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Sunday, October 27, 2002
Updated: February 6, 3:26 AM ET
Tom Lemming's top 25 tailbacks

Editor's note: Tom Lemming's top 25 tailbacks list was revised Jan. 11, 2003.

Player	Ht., Wt., 40-time	High school - City	College (Verbal)
1. Demetris Summers	6-1, 200 4.5	Lexington - Lexington, S.C.	South Carolina
2. Reggie Bush	6-1, 190 4.5	Helix - La Mesa, Calif.	USC
3. Austin Scott	6-1, 200 4.4	Parkland - Allentown, Pa.	Penn State
4. Tyrone Moss	5-10, 205 4.45	Ely - Pompano Beach, Fla.	Miami
5. Darrell Blackman	6-0, 190 4.4	Williamsport - Williamsport, Pa.	NC State
6. Kregg Lumpkin	6-1, 200 4.4	Stephenson - Stone Mountain, Ga.	Georgia
7. Lendale White	6-2, 230 4.5	Chatfield - Littleton, Colo.	USC
8. Alley Broussard	6-1, 228 4.45	Acadiana - Lafayette, La.	LSU
9. Pierre Thomas	5-11, 185 4.4	Fractional South - Thorton, Ill.	Illinois
10. Erik Hardeman	6-1, 205 4.4	Pflugerville - Pflugerville, Texas	Texas
11. Courtney Tennial	5-10, 210 4.4	Glenpool - Tulsa, Okla.	Oklahoma
12. Chauncey Washington	6-1, 205 4.5	South Torrence - Torrence, Calif.	USC
13. Rashaun Grant	5-10, 190 4.4	Jefferson - Tampa, Fla.	Georgia Tech
14. Lynell Hamilton	6-0, 210 4.5	Edison - Stockton, Calif.	San Diego State
15. Travis Thomas	6-1, 200 4.4	Washington - Washington, Pa.	Notre Dame
16. Cornell Johnson	6-1, 205 4.4	Desert Pines - Las Vegas, Nev.
17. Tramaine Billie	6-0, 192 4.3	Dreher - Columbia, S.C.	Clemson
18. Derek Brown	5-11, 185 4.5	Klein Oak - Spring, Texas	Texas A&M
19. Laurence Maroney	5-11, 195 4.4	Normandy - St. Louis, Mo.	Minnesota
20. Albert Young	5-10, 205 4.40	Moorestown - Moorestown, N.J.	Iowa
21. Barrington Edwards	6-1, 213 4.48	Bowie - Bowie, Md.	LSU
22. Marcus Thomas	6-1, 190 4.5	Tolleson Union - Tolleson, Ariz.	Arizona
23. Gary Anderson	6-0, 165 4.3	Robinson - Little Rock, Ark.	Rice
24. Terry Washington	5-10, 187 4.48	Cleveland - St. Louis, Mo.	Colorado
25. Jerome Jackson	6-0, 195 4.5	Saginaw - Saginaw, Mich.	Michigan

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