{"id":1513,"date":"2015-12-26T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T18:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2020-04-05T11:08:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T16:08:13","slug":"greatest-sooner-running-backs-number-seven-quentin-q-griffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=1513","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Sooner Running Backs-Number Seven, Quentin “Q” Griffin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-admin\/profile.phpTo qualify this ranking of running backs at Oklahoma, I have included only players that I have personally seen in person at the stadium or live on television.\u00a0 I began watching Sooner football in 1958 and my remembrances go back to 1961.\u00a0 With that, I have not included any player before 1961. This is the first part of a series of greatest Sooner football players by position.\u00a0 Please comment on my lists and argue your best Sooner players.\u00a0 There are no right or wrong rankings.\u00a0\u00a0 The lists,\u00a0started with Joe Don Looney (10th best running back), will include offensive and defensive positions.\u00a0 Statistics, abilities, and overall significance to the OU football program are all included in picking the ten, but when all things are equal, my personal preference is the tie breaker.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0\u00a0Quentin Griffin \u00a0(1999-2002) All-Big 12 (2002)<\/span><\/h5>\n

Quenton Griffin never made All-American at OU, but his presence in the Sooner backfield during the early come-back years of the program\u00a0of Head Coach Bob Stoops was above significant.\u00a0 His performances in the offense of Mike Leach\/Mark Mangino pushed Griffins career totals to 5th on the current all-time rushing list with 3938 yards.\u00a0 His total yardage, including pass receiving and all-purpose yards topped five thousand, finishing with 5,275 (including bowl games).\u00a0 That puts him fourth on the all-time Sooner list in that category. As a senior he had 1884 yards rushing in 284 carries, the second most by any Sooner in one year.\u00a0 Griffin was a great Sooner runner and played in significant games, including\u00a0his six touchdown performance in\u00a0blowout win\u00a0over Texas and the feature back for OU in the National Title game in the Orange Bowl against Florida State\u00a0as the Seminoles were beaten 13-2.<\/p>\n

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