With all the talk of injured running backs who is going to be great let's take a fun little look at the guy who has to this point been the clear leader for the spot Selvin Young.  Texas Longhorn running backs have been a successful crew over the years.  Here is a little comparison of a few we should all be familiar with.  On the left is the starter at Texas and on the right is the backup or at least for a good chunk of their career the two overlapped.  Interesting to see the difference between the college careers and the pro careers...Holmes certainly made a better career for himself than his Texas teamate and it will be interesting to see if the parallels continue with current Bronco Selvin Young.

Starter                                                             Backup 

Ricky Williams                                                Priest Holmes

College Stats                                                    College Stats

Att: 1011                                                              Att: 252

Yards: 6279                                                        Yards: 1276

Avg: 6.2                                                                Avg: 5.1

TD’s: 72                                                               TD’s 20

 NFL Stats                                                            NFL Stats

Draft Spot: 5th  overall                                      Draft Spot: Undrafted

Seasons: 6                                                         Seasons: 8.5(before the injury)

Att: 1763                                                               Att: 1780

Yards: 7112                                                         Yards:  8172

Avg: 4.0                                                                 Avg: 4.6

TD’s 47                                                                 TD’s: 86

4 NFL Drug Violations                                 

2 Suspensions

1 Trip to Tibet

Cedric Benson                                                     Selvin Young

College Stats                                                        College Stats

Att: 1112                                                                   Att: 365

Yards: 5540                                                            Yards: 1713

Avg: 5.0                                                                    Avg: 4.7

TD’s: 64                                                                  TD’s: 25

NFL Stats                                                                NFL Stats

Draft Spot: 4th Overall                                          Draft Spot: Undrafted

Seasons: 3 and no takers                                   Everything else is To Be Determined

Att: 420

Yards: 1593

Avg: 3.8

TD’s: 10

1 DWI / 1 BWI