Jeff Demps and the fast running back.

[Texas]

Looks like Demps has already made a splash. A 62 yard TD run. If we go by "just" 100m times, he is the fastest man to ever line up at running back in football history. There has never been a sub10.00 running back. Not saying Ato Boldon etc never played street ball, I'm talking about at the NCAA level.

So who are/were the fastest running backs of all time? I'll start at the beginning or Buddy Young out of Illinois. No not going back to the days of Jim Thorpe. I'll start with Young who was an NCAA Champion.

Then we had...

Ollie Matson...U of SF
Willie Galimore....Fla A&M
Bobby Mitchell...Illinois
Bob Hayes...Fla A&M
Bob Paremore..Fla A&M
Gale Sayers...Kansas
Cyril Pinder....Illinois
Travis Williams...ASU
O.J.Simpson...USC
Laverne Smith...Kansas
Andrew Hopkins...Stephen F.Austin
Eric Dickinson...SMU
Eric Metcalf...Texas
Curtis Dickey....Texas A&M
Joe Delaney...NWLa
James Owens...UCLA
Darrin Nelson...Stanford
Butch Woolfolk...Michigan
Herchel Walker...Georgia
Bo Jackson...Auburn
Nap Kaufman...Washington
Warrick Dunn...Fla St
Sultan McCullough...USC
Justin Fargas...USC
Jamaal Charles...Texas
C.J.Spiller....Clemson
Javid Best....Cal
Trindon Holliday...LSU
Jeff Demps...Florida

As we know the real speed on a football field comes from the wide receivers and the guys who cover them. Those above are the exception.