• Speedofsand

  

  Troy Davis, Miami HS, went to Iowa St., was 2nd in the '96 Heisman vote.
  CJ Spiller
  James Wilder Jr.
  Fred Taylor
  John L Williams
  Earnest Graham
  Travis Henry
  Marquette Smith, USA Today National Offensive Player of the Year, 1990
• Y-Town Steelhound

  

  Maurice Clarett and Tony Elzy....and actually Elzy had 2 400+ yard/7 + touchdown performances.
• reddevil90

  

  Al Bundy;845211 wrote:Shawn Patton was nice runner for Campbell, too bad he made so many poor decisions off of the field.

  I have to Agree. He played in a area of Football that if you got 800 yards a season you where doing very good. He had over 3400 yards for his varsity career and i think 48 or 50 Td's.... I know now in the most recent times that almost easy to get.
  
  But Teague was not Mr Ohio for nothing. That kid will have a nice future in college and I'm sure if he stays healthy and has a good career he will make a nice addition to any NFL team!!! Mark my words that kid will be awesome in collage!!
  And most definitely Shawn Patton and Knew him in High School. And your right he lost his direction after high school. He had a try out for San Fran but screwed that up.
  And i know ill sound Bias here again. Deland McCullough He didn't get many chances cause he was behind Patton. But when Patton Graduated he just destroyed Defences with his speed and power running. And was drafted by the Bangles was the leading preseason rusher till he blew his knee out in a late preseason game.
• lets_go_devils

  

  reddevil90;845339 wrote:I have to Agree. He played in a area of Football that if you got 800 yards a season you where doing very good. He had over 3400 yards for his varsity career and i think 48 or 50 Td's.... I know now in the most recent times that almost easy to get.
  
  But Teague was not Mr Ohio for nothing. That kid will have a nice future in college and I'm sure if he stays healthy and has a good career he will make a nice addition to any NFL team!!! Mark my words that kid will be awesome in collage!!
  And most definitely Shawn Patton and Knew him in High School. And your right he lost his direction after high school. He had a try out for San Fran but screwed that up.
  And i know ill sound Bias here again. Deland McCullough He didn't get many chances cause he was behind Patton. But when Patton Graduated he just destroyed Defences with his speed and power running. And was drafted by the Bangles was the leading preseason rusher till he blew his knee out in a late preseason game.

  That was one Manic Monday
  
  
  
  
• reddevil90

  

  lets_go_devils;845341 wrote:That was one Manic Monday
  
  
  
  

  Yes it was. LOL
• 4cards

  

  ...best in person I've seen;
  
  1. Ted Bell ( Mooney-Michigan State )
  2. A.J. Jones (Youngstown North--Unv.Texas)
  3. Robert Smith ( Euclid- The Ohio State University)
  4. Raymont Harris ( Lorain Adm.King- The Ohio State University)
  5. Mo Clarett ( WG Harding-The Ohio State University)
• coyotes22

  

  Travis McGuire- Massillon
• thavoice

  Kmic was damned good.
  
  Chuck Webb from Toledo Macomber. Family friend coached him for the Mac-men and saw him 3-4 times. Went onto Tennessee and blew out one, maybe both, of his knees. When he rehabbed he tried to jump to the NFL with no luck.
• jordo212000

  

  In my area we don't have as many guys that go onto major college football, but Drew Cannon from New Lexington was pretty darn good