USC football is known as “Tailback U” for good reason. The sheer number of top-level running backs produced by the Trojans going back a century is tough to match.
With five Heisman trophy-winning running backs and almost an equal number more who fell just short of securing that award, the top ten features only the best of the best.
So who didn’t make the cut?
USC’s first consensus All-American Mort Kaer, two-time All-American and model for the Tommy Trojan statue Erny Pinckert and College Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford are among those whose era works against them with so many “modern era” running backs on the cards.