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BEST RUNNING BACKS IN TSSAA HISTORY


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Some of the best to ever come out of Morgan County include:

Coalfield: Josh Sheldon, Tony Bird, Michael Paul Gilbert, Lewis Carson

Oakdale: Jimmy McGill, David Cooney, David Goins, Herbie Jones, Steve Marshall

Sunbright: Doug Morgan, Joe Galloway, Curtis LaRue

Wartburg: Marty Cox, Donnie Mouse Shadden, Steve Garrett

Kingbrian, we're talking about the great ones, not small town heros. :lol:

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I don't know how they stack up in yardage but here are the best I have seen.

 

Leroy Thompson Austin East 1983-86. I watched him torment Maryville for 4 seasons. AE had their best team in 1986. Leroy Thompson was a great running back and a great defensive back.

 

Dante Hickey Cleveland 1992-94. He was a slasher who could take it to the house on any play. If he could have went to UT he would have probably been a defensive back. He should be playing in the NFL right now. That is how good he was.A wasted talent.

 

Reggie Brown Loudon 1981-83 He was an awesome back. He ran through people. A power back with speed. Went to UT but got in trouble right off the bat. Another wasted talent.

 

Santonio Beard Pearl Cohn 96-98 He was a great running back.

 

Travis Cozart Lenoir City 90-92 He is the best I have seen. He was the whole team at Lenoir City. I saw him rush for 275yds and have 150yds receiving vs Maryville in 1991. That was the best overall performance I ever seen. MHS won the game 24-17 in overtime. Had he stayed out of trouble he would have beat out Jay Graham at RB when he was at UT.Another waste of talent.

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one of the best backs i ever saw was adam tipps of CPA only b/c he had no speed, no size, or any of the talents most great backs have, but he always found a way to gain yardage. I believe he was a mr. football awrd winner too.

 

now looking at the best backs to ever come out of Tn my list is so

 

Travis Stewart and Fred Lane...NFL says most of it.

stats wise you gotta go with Troy Fleming, but then again mostly all those yards were in single A.

 

Ralph King. His stats were in 5A so i see him being purdy darn good.

 

Kirsten Biggers...anyone who saw him play will say he was awesome at the highschool level.

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