One of the more interesting pieces of the position by position football recruiting PDF was that I broke down the size that college coaches are looking for at different positions (This e-book is still for sale at only $5.00 so click here for more information). This got me thinking about all the different sizes of players in all classes at different positions.
I decided to take a look at the top five teams in Division I-A (aka BCS), Division I-AA (aka FCS), Division II, and Division III as they were ranked in polls last week. I looked up each school, their top running back, and how big they are. What is interesting about this position is that there is very little difference between all of the Divisons.
One thing that I must mention is that some schools do have their quarterbacks as their leading rushers. That is why there are some taller running backs (6-foot-2 or so) on the list. Anyways, onto the sizes of running backs.
BCS
Alabama
Glen Coffee 6-foot-1, 198 pounds
Texas Tech
Baron Batch 5-foot-11, 200 pounds
Texas
Vondrell McGee 5-foot-10, 205 pounds
Florida
Jeffery Demps 5-foot-8, 176 pounds
Oklahoma
DeMarco Murray 6-foot-1, 205 pounds
FCS
James Madison
Rodney Landers 6-foot-1, 220 pounds
Appalachian State
Armanti Edwards 6-foot, 184 pounds
Cal Poly
Ryan Mole 5-foot-10, 192 pounds
Northern Iowa
Corey Lewis 6-foot, 197 pounds
Montana
Chase Reynolds 6-foot, 190 pounds
Division II
Grand Valley State
James Berezik 5-foot-11, 205 pounds
Abilene Christian
Bernard Scott 5-foot-11, 200 pounds
Northwest Missouri State
LaRon Council 5-foot-10, 210 pounds
Delta State
Trevar Deed 5-foot-10, 205 pounds
Central Washington
Jerome Morris 5-foot-11, 187 pounds
Division III
Mount Union
Nate Kmic 5-foot-9, 193 pounds
North Central
Dominic Sulo 5-foot-10, 200 pounds
Wabash
Bobby Kimp 5-foot-7, 162 pounds `
Millsaps
Juan Joseph 6-foot-2 182 pounds
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Levell Coppage 5-foot-8, 180 pounds
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