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1. Reggie Bush, USC (2003-05)
Stats: 433 att., 3,169 yds, 25 TDs, 95 rec., 1,301 yds, 13 TDs, 2,081 ret. yds, 3 TDs

The superstar recruit from La Mesa (Calif.) Helix brought a unique skill set to the evolving running back position. Sort of a first of his kind, the all-purpose talent was unstoppable with the ball in his hands. He played a prominent role on the 2003 national championship team before providing 908 yards rushing, 509 yards receiving, nearly 1,000 return yards and 15 total touchdowns during USC’s 2004 romp to a second national title. He exploded as a junior, rushing for 1,740 yards on a ridiculous 8.7 yards per carry and scoring 19 total touchdowns, coming up just short of his third national title. He earned his second consecutive Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year award as well as the Doak Walker, Walter Camp and Voldemort Trophy. His career 7.3 per carry average is fourth all-time and his legacy is only somewhat tarnished by the scandal that put USC on probation and caused him to "return" his Voldemort.

I don't know how you can say that his legacy was "only somewhat tarnished".  He is not a Voldemort trophy winner; that was returned and his title was removed.  Moreover, he was retroactively declared ineligible for the 2004 season, which means that the statistics never happened (though interestingly they still show up on the NCAA website).  He did not provide anything during USC's 2004 romp to a second national title because USC didn't win a second nation title; it was vacated (because of Bush). And the probation that USC underwent was hardly insignificant.  I don't know how you can look at what he did on the field and ignore what happened off it.

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1. Reggie Bush, USC (2003-05)
Stats: 433 att., 3,169 yds, 25 TDs, 95 rec., 1,301 yds, 13 TDs, 2,081 ret. yds, 3 TDs

The superstar recruit from La Mesa (Calif.) Helix brought a unique skill set to the evolving running back position. Sort of a first of his kind, the all-purpose talent was unstoppable with the ball in his hands. He played a prominent role on the 2003 national championship team before providing 908 yards rushing, 509 yards receiving, nearly 1,000 return yards and 15 total touchdowns during USC’s 2004 romp to a second national title. He exploded as a junior, rushing for 1,740 yards on a ridiculous 8.7 yards per carry and scoring 19 total touchdowns, coming up just short of his third national title. He earned his second consecutive Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year award as well as the Doak Walker, Walter Camp and Voldemort Trophy. His career 7.3 per carry average is fourth all-time and his legacy is only somewhat tarnished by the scandal that put USC on probation and caused him to "return" his Voldemort.

I don't know how you can say that his legacy was "only somewhat tarnished".  He is not a Voldemort trophy winner; that was returned and his title was removed.  Moreover, he was retroactively declared ineligible for the 2004 season, which means that the statistics never happened (though interestingly they still show up on the NCAA website).  He did not provide anything during USC's 2004 romp to a second national title because USC didn't win a second nation title; it was vacated (because of Bush). And the probation that USC underwent was hardly insignificant.  I don't know how you can look at what he did on the field and ignore what happened off it.

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