Longtime reader and frequent commenter on the Blawg Ally asked a great question.
I know Thomas passed Robert Edwards & Musa Smith on the list of yardage from RBs at UGA, but don't know exactly where he sits now. Do y'all? I've looked everywhere for the stats and can't find them.I was very surprised to find that individual career statistics are not listed on GeorgiaDogs.com. However, I was able to find these stats on Sic 'Em Dawgs.com. Here is how the all time list for career rushing yards looked prior to the season.
5,259 - Herschel Walker
3,232 - Garrison Hearst
3,017 - Lars Tate
2,668 - Rodney Hampton
2,581 - Kevin McLee
2,271 - Frank Sinkwich
2,228 - Willie McClendon
2,202 - Musa Smith
2,038 - Tim Worley
2,033 - Robert Edwards
Right now, Thomas Brown has 2,260 yards in his career. With only 12 yards he will pass Frank Sinkwich for 6th all time.
Projecting Brown's stats out to the end of the season using his average of 78.6 yards per game, he'll finish the regular season with 943 yards. That would give him a career total of 2,810 yards. With that total he'd pass Rodney Hampton for fourth all time. Now, maybe his average will drop over the season, but he could also have more games to play in. There is still the potential for the SEC title game plus a bowl game.
The gap between Herschel and Hearst is jaw-dropping. It really is. Can you even imagine where Herschel's numbers would be if he returned in '83?
ReplyDeleteHe is already regarded as arguably the greatest college football player of all-time... think about all the records that would still stand today had he played four full seasons.
Duane - I know. If Herschel played in '83 and hit his average of 1,753 yards, his career total would have been 7,012 yards. That is 615 yards more than Ron Dayne's record of 6,397 yards.
ReplyDeleteWow - thanks for the shout-out guys!
ReplyDeleteCan't believe I missed those stats on sicemdawgs.com - I looked there but didn't see 'em.
Until Saturday I had no idea TB had climbed so far in the ranks of great backs for UGA.
Class guy, amazing player, freakish athlete, and a stellar representative of Georgia - we're lucky as hell to have him.
Great post!