Rate a Position....Part 2..RB

[OSUScoonie12]

The next postion that we will be rating is the RB.

Best RB: Peterson - hands down the best RB in thr country this coming season.

Overrated RB: Leonard (Rutgers) - good player, but not as good as people think he is.

Underrated RB: Pittman - had a huge season this past year. People do not realize how great he really is. Quietest 1300+ yds ive ever seen.

[AJHawkfan]

Best: Peterson

Overrated: Mike Hart

Underrated: Pittman

[BuckeyeNation27]

Best: Adrian Peterson - Don't even waste your time typing anybody elses name.
Overrated: Mike Hart - What has he really done against anybody good?
Underrated: Yvenson Bernard - Guy put up 1300 yards and scored 13 times and I've never heard of him.

[NFBuck]

Best- Peterson...just a stud.

Overrated- Gotta go with Lorenzo Booker...never been impressed with him

Underrated- Pittman obviously, and I think Iowa's Albert Young is a really good back that doesn't get much pub.

[OSUBuckeye4Life]

Best: Adrian Peterson. I think he's going to run away with this thread for this catergory.

Overrated: Michael Hart. Had a GREAT freshman campaign but that was two years ago. I need to see some consistancy [against upper echelon teams] and some more durability before I annoint him the "next great one." [Booker is REAL close to this spot]

Underrated: Darren McFadden. Stud, and was only a freshman last year. With the O line talent projected to be in Arkansas, I expect BIG things.

[cincibuck]

Best- Who am I to blow against the wind? Peterson

But don't you find it funny that we rag on OU/Big 12 football all the time on this board and then turn around and say that this guys numbers are the real deal? I mean, who's he running against... other than Texas is there a solid defense in the league?

And how can you talk up OSU/Big Ten football and then state that Hart and Henne are over rated? Doesn't make sense to me.

And following my own logic, I would have to put Pittman as the guy doing the greatest good for the least amount of press. But watch out for Chris Wells.

[Dryden]

Best: Marshawn Lynch, Cal - missed two games plus split time with Justin Forsett and still rushed for over 1,200 yards and 10 TDs in 2005 w/ a 6.4 ypc average. Now gets to run wild in the new spread-offensive scheme brought over from Northwestern. If Sutton can do 1,500 in eight Big-Ten games, Lynch could crank out 2,000 in nine Pac-Ten games.

Overrated: Jamaal Charles, Texas - no disrespect to Charles or the Texas fans, but this kid comes surrounded in a ridiculous amount of hype considering he's never been the teams' leading rusher or even solidified starter. He's a terrific change of pace back off the bench, good for 10+ carries and is a legit home run threat with his speed, but he shouldn't be stealing preseason All-America honors from proven 1,300 yard guys who tote 25-carries a game.

Underrated: Tyrell Sutton, Northwestern - 1,500 yards on the ground, 400 yards receiving, 18 total TDs, near 6 ypc average. Dismissed as either too small or a product of the system, he's the most accomplished back in the Big-Ten right now.

OSUScoonie12, I take exception to having Brian Leonard from Rutgers in your overrated category. Two reasons: 1) Nobody from Rutgers could ever be overrated, because they're getting virtually zero national press. 2) Leonard is not a RB, he's a "true" prototypical FB; Ray Rice is the RB at Rutgers.

[OSUScoonie12]

Rice and Leonard had split time. Rice got the yards but Leonard got the TDs. Leonard had 17 total TDs on the season. People were saying that Leonard is a great RB/player. I don't believe he is that great.

If i had to choose another overrated player i'd say Charles from Texas. He wasn't that great. Young was the one that opened everything up for him. I don't think he will have a season this year like he did last year.