...1) If you had to choose one guy out of all our backs--for all around...power, speed, explosiveness, hands, blocking, cutting, durability, everything...who would you choose? Alternatively, how would you rank the guys who we do have this way? ...
All around? That has to be Daz. He has all those skills. AJ is the one that I'd pick for tough yardage situations, and Papi is the most explosive of the group. Dorian and Maleek are both very good, but it's not as clear where they fit in yet. Both are fairly balanced at all the key skills, so I would expect that one or the other will take over for Daz next year, when he's gone, and I believe both have solid careers ahead.
...2) Or, if you were to point to one guy who we have who looks like he could re-write the OHIO rushing record back if you made him the main guy, who do you choose?
That's a tougher call. In many prior years there has only been one really good back, for example, McRae in 2005-2007. If any of these backs were in that situation, they would be racking up the carries and yards. Since there are so many good ones at the moment, I expect they will continue to share, at least until one proves on the field he is the best.