Best RB in UT history and most underrated RB?

[bnhunt]

Sorry, but watching two teams I cannot stand play for the title is depressing me, so I thought I would throw these questions out there for debate.

 

[TrueOrange]

Underrated in what sense?

 

[GAVol]

Best: Chuck Webb

Most underrated: Shawn Bryson

 

[ob79]

Chuck Webb and Reggie Cobb were awesome back in the day.

 

[LittleDTO]

Chuck Webb!!!!!
Most underrated and trashed is Arian Foster. He doesn't get his due credit.

 

[bnhunt]

Underrated in what sense?

Better than most UT fans would give credit for. For example, Travis Stephens comes to mind.

 

[volfan4lyfe]

Hardesty...most underestimated IMO. Kid was an absolute monster with a poor o-line his senior year

Best: Henry or Lewis

 

[bnhunt]

Best: Chuck Webb

Most underrated: Shawn Bryson

Good call on Bryson! I will never forget being in Neyland when he broke that run in the '98 Fla game. He could fly! Decent NFL career too.

 

[SmokeyHound]

bryce brown

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

Poole best ever no doubt

 

[peyton4heisman]

I can only evaluate who I've seen. I started watching UT attentively when I was about 7. (1990). So...

Best: PR-INJURY Jamal
Underrated: James Stewart

 

[DenverVol01]

Travis Henry has to be in the conversation. I always thought Cobb was the best though. Little Man Stewart did more with less.

 

[gvol]

Webb...career cut short. Watching the Vols 40 plus years, and I don't recall anyone with the vision or cut-back moves he had. Underated because of his length of play.

Underated for his contribution over time..Stephens.

 

[gvol]

And, yes...go SEC...we got another one...but its purely depressing watching this. We've got a long way to go.

 

[jacob24]

Jamal Lewis

 

[NCVol94]

Maybe not underrated but my favorite was Johnny Jones. Named my cat after him!

 

[loggervol]

charlie garner

 

[TrueOrange]

And, yes...go SEC...we got another one...but its purely depressing watching this. We've got a long way to go.

Meh all this does is put us another step behind two in our conference

 

[volinathens]

I can only evaluate who I've seen. I started watching UT attentively when I was about 7. (1990). So...

Best: PR-INJURY Jamal
Underrated: James Stewart

I would have gone Aaron Hayden, but both were underrated due to the fact they had to share carries with each other and Jay Graham

 

[zjcvols]

Pre Injury Jamal was the best

Travis Stephens is the most underrated.

 

[bnhunt]

Curious what the old timers would say about Johnny Majors...

 

[kenrblan]

Chuck Webb by a mile for the best I've seen.

Underrated is going to an interesting discussion. I could see Little Man Stewart and Travis Stephens in the argument, but to put a spin on the idea, I am going to throw Travis Henry in the mix. At the end of his career he started to get recognition, but for much of his time in Knoxville all you heard about was Jamal Lewis. I had a friend who made a brilliant observation that we had one running back that started and another that produced.

 

[CurtWatson31]

Curt Watson, of course!

 

[badkarma]

Best-I liked J Jones from the. 80s and Little Man Stewart

Underrated-Foster

 

[hillsborovol]

Best: Chuck Webb

Most underrated: Shawn Bryson

I think GAVOL nailed this one.