I'll never take good running backs for granted again after 1998-2008.
Off top no Google Pumpy style our top 3 RBs 98-08 were:
1. Louis Rankin (got a few NFL carries)
2. Willie Hurst (spin move zona)
3. Rich Alexis (freshman year)
Off top busts
1. Jr Harry (who?)
2. Brandon Johnson (Ty somehow recruited a fast strategy Compton kid who actually murdered a guy)
3. Kenny James (spin move TD @oklahoma then nothing)
4. Kirton (rip)
5. Demetrius Bronson
6. Terrence Dailey
7. Shelton Sampson (shake them dreads)
So freaking sad. We had very god to great RB's before that as far back as I can remember: Weathersby (ftg), Race's fren Greg Lewis, Beno (and Barry), NipNap, Leon Neal, Shehee, Dillon (!), Shehee again.
And then once we got one we went right back on a great RB run: Polk, Sankey, Gaskin (we won't discuss the DWash era out of respect for DDY), Ahmed.
Paul Arnold was the one great RB recruit we had between Dillon and Polk and his back fucked him (us?) over.