The audacity ESPN has to disrespect Georgia football in latest RB rankings

ESPN dropped a top running back ranking of the past 60 years, and of course, Georgia football great Herschel Walker made it, but he isn’t ranked where he should be.

As Dawg fans, we all know he is the greatest running back of all time and deserves to be No.1 no matter who is on the list, but others don’t believe it.

There are other great running backs out there, and while they all have an argument for being considered one of the all-time greats, Walker trumps it all.

The Dawgs saw others on that list, but the Walker part is the most ridiculous.

Georgia football great Herschel Walker gets major disrespect in ESPN’s all-time running back ranking.

Nick Chubb comes in at No. 65 on the list, Garrison Hearst came in at No. 39, and Walker at No.3 overall. The ESPN ranking is on their paywall, but the top 10 looked like this:

10. Reggie Bush, USC

9. Earl Campbell, Texas

8. Bo Jackson, Auburn

7. Mike Rozier, Nebraska

6. Tony Dorsett, Pitt

5. O.J. Simpson, USC

4. Ricky Williams, Texas

3. Herschel Walker, Georgia

2. Archie Griffin, Ohio State

1. Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State

Where is Todd Gurley or Knowshon Moreno on this ranking? While I get the Chubb and Hearst love, ESPN left off two of the best running backs since 2000. Sure, some will be left off the list, but this whole ranking seems disrespectful.

Even Bo Jackson got the short end of the stick, coming from a Georgia fan.

Walker was the walking definition of what a running back should be in college. He rushed for 5,259 yards, averaged 5.3 yards per touch, and had 52 touchdowns in his three years at Georgia. Walker won the 1981 Heisman Trophy but finished third as a freshman and second as a junior.

He is the best running back to play the game, and while Sanders is a solid No.1 overall pick, it’s wrong. Sanders had 1,703 fewer rushing yards and three fewer scores.

I’m sure there was a way they measured greatness, but to say Walker is No. 3 on this list is ridiculous and downright disrespectful. Walker was nearly perfect as a Dawg, and if he would have stayed his senior year, this wouldn’t even be in question as to who the best was, but we cannot change the past.

ESPN needs to reevaluate their decisions because Walker deserves better than No. 3. Griffin had just 330 more yards with one more year of play. That stat alone should elevate the former Dawg over the Buckeye.

Sanders is a strong name, and that is why he was No.1, and I’m not taking anything away from him, but Walker is the best running back in the last 60 years, and ESPN flat out got it wrong.

Georgia football is RBU, and to see only three Dawgs on this list shows they still have some convincing to make the national media understand they hold that title.