Football Emmett Johnson All-America Honors

[HuskerPAC]

His freshman year at OU I watched him run & said he was already the best RB right then at any level of football.

Goes in the pantheon of running backs with the greatest pure physical abilities of all-time. Bo Jackson probably leads that class, then dudes like AP, LP, Barry Sanders, Herschel Walker, Eric Dickerson, Chris Johnson, Darren McFadden, Saquon, etc.

If I remember right, he stood back a couple yards further than most RBs in the backfield in high school because he’d get to the QB too fast and screw up hand offs. He still had to line up further back when he got to OU.

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

McFadden?

Absolute freak of an athlete. Unreal size & speed combination that housed everything when given even the slightest angle. Overall RB skills not on par with the all-time greats, & limited career partially due to injuries.

 

[Tell_Sackett]

I am very happy 1st (& 2nd) team AA honors were bestowed on Emmett. I was highly doubtful they'd make room for him. Well deserved.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

which one of them would you want to have running full speed at you and you're the last defender to tackle them...

I can tell you which one I wouldn’t - LP. He would run me over on the field, and then get in his car and run me over again

 

[Alum-Ni]

Who was the last AA at Nebraska? Ameer?

Our last First Team All-American was Lavonte David in 2011.

 

[Cavalot]

No joke, I was at the OU game where AP came back from injury that week. He wasn't human.

There was a play where Carriker (one of the strongest dudes we had) wrapped him up in the backfield and AP dragged him for 5 yards. Freaking dragged Adam Carriker. WTF

I don't believe anyone has been close to the freak athlete that Bo Jackson was. Dude was just flat out from a different world.