According to Josh Moyer and the rest of the Big Ten staff over at ESPN, Ron Dayne is one of the Big Ten's top-five, all-time running backs, coming in at No. 3.
Here's what ESPN had to say about Dayne:
At 260-plus pounds, the Badgers' "Great Dayne" wore down opposing defenses unlike maybe any other Big Ten running back. He won the 1999 Heisman and twice surpassed the 2,000-yard plateau, as both a freshman and senior. Said former coach and current athletic director Barry Alvarez: "When anybody thinks of Wisconsin today, they think of us handing the ball off and Dayne running the football.