HearEmaGrowlin Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Guys, in another ongoing thread we stumbled upon another thread topic. Who do you all think is the best Carthage Bulldog running back ever and rank your top 5 to 10 backs. I tried to add a poll to this thread, but couldn't figure it out. Here's my top 10: 1. Dwight Smith Unbelievable RB with everything you dream of if you're a coach, offensive lineman or Carthage fan. Speed, power, vision, size, swagger 2. Johnnie Balous This guy could take over a game all by himself. Just like Smith, Balous could outrun defenders, juke them or run through them. Beast. If Balous had been blessed with the OL Dwight Smith had there's no telling what records he'd still hold. 3. Boo Beechum Talk about a powerful, fast RB; Boo ran over people every Friday night for fun. Boo had muscles on top of muscles and was a bull, a very fast and shifty bull. Then Boo would take a breather and we'd bring in a younger RB named Jamon Edwards, then get down to a freshman at the time named Jason Teague who was All State as a safety his senior year and went on to win a Rose Bowl with TCU as a DB. Teague played RB at CHS and I have as the 11th best RB in Carthage history. 4. Kris Briggs Kris held the Bulldog career rushing record for quite a while and was a great running back who carried our offense for 3 years under Sleepy Reynolds. It was Briggs left, Briggs right, Briggs up the middle! 5. Jamon Edwards Speed, moves, super athletic and lots of fun to watch 6. Tevin Pipkin Pipkin is the all time rushing leader by total yards. Pipkin was a smaller back who could wiggle through the smallest of holes and had enough speed to go the distance or get very close every time he broke loose. Pipkin was also a lot stronger runner and harder to tackle than opponents expected until after the game had been played. 7. Hunter Holland HH was big time dependable and faster than people thought. Holland was very strong and difficult to get on the ground. Holland was a pretty good sized guy by his senior year. One of the very best performances by an Carthage running back ever was Hunter Holland's game against Brownwood in the 2010 semifinals was unbelievable. 8. Keaontay Ingram I understand Ingram still has his senior year to go, but his junior year alone gets him into my personal top 10 Bulldogs running backs list. Ingram's playoff game against Henderson in Longview and the state championship game against Abilene Wylie were impressive. I fully expect Ingram to shoot up this list after next season! 9. Marlon Bolton Bolton was the feature back on the 1991 team that went to the state championship game and lost to A&M Consolidated. 10. Tyrone Allison This guy had elite speed and was a track star. What do y'all think? Go Dawgs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD89 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Was Roscoe Tatum from Carthage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotton84 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I think Ingram goes ahead of Holland, if you are only considering RB. Holland did also play some solid defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBuddyGarrity Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Seen HH play against Brownwood, earned my respect that night. Sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearEmaGrowlin Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Roscoe Tatum was from Carthage and was in the same graduating class as John Booty. I messed up by accidentally leaving him out of the top 10. Tatum was an All State selection his senior year at RB and was also a track star at TCU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chikinhawk Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 George Johns (sp)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarthDawg77 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I have no argument with anything you have here... All great Backs & pretty much in about the same order... Glad to see Balous' name on this list, as well as Bolton; those kids could fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearEmaGrowlin Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Thank you 77, Balous was a straight up stud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlingIt Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Kemmy Henderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoakyBandito Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 You have Jamon Edwards and Boo Beechum mixed up. Jamon was a year older and Boo was the backup for a couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottontop Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Was Roscoe Tatum from Carthage?Yes. That is who I thought of. Guess we are telling our age now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearEmaGrowlin Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 BB12, you are right, I mixed up their ages, but definitely know which was which. My ranking stays the same. The RB unit on that team was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnclePig Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Seen HH play against Brownwood, earned my respect that night. Sheesh. They ran the stretch that night until the Carthage OC was tired of calling it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 It's a shame that Smith never panned out... Kinda sad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarthDawg77 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 It's a shame that Smith never panned out... Kinda sad.He should have been a walk on in the NFL at about 20 years old... He had the skills. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadbrute Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 George Johns (sp)? Uh oh. Someone must come off the original list to make way for this former all-state stud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chikinhawk Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Uh oh. Someone must come off the original list to make way for this former all-state stud. My opinion,,, he is #1! He had all the intangibles of the 10 RB's listed above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctown81 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I'm going to say Keaontay is the best all around back we ever had. He's not the biggest or the fastest but he can run, block and catch plus his vision is an A+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoakyBandito Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Kris Briggs is hard not to have #1 on this list. Dwight Smith is on there too. Jamon Edwards was a man child. He was built like a Greek god in HS. Boo was a heck of a back. Strong as an ox. He was probably the strongest kid on the team. Tevin holds the all time rushing record. But Keontay will have a chance to make a case for #1 all time. I want to see him as his body matures and he puts some muscle on in the offseason. He has a great frame to put some weight on. If he gets bigger and faster, he is going to be frightening for opposing defenses. Carthage has a couple of good lineman coming back, and we have some big kids coming up that will be juniors next year. Ingram is going to have a chance to have an all time great season next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckNut Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Did any of these backs go on to a college career? I think Briggs went to SMU didn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoakyBandito Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Did any of these backs go on to a college career? I think Briggs went to SMU didn't he? Yes Briggs went to SMU and later played I think was on the Packers practice squad. Dwight Smith should be playing on Sunday's. The others named played at a time when kids from Carthage were not getting D1 looks, so things just never worked out. It's much different now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadbrute Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Did any of these backs go on to a college career? I think Briggs went to SMU didn't he? After two years in junior college, Balous transferred to Oklahoma. However, I believe he was a linebacker rather than a running back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadbrute Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Did any of these backs go on to a college career? I think Briggs went to SMU didn't he? George Johns, who should be on the list - in the top 5, at the least - went to Northeast Louisiana (now Louisiana - Monroe), when John David Crow was the head coach there. There was also a running back from Carthage who played at North Texas. In fact, he may have led them in rushing yardage one year. Was that Darrin Collins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadbrute Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Darrin Collins from Carthage is 7th among North Texas's all-time rushing leaders. From 1986 thru 1989, he played in 42 games, carrying the ball 534 times for 2,220 yards and 17 TDs. BTW, North Texas's all-time rushing leader is Lance Dunbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Holland went to AF right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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