Who are Georgia’s five best running backs in program history? It’s up for discussion:

5. Todd Gurley (2012-14): Georgia’s second all-time leading rusher took the SEC by storm as a freshman in 2012, rushing for a school first-year record 17 touchdowns. Gurley rushed for 989 yards as a sophomore along with nearly 500 receiving yards before injuries and an autograph suspension riddled his final season which generated noticeable Heisman buzz in September.

Career numbers: 3,285 yards rushing, 36 TD; 615 yards receiving, 6 TD

4. Garrison Hearst (1990-92): At the time, Hearst’s 19 rushing touchdowns as a junior All-American set an SEC record in 1992. Hearst won the Doak Walker Award and the SEC’s Player of the year that season as a third-place Heisman finisher. Hearst skipped his final season for the NFL draft and finished second on Georgia’s all-time list in rushing yardage (3,232), all-purpose yardage (3,934), and 100-yard rushing games (16) trailing only Herschel Walker. His rushing and touchdown total was later surpassed by Gurley.

Career numbers: 3,232 yards rushing, 33 TD; 546 yards receiving, 2 TD

3. Charley Trippi (1942-43; 1945-46): Heisman winner Frank Sinkwich’s sidekick in 1942, Trippi was so talented he forced the Bulldogs’ coaching staff to move Sinkwich to fullback so that he could start at the tailback spot. He accounted for over 1,200 yards that season earned the Rose Bowl’s MVP honor after rushing for 130 yards during a win over UCLA for the SEC champion Bulldogs. After missing two seasons following a stint in World War II, Trippi returned with flying colors, earning the Maxwell Award in 1946 as the Heisman runner-up after leading Georgia to an unbeaten season and an unclaimed national title. Trippi was a College Football and Pro Football Hall of Famer.

Career numbers: 32 rushing TD, Georgia’s all-time leader in career YPC at 6.42

2. Frank Sinkwich (1940-42): The SEC’s first Heisman winner as a unanimous election in 1942, this two-time All-American transcended college football as an all-purpose offensive threat, accumulating 60 career touchdowns as a halfback and signal caller in the Bulldogs’ single-wing attack. He set a single-season NCAA record with nearly 2,200 yards of total offense as a senior before being selected No. 1 overall by the Detroit Lions.

Career numbers: 2,271 yards rushing, 30 TD; 2,331 yards passing, 30 TD

1. Herschel Walker (1980-82): The SEC’s all-time leading rusher holds every major offensive mark for a running back at Georgia despite playing only three seasons. Walker posted an SEC record nine 200-yard games, 28 100-yard games and reached the end zone 49 times on the ground — a league-high among running backs (Tim Tebow holds the overall rushing TDs mark). College football’s best player during his era, Walker guided the Bulldogs to a national championship as a freshman in 1980, the first of three All-American seasons. He won the Heisman as a junior in 1982 after being robbed of the award twice as a finalist the two previous years according to some football historians.

Career numbers: 5,259 yards rushing, 49 TD; 243 yards receiving, 3 TD

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