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Where does this running back room rank with the best of all-time?

Gordon, Ball, White.

1982 - Roger Craig, Mike Rozier, Tom Rathman

1996 - Ricky Williams and Priest Holmes together was pretty great.  There really was no third in that group, though.  Shon Mitchell was a fast scat back kind of guy but wasn't ever going to set any records.

Of course,  as far as duos go, Barry Sanders and Thurman Thomas were pretty impressive.

The best trio I can recall at UGA would be, probably, Chubb/Michel/Gurley, but the first two were freshmen at the time.  The best duo would be Chubb/Gurley, and they had D'Andre Swift with Chubb and Michel when they were seniors.  Another duo of note would be Sinkwich and Trippi.  It would have been rare until fairly recently to have three who got significant playing time, and today probably one or two would "portal".

I found these two trios mentioned on line:

1978 Auburn-Joe Cribbs, James Brooks, William Andrews-incredible

1996 Texas-Ricky Williams, Priest Holmes, Shon Mitchell. Mitchell is the fastest guy I have ever seen. Think of Ron Leflore with shoulder pads.

NFL performance is the only way to assess this.

I think everyone here should be smart enough to understand there's a difference between track speed and football speed.  Shon Mitchell was very fast with a football in his hands, but like I said he was never going to break any rushing records.  He was a good alternate back though.  

My guess is some players may LOOK fast on the field to the casual observer while having a 40 time of 4.67.

Nick Chubb didn't look fast unless he broke away and was being chased by some safety, then he looked pretty fast. 

Maybe but from my own observations, many players that have "football speed" that doesn't necessarily show up in the 40 times, tend to be more dynamic runners that can change speed and direction more quickly then their counterparts.  They also tend to have better than average field vision and can plan their routes and make their cuts before defenders crash the lanes, so they appear fast by comparison.

I think everyone here should be smart enough to understand there's a difference between track speed and football speed.  Shon Mitchell was very fast with a football in his hands, but like I said he was never going to break any rushing records.  He was a good alternate back though. 

I can understand this statement

"the fastest guy I have ever seen"
cannot understand this statement

I can understand this statement

"the fastest guy I have ever seen"
cannot understand this statement

Add the implied "on the football field" or "with a football in his hands" and I don't see the issue.  Sounds more like you're just trying to kick up some controversy where there really is none.