Let's Talk About Notre Dame's Best Modern Running Backs

18 years of tailbacks and we sort them all out.Let's talk about the best running backs to come through Notre Dame since 1997. There were some lean years and some respectable years. I'm here to sort it all out.

In order to qualify the player had to accumulate 100 carries over his career, and we're only considering their play from the backfield and not any special teams work. Let's rank 'em.

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17. Travis Thomas (2004-07)

409 rush yards, 128 carries, 3.19 average, 12 rush TD, 6 catches, 38 receiving yards

Ah, the good ole days of the Charlie Weis running game. Thomas never rose to the starting job and spent the better part of his last 3 seasons in South Bend being an average short-yardage back,…