The best two running backs in the current era of UB football were both guys who little interest from other FBS programs. James Starks came to UB not to be a running back but because Buffalo was the one school which offered him a shot at the QB role. Branden Oliver had no other offers but Buffalo.
Both are not stable on NFL rosters with Starks as the 1-2 guy in Green Bay and Oliver snatching the 3rd back role in San Diego despite being undrafted.
Anthone Taylor spent his junior and senior year totaling more than 2,000 yards on the ground and Jordan Johnson got 800 this past season, the first in which he got a decent workload.