Earlier this week, former Alabama and current Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs sat down with the guys from pivot (Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder, Fred Taylor). It is a great interview if you have 40 some minutes. He talks about his homelessness, his frustrations with lack of recruitment, living in Las Vegas when he was with the Raiders, his relationship with Henry Ruggs, Nick Saban and the time he almost left the Crimson Tide at halftime of a game.
One of the final questions (around the 42:45 mark) was what is his Mount Rushmore of Alabama running backs. Respecting his elders, Jacobs gave an intriguing reply.
His first answer was Shaun Alexander, followed by “Derrick Henry obviously in there”. Then it took some pondering before he came up with Trent Richardson and then finally Eddie Lacy. Clark reminded him of the Tide’s first Heisman winner and Jacobs quickly corrected himself adding Mark Ingram instead of Lacy.
Taylor asked him about Najee Harris to which Jacobs had good response:
“The reason why I don’t put none of the younger guys is because I feel like the game was different when they played. And … they really created what we call Bama Legacy.”
I’d say that is a prety good list. Who do you have in your Mount Rushmore of Alabama Running Backs?
STUDY GUIDE
| Player | From | To | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Najee Harris | 2017 | 2020 | 638 | 3843 | 6.0 | 46 | 80 | 781 | 9.8 | 11 |
| Derrick Henry | 2013 | 2015 | 602 | 3591 | 6.0 | 42 | 17 | 285 | 16.8 | 3 |
| Shaun Alexander | 1996 | 1999 | 727 | 3565 | 4.9 | 41 | 62 | 798 | 12.9 | 8 |
| Bobby Humphrey | 1985 | 1988 | 615 | 3420 | 5.6 | 33 | 60 | 523 | 8.7 | 7 |
| Kenneth Darby | 2003 | 2006 | 702 | 3324 | 4.7 | 11 | 70 | 340 | 4.9 | 2 |
| T.J. Yeldon | 2012 | 2014 | 576 | 3322 | 5.8 | 37 | 46 | 494 | 10.7 | 2 |
| Mark Ingram | 2008 | 2010 | 572 | 3261 | 5.7 | 42 | 60 | 670 | 11.2 | 4 |
| Trent Richardson | 2009 | 2011 | 540 | 3130 | 5.8 | 35 | 68 | 730 | 10.7 | 7 |
| Damien Harris | 2015 | 2018 | 441 | 2779 | 6.3 | 21 | 52 | 407 | 7.8 | 2 |
| Johnny Musso | 1969 | 1971 | 574 | 2741 | 4.8 | 34 | 61 | 495 | 8.1 | 4 |
| Brian Robinson Jr. | 2017 | 2021 | 545 | 2704 | 5.0 | 29 | 52 | 446 | 8.6 | 2 |
| Dennis Riddle | 1994 | 1997 | 612 | 2645 | 4.3 | 23 | 72 | 554 | 7.7 | 4 |
| Johnny Davis | 1974 | 1977 | 447 | 2519 | 5.6 | 19 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 |
| Sherman Williams | 1991 | 1994 | 535 | 2486 | 4.6 | 27 | 36 | 424 | 11.8 | 2 |
| Eddie Lacy | 2010 | 2012 | 355 | 2402 | 6.8 | 30 | 35 | 338 | 9.7 | 2 |
| Shaud Williams | 2002 | 2003 | 410 | 2288 | 5.6 | 19 | 45 | 389 | 8.6 | 1 |
| Ricky Moore | 1981 | 1984 | 469 | 2270 | 4.8 | 10 | 54 | 439 | 8.1 | 2 |
| Glen Coffee | 2005 | 2008 | 410 | 2107 | 5.1 | 14 | 42 | 351 | 8.4 | 2 |
| Siran Stacy | 1989 | 1991 | 429 | 2106 | 4.9 | 28 | 52 | 574 | 11.0 | 1 |
| Tony Nathan | 1975 | 1978 | 310 | 1997 | 6.4 | 29 | 22 | 203 | 9.2 | 2 |
