Best RBs in Louisiana history, pre Fournette (more candidates added)

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

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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...