Akrum was special right from the start. In his first game against Northwestern in’14 he got over 100yds. I haven’t seen that level of explosiveness on the field from McNeil. I know some reporters compared the two, but that might not be fair. Akrum was a highlight reel.
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yes that dude was something else. neither win against top 5 michigan or woodshed osu happens without him. and that was with bf calling plays. with a oc like lester he would've humiliated a lot more teams. that said i believe his first appearance (the nw game) was as sophomore, so while 2025 mcneil was not quite in the same league maybe the 2026 version with an extra year of weightroom gets there.
Wadley also did not play as a true freshman. For McNeil to get the snaps he did right out of high school shows that the coaches saw something special in him.
has no break away ability. any top end speed on his part and Iowa has a very good shot at a playoff spot.
he has great footwork, burst, patience, and vision. He’s also extremely good in tight spaces and on the goaline. He isn’t Kaleb Johnson in a full sprint. Welcome to college football. He isn’t a 4.4 guy….. ok.
breakaway speed isn’t the end all be all. Nobody on this roster has Kaleb’s ability. The hate is completely unwarranted
Yeah. Moulten was our best all around back last year. Not having him vs ISU didn’t help. I think McNeil has a higher ceiling and will only be better next year giving us a great trio or even 4 some with X. I think any criticism on moulten after what we had with Johnson a 3rd pick bit unfair because obviously be stuff he couldn’t do which main one was home run threat.
Again, I don’t think anybody is really hating on him. He’s just leave some things to be desired. Primarily not being able to really break arm tackles or have top end speed are fair criticisms.
Posted that in another thread. Howard played at Park Hill. Hutson played his high school ball at Raytown. Saw him play a couple of times when he was there, as they're in our conference.
Yah screw his 5.2 yards per carry average! Jazz was 4.9 on his 60 carries.
Why have people given up on Jarriett Buie? Are there rumblings that he will be transferring out?
Well he had to go in by now unless he just drops out totally
I never claimed Jazz was great either. The whole RB room seems to be above average but not great. Keep in mind this O line was elite.
We always think the next stable will house our thoroughbred. I'm that guy too. BUT I was on ebay and got a Bowman 1st refractor auto of Moulton.... Soooooo let's let that play out before we euthanize a solid contributor. or at the very least, let me profit on this card
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I'd call 5.2 yards per carry great. Indiana's Hemby was at 4.9 per carry. Fletcher of Miami was 5.5 yards. Sorry to kills your narrative. And those guys had massive passing attacks the entire season
5.2 yard average is pretty damn solid, and he stepped into an impossible situation replacing KJ who had a 6.6 yard average last year. With that said, he is a good back and not elite as stated above. Black from indy had a 5.6 yard average. I'd say the narrative holds when you look at the other top RB/Olines in football.
Oregon:
Whittington, 6.4 yards
Davison: 5.9 yards
Hill jr : 8.7 yards
Debby:
Smith: 5.8 (garbage line)
Notre dame:
Love: 6.9 yards
Price: 6.0 yards
Missouri:
Hardy: 6.4 yards
Those teams all had much better passing attacks than we had. Go back and rewatch the season. Opposing teams just stacked up to stop the run.
Kaleb Johnson had even worse stacked boxes to run against because of even more anemic passing offenses and didn’t have the luxury for MG as a running threat. I honestly don’t think they were as stacked as you think either.
And I didn't say Moulton was as good as KJ. No one was. You think we can just pull out a KJ at rando from around the country and bring him in. Good luck.
No, but you called Moulton great as evidence of his 5.2 yards per carry. He was not elite or great. He was at best a good, consistent performer.
Missouri sure as **** did not have a great passing game. Also, just to back up your statement of a 5.2 yard average being great only puts him tied for 97th. If you want to talk about loaded boxes, the RB from Navy, Alex Tecza had a 5.7 yard average.
Akrum didn't get playing time till his redshirt sophomore year.
I thought Anyway. Maybe I'm wrong.
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Thank you. I guess I meant meaningful. He was a backup for the first two. Not counting a redshirt.
Yup, that's what I thought you meant. I was just showing his stats since it went with your post
You remembered more about him than I did.I cant understand how fans dont look at player's stats. Correct, he didnt bust a bunch of 60 yard tds but he broke plenty of 15-25 yarders and his avg tote was damn good in the Big
You know between good and great is something called above avg. Moulton is definitely more than good, he is above avg, a very good big ten back getting 5.2 ypc on a team that doesnt throw the ball deep to move the safeties back
He was also running behind the best offensive line in the country……..
With what rated passing attack? Indiana and Oregon were 2 and 3 OLs. What did their backs average with two 1st round NFL QBs and WRs that will be drafted in NFL and start.
That’s interesting. I always considered above average as less than good in the semantics realm. Something like this.
Elite
Great
Very Good
Good
Above Average
Average
Subpar
Bad
Awful
KM was running behind the best o line in football, thats What I’m talking about. KMs a good back but I think a lot of rbs could have had success running behind this line.
And I said look at what Oregon and Indiana RBs averaged for YPC. They had OLs that were in the final 3 with Iowa for Joe Moore and they have / had 1st round draft pick QBs and WRs to use in passing game. Why didn't they average like 10 YPC?
sounds like you are arguing with yourself. Discussion pertained to how good KM was, I think a lot of backs could have run behind our line this year.