All time underrated RB?

[Ithacaorange]

Who do you guys think is the most underrated all time great Syracuse running back ? Not in his day , but now , a guy that nobody talks about . I have mine … let er rip

 

[orangenauburn]

Walter Reyes or James Mungro

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Depends. Is the hay in the barn?

 

[Ithacaorange]

Walter Reyes or James Mungro

I had Mungro ! He was tremendous as was Reyes , I lived the way dome announcer used to say … james mmmuuunnnngrrrooo ! Run after run. He was a great player

 

[bevosu]

Reyes had impressive numbers. RIP.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

PTG

 

[Ithacaorange]

Depends. Is the hay in the barn?

He was a beast the kid from Delaware !

 

[Cuse'91]

Dee Brown maybe?

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Dee Brown maybe?

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Dee Brown (other than that cat also played for the Royals and Celtics ) is the fumble he had at the goal line as a freshman. I think it was a close loss against NC State, but not 100% sure.

 

[Ithacaorange]

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Dee Brown (other than that cat also played for the Royals and Celtics ) is the fumble he had at the goal line as a freshman. I think it was a close loss against NC State, but not 100% sure.

That is correct - he was a very good player, that will define him unfortunately. That was one of those What loses

 

[Cuse'91]

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Dee Brown (other than that cat also played for the Royals and Celtics ) is the fumble he had at the goal line as a freshman. I think it was a close loss against NC State, but not 100% sure.

Yeah me too. But, moved on from that to have a nice career. And, not sure if that was a raw call; did the ball cross the goal-line?

 

[dollarbill44]

Robert Drummond was a pretty good one.

 

[rrlbees]

Robert Drummond

 

[rrlbees]

Robert Drummond was a pretty good one.

Damn beat me by a second

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Robert Drummond was a pretty good one.

Definitely. Anyone not familiar with him should look at his stats. They'd surprise most people. If he wasn't rotating with Owens, or that bizarre move to WR for a bit, he'd have more carries and yards. Still, he was good enough to be drafted in the 3rd round by the Iggles.

 

[Briancuse]

Reyes for sure. One of my top 3 fav cuse players.

 

[Ithacaorange]

He was obviously a great player and played on some legendary teams. Were his statistics muted due to the era ? Or as you say the move to WR ? Catching pitches from Donnie Mac must have been fun!

 

[ar inj]

"Big Jim" Nance

 

[sufandu]

David Walker. Not all that fast or flashy but was strong and had just enough wiggle to slip tackles. Never seemed to lose yardage. He nearly had 1000 yards his junior season in an era when we really spread the carries around and never averaged less than 4.9 ypc.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

He was obviously a great player and played on some legendary teams. Were his statistics muted due to the era ? Or as you say the move to WR ? Catching pitches from Donnie Mac must have been fun!

They had a ton of talent back then to spread the ball around to. He didn't redshirt either. He averaged 6 yards a carry as a junior and a senior. That offense was so fun to watch.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Dee Brown (other than that cat also played for the Royals and Celtics ) is the fumble he had at the goal line as a freshman. I think it was a close loss against NC State, but not 100% sure.

He never fumbled again the rest of his career.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

He never fumbled again the rest of his career.

You're right! I had forgotten about that!

 

[Ithacaorange]

Great memory of me from Reyes - I had tickets to the game against ND his Sr yr…. (I live in southern ny ) we get hit with a blizzard , I can’t make it there . My great wife says “you have the whole game in the basement I’ll watch the 2 infant kids “ . He had a day , one of the great performances in the dome all time

 

[kingtidge]

I think Delone Carter could have put up some really serious numbers if he didn't have that 2-year injury spat and wasn't part of GERG teams for the first half of his career here.

As it is, isn't he 3rd in all-time in yards for SU?

 

[tep624]

Robert Drummond and Damien Rhodes.