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CourseyCorridor
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| Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:33 pm)
Rank 'em, then tell us where you'd put Fournette in relation. Tell us your criteria (straight up high school player, college prospect, etc.).
Let's reserve judgement for Fournette until his body of work is complete. Personally, I think talk of him being No. 1 is premature.
Below is a starting point. This is extremely off-the-top-of-my-head and after about the first 15 or so, I stopped trying to rank them and just started adding names that belong in the conversation. I'm sure I'm forgetting some and have probably never heard of some that you guys would argue belong on the list. Anyway, it's a starting point.
Look at what I have here, then tell me how you'd rank them:
1. Kevin Faulk -- I know he was technically a QB, but let's face it; Carencro's offense had no QB. They snapped it directly to the RB, thus eliminating the middle man.
2. Billy Cannon -- Based on hearsay. Can't make him No. 1 because it was a segregated era and the competition was watered down. He never had to face something the competition of later eras.
3. Dalton Hilliard
4. Garry James
5. Jimmy Taylor
6. Cecil Collins
7. John David Crow
8. Terry Robiskie
9. Jerry Stovall
10. Joe McKnight
11. Germaine Williams
12. Anthony Thomas
13. Warrick Dunn
14. Alley Broussard
15. Lawrence Nixon
16. Travis Minor
17. Marshall Faulk (played on some bad teams and wasn't extremely accomplished as a HS player; if you take in his entire career, he'd be top 3)
18. Justin Vincent
19. Leroy Hoard
20. Jeremy Hill
21. Roymon Malcolm
22. Johnny Hector (probably should be higher, I knos)
23. Kenny Hilliard
24. Josh Reed (remember, he was, I think, a two-time, 2,000-yard rusher at Rayne before becoming a WR at LSU)
25. Sammy Seamster, Minden
26. Bobby Ray Tell, Haynesville
27. Jacob Hester, Evangel
28. Raymond Tate, Minden
29. Norman Bradford, Jonesboro-Hodge
30. Buford Jordan, Iota
31. Jason Miller, Iota
32. Gill Fennerty, Jesuit
33. Matt Forte, Slidell
34. Eddy Lacy, Dutchtown (should be much higher, just thought of him)
35. Tommy Banks, West Monroe
36. Joe Profit, Richwood
37. Richard Murphy, Rayville
39. Charles Scott, J-Hodge
40. Eddie Fuller, Leesville
41. Vincent Fuller, Leesville
42. Michael Ford, Leesville
43. John Stephens, Springhill
44. Joe Delaney, Haughton
45. Jamie Spencer, Ouachita
46. LaBrandon Toefield, Independence
47. Brandon Jacobs, Assumption
48. Chris Ryan, Sulphur
49.
PS -- Fournette to me is safely top five and, if he has a big senior year, would be top 2-3 and perhaps No. 1 if his career beyond high school pans out...
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PastySkankster 
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:35 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Cecil Collins seems low based on everyone saying "best player in Louisiana" history.
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BACONisMEATcandy
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:36 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Cecil Collins is so good he made the list twice 
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northeasttiger
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:40 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Terry Robeski? One of the greatest high school athletes. Played rb and QB in high school.
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nolatrain504
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:43 pm to BACONisMEATcandy)
is this just based off of what they did in high school? if so jeremy hill and hilliard need to be high up based on their stats. leonard will be number 1,
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Zach
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:43 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Johnny Hector should definitely be higher.
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razer
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:44 pm to northeasttiger)
John Stephens, Springhill and Joe Delaney, Haughton
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dgnx6
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:45 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Didn't Ford and Hilliard break records in high school?
Pretty sure Ford broke all collins records. Wouldn't that make him a better hs rb?
And did y'all know cecil is originally from kentucky?
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Cincinnati Bowtie
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:50 pm to razer)
Is the criteria what they did in HS, or what they did after?
Jason Miller??? Above anybody is ridiculous.
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CSATiger
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:51 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Just based on HS, need to add Charles "quick 6" McDaniel
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Cincinnati Bowtie
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:53 pm to CSATiger)
Landon Collins, Dutchtown, should be in this list, as painful as it is to type it....
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Dodd 
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 1:59 pm to Cincinnati Bowtie)
Jamien Spencer
Michael Burks
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Mr. Brooks
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 2:12 pm to Dodd)
Kenny Hilliard is the all time leading rusher in Louisiana high school history and he's #23?? Wow.
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JJ27
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 2:21 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Tommy Banks is too low. Had 2500 yards and 40 TDs his senior year. That's pre-Dinardo bulking him up. He was 235 and ran a 4.6.
1. Kevin Faulk
2. Kenny Hilliard
3. Cecil Collins
4. Mark Henderson
5. Jamie Spencer
That's the top 5 I've seen personally in high school.
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plstunter01
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 2:33 pm to JJ27)
Gary James
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JohnZeroQ 
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 2:39 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Brandon Jacobs? Just to add to the list. Not actually best.
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LSULumberJack
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 2:43 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Kenny Hilliard should be at least in the top 10. He holds the Louisiana career rushing record with over 8200 yards.
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LaFlyer
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 3:19 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Billy Cannon -- Based on hearsay. Can't make him No. 1 because it was a segregated era and the competition was watered down. He never had to face something the competition of later eras
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I would suggest you take a look at his competition before you say it was watered down. While segregation kept white and black from competing against each other, it certainly didn't keep blacks from competing. That said, who compares with Cannon from his time from anywhere. The list is short.
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marcnbc
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 3:23 pm to CourseyCorridor)
Any reason Labrandon Toefield was left off your list...he's one of the first names that comes to mind.
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CourseyCorridor
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| re: Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added) (Posted on 2/9/13 at 3:35 pm to BACONisMEATcandy)
quote:
Cecil Collins is so good he made the list twice
It was pre-felony, post-felony Cecil 
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