Outsider question on Calvin Jones...

[SRURock24]

Loved watching him play in the 90's against Colorado and Oklahoma. One of my favorite college backs. Thought he turned pro too early. Where would you guys rank him?

 

[catch54]

Loved watching him play in the 90's against Colorado and Oklahoma. One of my favorite college backs. Thought he turned pro too early. Where would you guys rank him?

I thought he was good at the time but nowhere near Phillips and Ahman Green as a college running back.

 

[o_h3]

A very good player but still a fringe Top 10 RB.
Rozier, Phillips, Green, Abdullah, Dubose, Craig, D Brown, Redwine, Hipp, Burkhead, Berns,Kinney, Reynolds, Clark, Helu, K Jones. Find a hard time putting in the Top 10 ahead many of these names.

 

[catch54]

A very good player but still a fringe Top 10 RB.
Rozier, Phillips, Green, Abdullah, Dubose, Craig, D Brown, Redwine, Hipp, Burkhead, Berns,Kinney, Reynolds, Clark, Helu, K Jones. Find a hard time putting in the Top 10 ahead many of these names.

My top five would be Phillips, Green, Helu, Rozier and Redwine.

 

[SRURock24]

A very good player but still a fringe Top 10 RB.
Rozier, Phillips, Green, Abdullah, Dubose, Craig, D Brown, Redwine, Hipp, Burkhead, Berns,Kinney, Reynolds, Clark, Helu, K Jones. Find a hard time putting in the Top 10 ahead many of these names.

I liked Derek Brown at the time too but thought Jones overtook him.

 

[Buicklife]

Jones had to leave.....LP was about to take all his snaps his senior year. He made the right call.

 

[SoFL Husker]

My top five would be Phillips, Green, Helu, Rozier and Redwine.

Philips, Green, Rozier, Kinney (never saw him but has to be in the mix), Abdullah

 

[saluno22]

Jones had to leave.....LP was about to take all his snaps his senior year. He made the right call.

He was also 23 at the end of the 1993 season, so he needed to get that NFL pay clock started before he got too run down.

 

[Blackshirt30]

Calvin is definitely at Top 10 back at Nebraska. Personally, I'd take him over Keith Jones, Burkhead, Helu, Ken Clark, & Derek Brown.

 

[inWV]

My top five would be Phillips, Green, Helu, Rozier and Redwine.

I'm not taking Roy over a Heisman winner.

 

[Spartanhusker]

IF NOT FOR INJURY, and a questionable confrontation, the list would be topped by....

DeAngelo Evans

 

[schuele]

IF NOT FOR INJURY, and a questionable confrontation, the list would be topped by....

DeAngelo Evans

Topped? Uh, no. Evans was a talented RB who might have cracked the top 10, but he doesn't leapfrog the likes of Phillips, Rozier and Green under any circumstances.

 

[Spartanhusker]

I was playing...a little.

Rozier and Phillips agree...Ahmann...Deangelo WAAAAY better, preinjury.

 

[schuele]

I was playing...a little.

Rozier and Phillips agree...Ahmann...Deangelo WAAAAY better, preinjury.

 

[Blackshirt30]

You want to talk about what if"s? Doug Dubose would be close to topping this list if his "misfortunes" didn't happen. Still makes my Top 5.

 

[Bleed Husker Red]

Deangelo Evans, was a beast pre injury. He doesn't get hurt and keeps his head straight, he would have been one of the best.

 

[Charlie Marlow_rivals363743]

Calvin Jones was awesome and could have been one of the greats. He had size, deceptive speed and great vision. But then he got injured. He returned and still did pretty well, but he was never back in top form.

Jarvis Redwine and Jeff Smith are two more that had unfortunate injuries or else who knows...

 

[catch54]

You want to talk about what if"s? Doug Dubose would be close to topping this list if his "misfortunes" didn't happen. Still makes my Top 5.

I loved Dubose. He was smooth. But he didn't have the power or speed of Phillips and Green.

 

[BigRedLegion]

Jones had to leave.....LP was about to take all his snaps his senior year. He made the right call.

Jones was never the same after he got hurt. But no question LP was better.