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Nebraska Football: 10 Best Running Backs of All-Time

By Brandon Cavanaugh

Jan 24, 2015; Mobile, AL, USA; North squad running back Ameer Abdullah of Nebraska (28) runs past the tackle attempt of South squad defensive end Trey Flowers of Arkansas (86) in the first quarter of the Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Glenn Andrews-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 24, 2015; Mobile, AL, USA; North squad running back Ameer Abdullah of Nebraska (28) runs past the tackle attempt of South squad defensive end Trey Flowers of Arkansas (86) in the first quarter of the Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Glenn Andrews-USA TODAY Sports /
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2. Mike Rozier

The only Nebraska running back to ever hoist the Heisman Trophy, Rozier shows up to the ceremony every year with the same style and flash that he brought to the football field.

A graduate of Coffeyville Junior College, Rozier spent three years with the Huskers baffling defenses while putting up 4,780 yards and 49 touchdowns over 35 games.

A member of the legendary 1983 “Scoring Explosion”, he’d combine with former quarterback Turner Gill along with the former No. 1 pick in the 1984 NFL Draft, Irving Fryar to decimate the opposition.

Together, the trio would hang 625 points (a 48-point average) on the teams that lined up across from them keeping Nebraska ranked No. 1 for the entire season until an ill-fated two-point conversion attempt in the Orange Bowl dropped a rotten lemon in the punch bowl.

Despite not taking home the national championship, Rozier not only bested his 1,600-plus yard junior season but busted the 2,000-yard mark turning in 2,148, averaging 7.9 yards per carry.

Many forget that the Heisman Trophy wasn’t the only piece of individual hardware Rozier would take home during his senior season.

He also won the Maxwell Award (the best all-around college player in the United States as determined by sports writers and other organizations) and the Walter Camp Award (given annually to the college football player of the year as determined by the Walter Camp Football Foundation).

Keep on stylin’, Big Mike.

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