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re: Just How Good was Charles Alexander?
Posted on 11/12/26 at 7:58 am to sta4ever
Posted on 11/12/26 at 7:58 am to sta4ever
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Eh he was ok.
More than ok. We were a run first team back then. He was very good at picking up a first down when everybody on the other team knew he was getting the ball. Very consistent as a player. "Charles the Great".
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:00 am to SaintlyTiger88
I was young but remember he was always in the newspaper and on the news. By his senior year, he was a household name throughout the state and had a heisman campaign.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:10 am to pitchandcatch27
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Dalton Hilliard. End of discussion. I saw #4 a lot. But DH is the best RB at LSU period.
They were different sorts of backs. Hilliard was a scat back with power. Not particularly fast at the top end, he had body control and ability to change directions/make people miss, particularly in traffic. He was also a hard runner inside for his size.
Just as Alexander and Fournette are more alike than different (LF7 was really a genetic anomaly - no reason a guy that big and strong should also have been that fast), Hilliard and Kevin Faulk are more alike than different.
Those are the big 4 of my lifetime at the tailback position. I was too young to have seen Cannon or Stovall.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:24 am to SaintlyTiger88
Good enough for me to become an LSU fan because of him
1977
He was awesome
1977
He was awesome
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:38 am to Bayoubred
Earl Campbell won the Heisman instead. Charlie plaid 7 years in the NFL. Gained 2600 yards playing behind icky woods. All 7 years with the Bengals. Went to 1 Super Bowl and had good game.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:41 am to texastigerr
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He didn't fade as a pro. He was drafted as a tailback by the Bengals and they moved him to fullback where he played fullback with Ikky Woods at tailback. They didn't give him the ball that much as I recall.
Charles Alexander and Icky Woods never played in the same backfield. Both were on losing Bengal Super Bowl teams but not together. Icky was drafted after Charles retired.
And Charles Alexander was a tremendous back, anyone who says otherwise is just wrong. Top 4 for LSU, any order is right.
Charles Alexander
Kevin Faulk
Dalton Hilliard
Leonard Fournette
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:45 am to SaintlyTiger88
Very Very Good Alexander The Great Loved watching him play
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:46 am to texastigerr
He played 7 years in the NFL at RB for the Bengals. Didn't just go to the Super Bowl, but played and had good game in a close loss. At LSU he ran over people like a freight train. He was at almost full speed with his 2nd step after getting ball. He ran sub 4.4.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:47 am to lsusteve1
Charles 4 Heisman was the slogan. It was the first time I saw a Heisman campaign and he was a legit candidate. I still believe he was the best running back in LSU History (although could make an argument for Hilliard). Interestingly he backed up Terry Robiskie his first 2 years and Robiskie was a beast. I never understood why Robiskie is not higher in LSU lore because he was Alexander before Alexander. Two NFL guys on the same team, had it been USC (LA Media) it would have been a big deal nationally like White and Allen. They (Alexander and Robiskie) were those guys before those guys. I wore #4 all my life because of Charlie A.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:49 am to SOCAL TIGER
Ditto, top 5 Lsu back of all time, dude was great on mediocre teams.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:54 am to TexTgrTed
A two time All American, two time All SEC, and in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame as well as LSU retired his jersey.
I got to meet him last year and he is a hell of nice guy. Also looks like he could suit up for the NFL still. One big dude.
I got to meet him last year and he is a hell of nice guy. Also looks like he could suit up for the NFL still. One big dude.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:58 am to MitchPage
mediocre ?
Go back and look at LSU's records 76-78.
Go back and look at LSU's records 76-78.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:14 am to trussthetruzz
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Derrius Guice
I 'member when the Guice storm hit College Station.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:18 am to TexTgrTed
I agree.
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