I really think Kalvin McRae's yardage mark is probably an unreachable record for any Bobcat moving forward, isn't it? With the way offenses have gone and the popularity of sharing the carry load with multiple backs, specialization and mobile quarterbacks, it's going to be tough for a back to play four years, get the 900-1000 carries necessary and if they're that good not leave after three years for the NFL.
Ouellette was the type of guy and Solich was the type of coach to give him the shot to that mark, but it just takes such a toll on a running back getting that many carries.
tl;dr: Kalvin McRae's career was pretty amazing.
My reaction to the list in OP was, man, Kalvin was a beast.
Agreed. That said, I believe Hookfin would be the career rushing leader had he not shared the load with Wilson.
Hi Mike, you're probably right about that.
I also wonder too, exactly how much of Rourke's rushing yards the last two years (according to Ohiobobcats.com Rourke's up to 730 rushing yards so far this year) would have gone to AJ if Rourke weren't a rushing QB? Obviously we'll never know but I have to think AJ's totals would be somewhat higher.
I like to ponder random thoughts like that.
If you want to go that route look then at Hookfin who played with a quarterback that had the most carriers on the team. If you want to gauge this, go by career YPC. AJ has had a great career, but NO one shared carries throughout his career more than Hook did. Just look at total number of individual carry's as a % of team attempts.
Steven had less than 40% of all team rushes during his career. Hook for his career averaged 5.18ypc, which is 3rd all-time, however he also had about 500 more career carry's than the two guys ahead of him on that list.