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Eric Dickerson: Dickerson led Sealy to a 15-0 record and a state title. He finished his senior season with 2,642 yards and 37 touchdowns. Part of SMU's famed "Pony Express," Dickerson ranked as the league's second all-time rusher when he finished his 11-year NFL career (he's currrenty seventh). He still holds the single season rushing record of 2,105 yards.
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Earl Campbell: The Tyler Rose rushed for 2,036 yards and led his team to a 15-0 record and a state championship in 1973. Campbell was All-American as a sophomore and a senior at the University of Texas and won the Heisman Trophy winner in 1977. A punishing runner, Campbell was the Rookie of the Year in the NFL and an All-Pro his first four seasons in the league, five overall. He finished with 9,407 yards rushing and is a member of the NFL Hall of Fame.
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Adrian Peterson: At Palestine High School, Peterson rushed for 2,051 yards as a junior and 2,960 yards as a senior with 32 touchdowns. He earned the Ken Hall Trophy as the nation's top high school player. He set the freshman rushing record at Oklahoma with 1,925 yards rushing and was also a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. In his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings in 2007, Peterson set the NFL record for rushing yards in a game with 296 and was the Rookie of the Year with 1,341 yards.
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LaDainian Tomlinson: LT didn't play running back until his senior year at University High School in Waco. As a senior, he rushed for 2,554 yards and 39 touchdowns. At TCU, Tomlinson led the NCAA in rushing as a junior with 1,850 yards and again as a senior with 2,158 yards. He has been one of the all-time great running backs in NFL history, setting NFL single season scoring (186 points) and touchdown (31 TDs) records.
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Thurman Thomas: Thomas, who played at Houston Willowridge, rushed for 12,074 yards in his 13-year NFL career and had 4,458 yards receiving on 472 catches. Thomas earned all-pro honors six times and was the NFL MVP in 1991. He is a member of the NFL Hall of Fame. In college, Thomas finished his career as the all-time leading rusher at Oklahoma State with 4,565 yards and 43 touchdowns. At Willowridge, Thomas rushed for 3,918 yards and 48 touchdowns.
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Billy Sims: Born in St. Louis, Billy Sims moved to Hooks, Texas at an early age and became a high school legend. He ran for 7,738 yards in his career, including 38 straight games with over 100 yards. He ran for 3,080 yards as a senior with 38 touchdowns. He scored 85 TDs in his high school career. Sims led the nation in rushing his junior year at Oklahoma with 1,896 yards and he won the Heisman Trophy. Sims was the first overall pick in the 1980 draft by the Detroit Lions and was rookie of the year. He made the Pro Bowl three times and had 5,106 career rushing yards before injuries brought an early end to his career.
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Cedric Benson: Benson led Midland Lee to three-straight Class 5A state titles and concluded his career as the state’s fourth all-time leading rusher with 8,423 yards, including 3,526 in 1999. Benson finished his career at Texas with 5,540 yards and won the Doak Walker Award his senior year. After a slow start to his career with the Chicago Bears, Benson appears on his way to a third straight 1,000-yard rushing season with Cincinnati.
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Jamaal Charles: Though his 2011 season was cut short by injury, the former Texas star has quickly become of the NFL's best running backs as a Kansas City Chief. In 2010, Charles had almost 2,000 yards from scrimmage (1,467 rushing and 468 receiving). In his junior year at Port Arthur Memorial, Charles ran for 2,051 yards and 25 touchdowns and was named first team all-state.
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Doak Walker: A former Highland Park star, Walker ranks as one of the greatest running backs in college football history. A three-time All-American at Southern Methodist, Walker won the Heisman trophy in 1948 and he won the Maxwell Award in 1947 as a sophomore. In the NFL, Walker played just six seasons for the Detroit Lions, but won two NFL titles, was named All-Pro four times and played in five Pro Bowls.
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Fred Jackson: Jackson, though, talented was not a star at Arlington Lamar High School. He was third on the team's depth chart. But he has become of the NFL's best in a short time since earning the starting job with the Buffalo Bills. He rushed for 1,062 yards in 2009, 927 in 2010 and already has 803 this season in just eight games.
