Ranking the Best Sooner Running Backs of All Time 

Brooks was incredibly tough to leave off the list. Honestly it might have been the combination of me attempting not to use recency bias and just how easy he made things look. The guy was an absolute stud

Same - the fact that he could hold his own and excel at his size was mind-blowing to me at the time

I gotta try some of that

That's must have been an awesome experience - watching history! I saw him a couple times - I think one of my favorites was a game against OSU (I think with the Big 12 title on the line) where he broke off a run but took a knee at the 1 instead of scoring a TD to ice the game

@@LimitlessSports yeah it was awesome. I was near the student section and a lot of people started leaving because of the weather but I decided to stay so I could witness history. I was high fiving fellow Sooner fans I didn't even know after he broke the record. Even though we went 8-5 that year it was still a great season for me because I got to meet both Blake Bell and Barry Switzer. Blake gave me a high five and I got a picture with Barry.

I was at that game too! In the north end zone, one of my favorite OU memories.

@@ryanpalmer7854 I was near the Student Section.

Thank you for the kind words! Definitely looking forward to broadening the channel - and the "where are they now?" sounds like a great idea

Agreed - it would be awesome for past games to be archived somewhere that could be easily accessed - especially with the storied history OU has

Much appreciated! I'll definitely admit some bias went into this since AD is one of my all-time favorite Sooners - but I agree 9 yards per carry is absolute insanity. Dupree is one of the biggest what-if stories ever

AD was probably STRONGER, though, and Pruitt's TEAM was better than AD's team, so that of course would raise up Pruitt, and lower AD, unfairly. AD's stellar pro career: he had almost 3 times as much rushing yardage as Pruitt in the NFL, so I'd have to go with AD as maybe the better overall player - a much much higher draft pick than Pruitt was, as well.

That's an excellent comparison - there are so many to chose from. I'd go with Peterson, Griffin, and Murray as my 3 personal favorites

That was the tough part - I wasn't able to watch a lot of these guys play/there wasn't a lot of college film on them which made it difficult. Both are definitely worthy of mention!

Spencer Tillman was also pretty good and had Mixon stayed longed........well you never know.

That's one of the things that made it difficult - there have been so many good-great running backs over the years that a lot of guys that would make the list easily at other schools sometimes get lost in the shuffle (especially if you come right after or before a Heisman winner or record breaker)

@@denizen9998 I won't lie I originally had Mixon on my extended list until I broke things down

@@denizen9998, oh gosh yes! I can't believe I forgot him. He had over 1,000 yards as a freshman, and I think another freshman rb, Earl Johnson or Jones, almost had 1,000 that year too!

Appreciate it! I agree a healthy Peterson would be tough to keep from #1 - as well as Dupree being on of the biggest "what-ifs" of all time. OU has had so many elite backs - made it tough to choose

@@LimitlessSports In the 70's they had guys who ended up playing pro who didnt even start.

@@stevewatkins7144 Absolutely insane talent level - can't say that about most schools

@@LimitlessSports I would like to see some sort of documentary series on ex-Sooner athletes to inform Sooner fans where these athletes are now. There was a documentary on 30-30 about Marcus Dupree which was really good and it showed he is doing all right today. Why not extend that to other Sooner athletes that provides OU fans so many thrills during their time at OU? There are many great athletes that were borderline pro and you wonder what happened to them. Ex-basketball players like Chucky Barnett - who was the leading scorer in the Big 8 but didn't make it in the NBA I dont believe - where is he now? Ex- running backs like Elvis Peacock - who was a great performer on OU national chamionship teams and a world class sprinter - where is he now? I think that would get a lot of attention and would also be a great recruiting tool for OU - to show that OU fans dont just forget about you when you are gone. They care about what happens to you. Maybe too sappy but just a thought.

@@stevewatkins7144 100% those would be very entertaining to watch - I can definitely see something like that happening in the future. I also enjoyed the Boz 30 for 30 as well

I think that is an excellent video idea. And you hit the nail on the head there - just felt like he didn't have enough time at OU to cement his place there over the others on the list. He would top the list of "what ifs" in Sooner history for sure

One of if not the greatest programs of all time!

I'd have Dupree on my most talented list for sure - barely missed the cut on this one though

Dupree is probably the one of the greatest "what ifs?" in Sooner history

You being a nerd is laughable! Pretty sure his nickname was AD!

Peterson would be #1 at 95% of schools - but Sims beat him out in almost every statistical category and nearly won back to back Heismans. Now if he was healthy for those 3 years at Oklahoma...we might be having a very different conversation

@@LimitlessSports so numbers are the reason for you list and not the affect they made

@@1025MG I think production is important - but Sims was also a top 2 player in the entire country back to back years. AD wasn't healthy long enough to have the impact that Sims did imo. Why do you think Peterson should be above him?