Georgia RBs are what I cite when the topic of returning starters comes up. Just because someone left doesn't automatically mean that position will be less productive, it just becomes an unknown.
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For Florida (career):
1. Emmitt
2. Errict Rhett - not many RBs had 150 career catches, pre-2000
3. Fred Taylor
4. Tony Green
5. Neal Anderson
6. Ernest Graham
7. Jeff Demps
8. Chris Rainey
9. Elijah Williams
10. Jimmy DuBose
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Single-Season:
1. 89 Emmitt - 1616 yds, 14 TD (I'm including bowl stats for all these)
2. 97 Taylor - 1526 yds, 10 TD
3. 75 DuBose - 1402 yds, 8 TD (6.8 ypc)
4. 87 Emmitt - 1469 yds, 7 TD
5. 93 Rhett - 1394 yds, 8 TD
6. 04 Fason - 1361, 9 TD
7. 12 Gillislee - 1200, 12 TD
8. 91 Rhett - 1172, 10 TD
9. 02 Graham - 1205, 13 TD
10. 85 Anderson - 1034, 11 TD
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Single Game:
I know Emmitt ran for 300+ vs New Mexico (in a close win), but what Fred Taylor did to FSU in 1997 was epic. They had the #2 run defense...not of 1997, but of the past 50 years! And he pops off for 160 yds and 4 TDs. It was sick.
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Emmitt has ZERO passing game to play off of. It was all him, all the time. If you watch the 89 QB play, it's embarrassing.