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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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7. Ken Clark

A two-time All-Big Eight selection in 1988 and 1989, Clark would tally 3,037 yards and 29 touchdowns over his Nebraska football career. As a junior, he not only had his best season with 1,497 yards and 12 touchdowns, but he also set the Nebraska single-game rushing record for his class with 256 yards against Oklahoma State. That record stands as of this writing.

As a junior, he not only had his best season with 1,497 yards and 12 touchdowns, but he also set the Nebraska single-game rushing record for his class with 256 yards against Oklahoma State. That record stands as of this writing.

He wasn’t done impressing as a junior when the No. 7 Cornhuskers took down the No. 10 Cowboys. Clark ended that season with the fifth-best single-season rushing total in Nebraska history with 1,497 yards and 12 touchdowns on only 232 carries. That averages out to

That averages out to a quality 6.5 yards per tote of the football.

Not the only Omaha, Neb. native you’ll find on this list, the 5’11” 200-pounder who always ran angry finished his career with a solid dozen 100-yard rushing days, including five as during his final campaign in scarlet and cream.

He was selected in the eighth round of the 1990 NFL Draft (for you younger readers, yes, that was actually a thing once) by the Indianapolis Colts. During the 1991 season, he was the only back to play in all 16 of the Colts’ games.

Unfortunately, Clark passed due to a heart attack on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013.

Despite no longer being with us, his memory remains in the annals of Husker lore and he will forever be a part of what makes the University of Nebraska the family that it has become.

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