IM LOOKING FOR THE TOP THREE!!!
NOT FOR NEXT YEAR BUT FROM LAST AND THE YEARS BEFORE!

1.eddy britton
2.blake juarez-downer
3.its a tie josh flores or tony gonzalez

1. Matt Austin
2. Eddy Britton
3. Tony G.

Britton,Flores & Waldo

1. carlos carillo (riverside)
2. robert rodriguez (montwood)
3. tony gonzalez (riverside)

RODRIGUEZ (MONTWOOD)
MICKENS (ANDRESS)
SESSIONS (JEFF)

Tony Gonzales
Eddie Britton
Ray Mickens

Blake Downer shouldn't even be mentioned as one of the greatest. He was good just as Andrew Madrid, Julian Davila and many other RB's but not one of the greatest ever.

Cedric Bension, the day he came to El Paso and dominated the Tbirds by himself! For there homecoming 2000! Six TD's in the first half!!!

I believe the person who started this topic meant El Paso running backs.

Andre Sessions
Tony Gonzalez
Eddie Britton

Hiw about Pual Smith He is playing in the NFL I think this is his 6th year?

YOU ALL FORGETING JOHN BELL FROM BOWIE

1 britton
2 waldo
3 flores

FLORES
BRITTON
MADRID

Waldo, Flores and Madrid? You must be kidding.

who ever said blake juarez-downer shouldnt have been mentioned to be frank i dont like franklin but i have seen many runningbacks play in el paso and juarez has the best all around skill he can catch better than any back and he can run all over you not one of these backs on here are like him
HE IS THE MOST VERSATILE BACK I HAVE SEEN!!

and dont get mad other players and cry
you know its true those who have seen him play
and played against him not one team in el paso
could stop him or that crazy running quarter back

Yeah yeah montwood parent. You probably aren't even a montwood parent. You trying to sell Blake as one of the greatest but noone is buying.

1. Flores
2. Waldo
3.Britton

Many of you are misunderstanding the question.

Who are the Top 3 GREATEST runningbacks El Paso has ever seen.

Waldo Rodriguez is not.
Blake Juarez Downer is not.
Josh Flores is not.(depends on this year)

You have to go with players who were unstoppable their sophomore, junior, senior year and how many District titles did he help his team win in those 3 years.

Waldo, Blake are nowhere close to being in that category. Josh is almost there but everyone knows his coach will screw it all up. I guess we can scratch him out as well.

Eddie Britton, Andre Session and Ray Mickens. If the question was for 4 greatest then I would include Tony Gonzales.

eddie britton
ray mickens
toraino singleton

running back late early 90's out at Irvin by the name of Calem Quin comes to mind, Toraino Singleton would have been a great ball player for years was drafted by Tampa Bay but could not avoid legal troubles, but he is finally out of prison and living the straight life out in Californa, and Sessions back in the day at Jefferson was a man amongst boys heard a story one time were an opposing coach soaked his field for 2 days hoping come gametime that would slow him down.

Totally agree Calem Quin should be considered as one of the top 3 greatest runningbacks El Paso has ever seen. I had totally forgotten about him. What the years do to the mind. I got to stop smoking.

Caleb Quinn? You really are smoking something. Come on fellas, he was a good running back, but one of the best? Not even close? As I stated in my previous post, he transfered from CHS because he was going to split time with Nalley. How can he be considered one of the best when he wasn't going to even start at Coronado?

If you consider Caleb then Jody Nalley has to be added. He rushed for something like 3,400 yards in two years, and his fullback rushed for over 1,000 yards his senior year.
Does anyone wonder why EP football is a joke? Its people like these guys considering Quinn a great RB.

You do both those guys lead the state in rushing right?

its not a matter of who led the state in rushing. If your offense ran the ball 75 times a game then I would expect you to lead the state in rushing. Teams in EP did not really throw the rock back then (except Riverside), thus giving the opportunity for RB's to rack up huge numbers. It amazing that D-coordinators didnt put 9 men in the box to make the offenses throw the ball.

do some research, go back to the early 80's Polo Miranda
Austin Panthers. ask your friends and relatives from that era see if they remember. Strong running back fast and shifty

darock I completely agree with you

toraino singleton, forrest rich, and maybe florez depending on this year

1.Britton
2.Carrillo
3.Gonzalez

Charles Jackson - PHS
Eddy Britton - MHS
Anthony Decquir - PHS

Wow all those guys are good but what about shaun jordan from river side i know FB but he took the ranger along way and how bout ricky tudda from bowie high he was an all state running back, but that doesnt matter i heard there is a kid who hasnt desided were hes gonna play either horizon high school or Americas high or even maybe montwood, his name is dave ramirez he took the horizon middle school to their back to back district championship and when to city and won 7th but lost 8th beccause of an injury, ran for 1439 yards and 33 td lucky ass school whoever gets this kid.

all the running backs that are being mentioned none where FIRST team all STATE so the best back ever was Steven Lee from Austin High School 1986

im going to throw in an outside shot and no its not Caleb Quinn.....if I was starting a new football team and had my pick, I would like a kid from Bowie named Omar Ochoa. This kid was very tough and gritty, kind of a punch ya in the mouth kind of guy....I think he was early to mid 90's

Ochoa, i think he graduated 96 or 97.
He was a big fb, rb type. he was very tough. a lot like the davilas

thanks EP any news on what he is doing now? If this kid went to a Andress or Irvin or Coronado I think he would of had a shot at the next level...

i dont know what he does now. i just remember him one of those years when bowie had a heck of a team and he was one of thier studs

what's briton doing over there?Is he making any difference?

brittons playing wr at tech. I think he's gonna start this year. fastest 40 on the team, 4.3 I think

Emerged in the spring as a viable candidate to start at X receiver, but will most likely begin the season backing up L.A. Reed ... will see plenty of action in the rotation ... speedy receiver who converted from running back prior to last season ... grabbed three passes for 93 yards, including a 66-yard reception for a touchdown, in the annual Red-Black Spring Game

robert rodriguez (montwood)
carlos carillo (riverside)
tony gonzalez (riverside)

in high school in el paso they dominated. they won district and bidistrict titles. after high school is another story. these 3 were true champions.

Mickens(andress), Britton(Montwood) , and Smith were all state players, they must have dominated to be all state don't you think. they as well took district and bi district champions just they were all 5a

toranio singelton,ray mickens, and pat norris were all running backs who had size,speed,power,and were able to play at the next level. all the modern running backs are soft and tiny. Yes,even robert rodriguez,sinse he was given the ball 50 times a game. So whoever names britton,and all these softies have no idea what they're talking about

calm down, its just somebody's opinion. what do you mean today's runningbacks are soft & tiny, mr. expert?

Ray Mickens is not a big person. He is only about 5'8" and weighed about 170 back then.

epallstar, all modern day RB'S are soft & tiny man then you have'nt seen them all example that rb from Montwood J Flores he's an animal, come on soft & tiny be real

I remember watching Toranio Singelton and Ray Mickens playing against each other. Both had different styles but it was awesome to watch. Andress won the game,but in the 1st qtr,Coronado's offense hadn't gone on the field yet because Singelton would run back every kickoff return for touchdown. the score was 14-14 in at the end of the 1st qtr. If you guys watched hs footbal growing up,you'd remember those guys.

Yep. Both ended up in the NFL, but Toraino could not stay out of trouble. It followed him everywhere.

Robert Rodriguez (Montwood)
Tony Gonzales (Riverside)
Eddie Britton (Montwood)

ANDRE SESSIONS-JEFFERSON
ROBERT ELLIOTT-BEL AIR-KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
RODRIQUEZ-MONTWOOD

Ha wow are you guys serious has no body on here heard of torris knight??? give me a break last year he led in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns come on now in last years chapin vs. andress game his 3 rushes equaled to 130 yards and even before that on Austin he had 2 rushes for 100 yards not here to talk trash but i believe Torris knight was the best running back of last year.

TOP GREATEST RUNNINGBACKS SHOULD BE RUNNING BACKS WHO HELPED THEIR TEAMS WIN CONSECUTIVE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HELPED WIN PLAYOFF GAMES.

the best running back ive seen in ep was by far jerald turner. i would take him over eddie britton every day of the week. britton was a great running back im not taking that away from him but anybody that runs a 4.5 in el paso can be a great running back. the only thing bad about britton was that he went down easily, he wasnt really a tackle breaking running back. on the other hand jerald was about just as fast as britton, but it also took more than one person to tackle him. he could stiff arm people, run over people, or just simply out run people....whatever was easiest for him.

1. Toraino Singleton
2. Andre Sessions
3a. Steven Lee
3b. Ray Mickins

Arthor Stewart was the best back that El Paso ever seen. Most of you guys are too young to know who he was and that is why all of the people you are talking about are from the 90's-2k you have'nt looked back far enough.

TORAINO SINGLETON FROM CORONADO!!!! HAD ALL THE RECORDS IN UTEP PLAYING ONLY 2 YEARS AND WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT NFL BACK (WAS GOING TO BE THE STARTER FOR TAMPA BAY) BUCK GOT LOCKED UP

1. Eddie Britton- fastest running back i ever seen
2. Jerrald Turner- until he got locked up..kid was lik 6'2 225 and ran a 4.4
3.Could have been Johnny sanchez but i say another ranger Tony Gonsalez

Jonny sanchez. For some family relationship reason you keep bringing him up. He's not even playing this year. Let it go already. Get over it man. Funny stuff man.

Panther Pride why do you bring up running backs that took the wrong turn. It makes no sense. You are going by pure speculation or optimism thinking that if they would have continued playing that they would have been considered great running backs.

You can't go by would of and could of. You have to go by facts and records. Running backs that helped their team win District Championships and Area Championships. Running backs that helped their teams go undefeated in the regular season.

Would of, Could of???

family relations? naw its just game recognize game and for a lil sophmore kid to run for over 1200 yards and then repeat junior year, shoot who knows wut he coulda done this year... and its like i said "coula been" I think someone might be jealous of the kid

Well Last i checked the topic says greatest runningbacks El Paso Has "seen" not who accomplished more...

Panther read what you typed
wut he coulda done this year

Greatest runningbacks ever seen in El Paso is the topic. I believe this topic is for people who have been following and watching El paso football that last 30 plus years not the last 2 years.

Well Yea im just statin the best i have seen i mean i was never around to see some of the guys mentioned...i was even too young to see Robert Rodrigues so yea i agree..these guys are "could have beens" but i played against all 3 and boy were they talented, but like i said your right...maybe not best ever

1.Steven Lee Austin. Scored on the first offensive play seven straight weeks.

2.Ray Mickens Andress

3.Andre Sessions Jefferson

Haha are you serious about Steven Lee. Scored on first play seven weeks straight. That is an amazing stat. WOW.

wow...this topic is long...i spent like 25 minutes reading it

This topic should have been finished a long time ago
its as simple as this for everybody.... you cannot compare waldo,flores,gonzalez,sanchez,britton,etc,etc. To players like Toraino Singleton, until two week ago, no running back at UTEP had run for over 200 yards since he graduated and that was 12 years ago, he was totally dominant in highschool, college(its crazy that he ended up at utep but he didnt have the grades) and he was looking to be a solid starting running back in the nfl with the bucs and yeah then he messed up and got locked up, but greatest running back in el paso? Toraino Singleon Coronado High School, a no brainer

t singleton was not the best running back in el paso history! no way! big body, fast--yes! but he was weak mentally. that's why trouble did not find him, he went looking for it--and he found it. he underachieved in high school, in college and that proved he wasted his career.

then who was better than him in your opinion?

With my own eyes the best running back I have ever seen is Jerald Turner from Andress. His first game on varsity against Irvin he had 2 carries for 134 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was a back-up and rushed maybe 6-9 times a game and still broke 1000 yards. Its a shame he couldn't stay out of trouble though...

old eagle that would be the right choice but if you were watching hsfootball 15 years ago you would have seen singleton, turner is good, but not as good as singleton. singleton problem was that he was always in trouble, but he did finish his high school career and had a succesful college career too. now i would like to know, can anybody tell me where is jerald turner??? i want to know if he is still playing college football and were and if he is going to transfer to D1. anybody knows?

ever heard of william doctor! played against singelton when he was a sophmore-Awesome!sessions&bell were good.bell for his size was incredible.simms from Irvin terrific-played him in 89'.mickens&isiah lee were shifty and unstoppable.saw britton against andress his speed around the edge was like no other so far.my opinion as to the best is between doctor singleton britton in any order.ex-eagle

Arthur Stewart, Canutillo Eagles mid 80's.

does anyone know what happened to arthur im from canutillo and i heard allot about him but i never met him

Coach how can you just scratch Waldo off. Freshman district championship. starter sophmore year. Second in district junior year. District championship senior year. and he was a team player.....don't sleep on forrest rich

el aguila,

Stewart is in prison, serving 60yrs. This was another one of El Paso's kids who got caught up. Do you guys know how many of these kids would have made it if they had their heads on right. Stewarts only competetition in the whole country was Barry Sanders, and the funny thing was that they were both the same height but Stewart had the over all build upper and lower body. He was swift like a gazelle and had the power of a horse, This Guy had offers from every Major School out there and turned them down.Imagine for a moment if this guy would have made. Would he be the all time NFL rushing leader. How is it that I guy has not one but 2 99 yarders in one game the only HS player in the country at that time to do so and he can't get out of the El Paso. I tell you its a curse El Paso has probly had more superstars that never made it then any city in this country. IT'S A CURSE I TELL YOU A CURSE!!!!!!

DBLOCK I totally agree with you with this CURSE.

It's up to the people of this city to break the curse that has been plaguing high school football for over 60 years. Many so called knowitalls can say that it's the pressures of being a teenager, that's bull. The fact is that it's the mentality of most El Pasoans. I mean come on you don't have to look that far back to see the infamous CURSE at work.

2004 Montwood RB Edward Britton committed to Texas Tech then weeks laters gets caught shoplifting or something.

2004 Riverside Shawn Jordan committed to LSU not really sure but I think it was a year later gets caught at the border with steroids or something.

2005 Jerald Turner all around talent with Universities scouting him but then he gets caught with an illegal substance within a couple of feet from the school.

2006 Andre Jones committed to the Texas Longhorns really don't know what really happened but was involved or not involved in a robbery or something.

That was only in recent years. Go back further and you will be amazed.

Many of you laugh and think it's not a CURSE, that this happens to many players throughout the country or that it's all in the mind and we ourselves make it a curse, whatever.

Truth is that there's a thick black cloud above this city and no it's not the pollution from Juarez. You will see it when you are entering the city from either Las Cruces or Van Horn.

To all talented athletes and to all that have dreams. Stay in the righteous path. Don't give into temptation for if you are truly talented and have a great future ahead of you it's a guarantee that your mind, body and soul will be tested. Be strong and hold on to your dream and never ever stop believing in yourself plus don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't and that includes yourself

The_RealTruth

It's really amazing like you said if we just look at it, and I do believe that it is our mental state as a city, I'm going say this and hope that it does not offend anyone but it is the truth, How come there are only a handful of hispanics in the NFL. My answer is because this city won't do what it takes to support all of it's athletes. I'm not hispanic but I have seen an awful lot of them here That have the same potential as as the Black athlete or White athlete and we show a little love to every one but we do'nt push them in the right direction. Yeah it's fun to get on here and talk a little trash with eachother but over all we need to break this curse and get more scouts looking at all of these kids, because they all have a shot. Most of these coaches need our help to get the word out and push these kids to excel. some of the parents need help understanding the process to the next step, and keeping these young guys out of trouble. We need a very positive influence to help get them going. Maybe I'm a little off but I think and believe that there is way too much talent here to sleep on. Good Job The_RealTruth

thats true and hispanics do have talent, this is a big city and there is not a lot of nfl players from here, there should be more. hopefully this years kids like Cheda And Reid get on the right path

Dblock you hit the nail on the head by typing

Most of these coaches need our help to get the word out and push these kids to excel. some of the parents need help understanding the process to the next step,

Coaches have their hands full and most won't go that extra mile especially that extra mile for a kid with a huge ego problem and stubborn who won't listen to solid advice from coaches. Most parents that includes expert dads who think they know everything do not know the recruiting process. This site is a step in the right direction and I really don't know where EPgridiron is going with it but I hope they do alot more to help the true talented athletes of this community. So far things seem to be improving with El Paso teams winning in the 2nd round of the playoffs but there's a problem with a small percentage of talented athletes like 2 to 3 who go Division I every year considering all the schools we have here that is a very low percentage. Then we have a large number of talent who should be going Division ending up at Division II and III as well as Junior Colleges hoping to transfer to Division I in the future but come on it rarely happens.

Big problem if you ask me with many talented athletes getting the shaft for one simple reason, the lack of knowledge of how the recruiting process works and what they can do on their end but don't take the time to learn it for their futures sake.

The_RealTruth
"Big problem if you ask me with many talented athletes getting the shaft for one simple reason, the lack of knowledge of how the recruiting process works and what they can do on their end but don't take the time to learn it for their futures sake."


And thats the facts, so for all you guys really wanting to know who was the greatest backs or players from the EP! the answer is that they were all great on the field, problem is how can we get them to be great off the field. Props to all you guys but lets break the curse.

Johnny Sanchez great running back and bright future ahead. Curse got him???

Some will say that he did it to himself. Yeah right, whatever. People should have been supporting this individual and other individuals when they are made aware of their talents years ago.

I understand kids don't heed advice and turn away from important advice but where there's a will, there's a way. That's what parents, friends, coaches and guidance counselors are there for.

TEAM GUIDANCE

Anyone heard of Patrick Norris? Led the State in 5A rushing!

uhhhhh no never heard of him

EASY ANSWER BUT I GOTTA PUT 4:

RAY MICKENS
TORAINO SINGLETON
ANDRE SESSIONS
PATRICK NORRIS

ALL TOGETHER RUSH FOR OVER 9000 YDS THEIR SENIOR YEAR THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TOO. WHEN WAS THE LAST 2000 YD RUSHER IN THIS CITY?

Wasn't it Carlos Carrillo from Riverside in 2001 or something like that?

Jerry Bulitt- Andress -Texas A&M- The real Browns
Ray Mickens - Andress- Texas A&M- Journeyman in NFL
Paul Smith- Andress- Utep- San Fran. 49ers


Wow, that says alot about Andress.

ME.. j/k

Terry Smith
Joey Serano(Yes he was a running back too)
ok ok Eddie Britton

Ray Mickens
Paul Smith
Matt Austin
Eddie Britton

Willie Wright out of Burges who went to play at OU was second to Billy Sims there. Then quit and joined the army.

You youngsters....i wish you could do your research and go waaaaay back and look at some of the best rb's the ep has seen......there have been some awesome rb's in this area...better than britton, etc....dont go with who you guys went to school with or played against...

Now The Truth....dude you beat me to it...my dad told me bout Willie Wright a long time ago....my dad would tell me about the wars he had against him since he was middle school...he played for Ross and then Burges and my dad was the middle linebacker for Guillen and Bowie......

And i dont know the name of the gentleman the recently passed away earlier this year. They did a story on his life and career here in EP for Irvin High when they went undefeated that year and were ranked 10th in the state!!! My cousin played against him when he was at Coronado and not too long ago i saw that game that on his video collection!!! That guy was unstoppable. Does anyone know his name????

carlos carillo was the last 2000 yard man in el paso. he played for riverside and in the same backfield as shawn jordan for a couple of years. johnny sanchez would have reached 2000 yeads last year if not for injury, he came real close the year before.

FORREST RICH!!!! do ur hw

His name was Patrick Norris Panther.

Forrest Rich
Singleton
Matt Austin

Look them up before u comment again. Flores is good but... just look up these guys, some people are just born with it, these r guys the because they blew out a knee(forrest rich) and beat up a guy into comma(singleton), aren't in the NFL, and Matt Austin started his senior year at UTEP.

I agree but NOT MATT AUSTIN former Parkland. You must be crazy. That guy was lucky to have ended up somewhere after high school. McMurry State come on dude.

Irvin Cambell Austin high school...was second leading rusher in state with over 1800 yards...he was second to midland lees cedric benson

These are all great backs, and did great jobs for there teams, but you cannot talk about running backs in EL Paso without adding Pat Norris from Irvin HS. He was ther real deal. He played in the early 90's and was a man playing with boys. He is missed by all who knew him. RIP PAT (you should not be forgotten)


I have also been told that Forrest Rich from Coronado was the man in the late 70's. He was ready to go to UT before the knee went out at the sun bowl. Love you man

Jerald Turner!!!!!!!!!

I had the pleasure of playing ball with and against Pat Norris and Singleton at UTEP. Both were great athletes. Toraino was bigger and Pat was faster but they could sure run the rock...

Uh Gerald Turner. Before he messed up he was amazing. First varsity game 6 carries 220 yards 3 td's. One reception 70 yards 1 td.

Britton
Gonzalez
Juarez-Downer

Juarez Downer?

turner averaged something like 13 or 14 yards per carry as a sophomore and junior. senior year it was around 11

Richard Thomas

Patrick Norris
Terreynal Singleton
Andre Seccions

If we are talking during their high school years they would be Lawerence Taylor who played at Coronado both as fullhack and middle linebacker the year they tied odessa Permian in the Sun Bowl and William Doctor(Andress)and Steven Lee(Austin) in the early 80's when Austin and Andress would play each other.

1.vince gomez!!!!!
2.willy williams
3.flores

TORAINO SINGLETON BY FAR NUMBER 1
EDDIE BRITTON
MATT AUSTIN

jerald turner was going to be special, where is he playing now?

vince gomez? are you kidding me? whoever is #15 for the cougars should be the starter, he makes gomez look like a fullback. i think walker knows this too, did you see who got more carries against coronado.
any ways here are my top three
1.)-Sessions
2.)-R. Rodriguez
3.)-Waldo

Waldo?? You must be on crack

JT Killings Hanks High 1994-1998

What about some guy James NUN from Montwood 1991?. I hear stories about him running all over teams left and right he had 3yrs 2500+yd seasons rushing plus 1000+yds through the air. Those are some impressive number if you ask me..

Those are really good numbers, but I don't remember the name or anyone putting up those numbers. I will have to research that because that does sound great.

Hey your forgetting about Canutillo we got Brandon and Fernie De La Rosa guys that culd run and truck the living crap out of everybody and dont forget are sophmore John De La Rosa he could run to.

Edward Britton who is kicking butt right now at Texas Tech

Matt Austin and Ray Mickens for sure people!!!

Daunte Greene

Ray Mickens (Andress)
Andre Sessions (Jeff)
Patrick Norris (Irvin)

Here is a blast from the past

LARRY SIMMS IRVIN H.S. 1988

Jody nalley and Oscar Lopez Coronado high, each both rushed over a thousand yards and broke records.

they both did it in one sesason,right? i know jody and oscar lopez played and started since licoln Jr high and made thousand of yard through high school,tell me if iam wrong.

Jody was actually Oscars fullback at Lincoln, then moved to tailback his sophmore year. Oscar started at fullback for 3 years for the T-Birds.

Senior year Nalley rushed for just shy of 2,000 and Lopez has over 1,000 at fullback.

That was a potent running attack. Jody had the speed to get around the corner and Lopez woulod flat run you over and keep on going.

Last I heard Lopez was buying the "Rosas Cantina" from the Marty Robbins song "West Texas Town of El Paso".

Darock, one I agree Lopez was one of the greatest fullbacks we have seen. What makes you think he is buying Rosa's Cantina?

Britton, Benson and Berryhill (Today)

By far the best running back to ever play High School Football in El Paso was Irvin High School's Patrick Norris. Nobody can hold a candle to this back. Not to down play any other running backs to come out of El Paso, and there have been some great ones, but he was and is by far the best to play here. After he ran you over, he out-ran the rest of your team, he was a very special player to watch. My next two would have to be Paul Smith from Andress, he is still playing in the NFL, he is now a member of the Denver Broncos, and then Singleton from Coronado who also made it to the NFL.

1. Benny Sustaita
2. Edwin Morales
3. Madrid

Austin #1

Benny Sustaita, Edwin Morales and Madrid are the top 3 greatest runningbacks Austin fans have ever seen.

Read the subject. I think you misunderstood it.

1 patrick norris
2 steven lee
3 eddy britton

might have to include tommy bonds as a tie for third with eddy

1. Andre Session (JEFF)
2. Ray Mickens (Andress)
3. Patrick Norris (Irvin)

How does Eastwood's Alan Reid not merit a mention? After high school, started at U. of Minnesota, then the USFL's Memphis Showboats.

That notwithstanding, Singleton and Turner are the best I've seen. Toraino lost a big chunk of his junior year to injury. Turner always had low carries, based mostly on the fact that he was in constant trouble at Andress. Who could forget the night they punished him by only allowing the 5-10, 185-pounder to play just defense?

Versus EPH, no doubt.

turner actually got low carries most of the time due to the fact that for most of his high school career andress had a 3 running back rotation in fontennette, turner, and bell, and sometimes scallion too. he didnt really get the most carries until his senior year..that being the year he screwed up ;[ its a shame

how about mike flores and william buffington before they got in trouble. (riverside)

RICHARD THOMAS (NOW COACHING AT HANKS
JT KILLINGS

Eddie Britton, Andre Sessions, Patrick Norris,

1)Paul Smith from andress the guy has been in the NFL for a number of years now
2)Ray Mickens
3)Patrick Norris
4)Toriano Singleton
5)Tony gonzalez
6)robert Rodriguez
7)eddie britton
8)andre sessions
9)Shawn Jordan LSU
10)Caleb

All yall is crazy I went to Andress with Gerald Turner he one of my best friends. He is by far the best running back ive seen play. when i was a junior he was a sophmore he had 2 carries for 134yds and 2tds. I was blocking on for him on both plays. I was a wide reciever and corner. He was being recruited by all kinds of schools Texas Tech, Miami, all kinds of schools. He was only 5'11" 210 ran a 4.42 break tackles run folks over and all. He was a beast and he only carried the ball maybe 13 times a game and got a 100yds each time atleast. He dont play no more cause he got caught up. Case was dropped in court, they set him up and it was all proven. They plotted and ruined his carrer. Eddie Brittion was just fast and soft as tissue. he fell over if the wind blew wrong. Cheron Figgs. that was a beast too.

and thats why britton will be a star player for the Red Raiders in the next year or two, cuz he's soft as tissue?

C'mon britton is a beast

britton isnt a beast that wr freshman from tech is a beast hes way better than brittion

so M. Crabtree is a beast, brittion is just good

I dont understand your logic. you're saying britton ISNT a beast because another receiver is better? btw, crabtree was possibly the best freshman in the nation

1. RAY MICKENS (ANDRESS)
2. STEVEN LEE (AUSTIN)
3. ROBERT RODRIGUEZ (MONTWOOD)

no im like saying Crabtree is someone i would say as a beast if brittion would put numbers like him then i would consider him a beast

and Crabtree was a all-american as a freshman

How Do We Forget About Jason Jones From Andress?

Ricky tuda bowie {all state} BOWIE

if crabtree could enter the draft as a freshman he would of been an early first round pick... thats how good he is.

i dont know but the best is eddy briton then its josh flores

If Montwood would have beaten Odessa Permian then I would consider Josh Flores one of the greatest but since Montwood did not get that win against Odessa Permian I have to say that Josh Flores is just another average player.

Great athletes carry the team to get those big wins.

Flores did alot for Montwood the three years he played on varsity, he's one of the best I've seen in El Paso.

I would have considered Josh Flores one of the great ones but he did do anything special in their game with Odessa Permian. If Josh would have taken over the game as a great running back should during the playoffs then would definitely list him as one of the greatest. But he did not show that greatness in the playoffs. He did very good but did not carry the team on his shoulders and lead them to victory at Ratliff.

Was not given the chance.

Robert "Ducky" Elliot Bel Air, Patrick Norris Irvin, David Samaniego Riverside...

Robert Rodriguez

1)Ray Mickens
2)Toriano Singleton
3)Arthur Stewart

patrick norris-irvin

andre sessions- jeff
TERRANO SINGLETON -coronado
eddie britton- montwood

don't forget about ysleta's jorge rodriguez 2002. that guy was a freakin beast!!!!

E.Britton(Montwood)
J.Flores(Montwood)
R.Rodriguez(Montwood)

The blog is titled
Who are the top three greatest runningbacks El Paso has seen

NOT

Who are the top three greatest runningbacks Montwood has seen

It would be
1. Andre Session Jefferson
2. Patrick Norris Irvin
3. Ray Mickens Andress

From the 90s ERA:
1) Pat Norris
2) Ray Mickens
3) Definitely not Sessions

steven lee austin, ray mickens andress ,toraino singleton coronado, patrick norris irvin, andre session jeff, isaiah lee andress,danny rhodes irvin, billy sims irvin, willy wright burges, william doctor andress, omar ochoa bowie, eddie gonzalez jeff, jt killings hanks, tony white burges, frankie melendrez montwood,carlos carillo burges, emilio salcido burges, tony decquir parkland, will buffinton riverside, robert rodriguez montwood, edward britton montwood, tony gonzales riverside, shawn jordan riverside, there are more than three and to many to list.

Sustaita, Morales, and Madrid together, couldn't carry Steven Lee's jock strap at Austin. Ask coach Batista he'll tell you. Ask him which three he'd rather have? Sustaita, Morales, Madrid or Steven Lee, Karl Grey and Herb Williams.

Arthur Stewart, Canutillo

1.Fernie Munoz
2.Madrid
3.Carlos Avalos(Future)

too many to ever come up with an accurate list. everybody will have their personal favorites. most bloggers are homers. how about this-- name the 2 best backs to ever play at each of the 30 ep schools. how can you have a list and leave out the great running backs at bel air?? robert elliot or calvin beasley for instance. how can any list leave out carlos carillo--to date he remains the most exciting and dynamic rb i have seen in ep in the past 12 years.

Montwood
Britton
Flores
Torres-next year will take one of their spots

Stop using my username!!!!!!!!! Can't you think up a unique username in that little brain of yours? Geezus. Freaking unbelievable.

yeah juco--come on man, come up with something more original. Juco is taken!! he has been posting here for a long time, you should change yours.

1)Pat Norris (IRVIN)
2)Ray Mickens (Andress)
you can put anyone else you want at 3, but those are the top two by far, and I don't see anyone taking them out of the top two anytime soon.

I agree

Tony Gonzalez and Edward Britton would fit perfectly at 3 and 4 in whichever order.

calvin beasley-bel air 1975 or robert elliott-bel air 1972. the running back out of eastwood in 1983, i forgot his name, but he was good.

Man, there have been some great RB's in EP. Really, that is one position where EP has had some real talent.

1. Toraino Singleton
2. Steven Lee
3. Britton


In the most recent years, I think there the best two I saw were Britton at Montwood and Irvin Campbell from Austin. Irvin had 24 touchdowns in 2000, most in the city. He won 5 gold medals at the 1-5A track meet. Irvin Campbell was the best pure athlete I ever saw play football in El Paso (over Ransom, Brown, Britton, Jefferson who were all on another level). Sadly, he was a head case, and like so many others in the "Curse" never took advantage of his talent. There is speed, and then there is Irvin Campbell.

Britton is a beast, a good WR prospect, and he is the best high jumper in the Big 12. Yes, he is that athletic too, so I put him way over Campbell as the best since 2000.

Patrick Norris Lead the whole state in rushing in 5A with over 2000 yards in 1992.

Neon Edwards played for Irvin in 1980 signed with the Arizona Wildcats out of high school.

Andre Sessions he was a man among boys.

Just to Clarify a few things
Pat Norris was not only a great back but a great guy and was a friend of my family. He led the state in 5-A rushing with 2005 yards on the season.

Caleb Quinn followed him the following year rushing for 2,166 yards 2nd in state missing the lead by 14 yds. Quinn was taken out of 6 games at half or at the beginning of the 3rd quarter including a game against Austin where he had 308yds rushing 1 rec for 62 and 7 TD all in the first half. He left Coronado because of a fight with Coach Brooks.

Other Backs that were great were Isaiah Lee, Ray Mickens, T Singleton and quite a few others

Caleb Quinn had mad skillz

riversides buffington...

if he had not gotten in trouble he would have definetly gone somewhere... speed, built, heart, you can't get better than that

eddy britton? johnny sanchez,tony gonzalez and buffington

get out of here

what do you mean get out of here? they may not be the best, but they are contenders for the best. between johnny sanchez, tony gonzalez and william buffington---i bet they won 100 games between them at the high school level, with very few loses. that is consistency, that deserves consideration. go rangers!

Stephen Lee ......Austin
Andre Sessions ...Jefferson
Andre Britton ....Montwood

Arthur Stewart-Canutillo

Edward Britton, William Buffington, Robert Rodriguez, Victor Bustillos

nevermind i changed my mind, britton, rodriguez, and bustillos(yhs)...it was a tough one between bustillos and buffington.

STEVEN LEE - AUSTIN hands down, would of gone pro easily except got a back injury

1.gonzales[riverside]
2.B.juarez[franklin]
3.flores[montwood]

RUNNING DA GAME I agree with your picks except Flores. I would replace him with Edward Britton and i would say them 3 former backs are the greatest running backs in the past 5 years.

1.gonzales[riverside]
2.B.juarez[franklin]
3.britton[montwood]

steven lee did go with the rams

Stephen Lee.....Austin
Andre Sessions..Jeff
Eddie Britton...Montwood

Sorry as i reposted twice as i didn't realise the posts are on the bottom and not the top of page.

I can't believe u guys r even thinking about putting flores up there... u got 2 b kidding me...
1Britton
2 c. Carrillo
3 gonzales (hardest working)

Josh Flores was a good running back but was not one of the greatest. Josh goes in a category of good running backs with players like Jon Lane, Julian Davila, Diego Davila, Andrew Madrid, Mike Vargas, Waldo Rodriguez, Blake Downer and Eddie Mendoza. All good backs but not one or three of the greatest.

Flores over 3000 yds rush, over 1000 yds rec., over 50 tds and one one hell of a blocker one of the best I've seen.

1. Andre Sessions - Wing-T back set all kinds of records. A threat on every play to take it to the house. Maybe the most explosive back El Paso has ever seen.(Texas Tech)

2. Steven Lee - Another Wing-T back who was unstoppable. Short and stocking, Lee was like a bowling ball. Once he broke through the first level, he had sick breakaway speed. Started as a Freshman and a Sophomore in college before breaking his back. (Angelo State)

3a. Ray Mickens - Pure speed, if he got the corner he was gone. Because he made a name for himself as a corner, never really gets recognized as a great runner. (Texas A & M)

3b. Edward Britton - A lethal combo of size and speed combined with incredible line play, Britton was an outstanding back. However, he is now going to leave his mark as a wideout. (Texas Tech)

3c. Toraino Singleton- Now working as a performance coach in Rancho Cordova California, Singleton is probably the most physically gifted player in El Paso history. Teammates at UTEP use to marvel at his physique. He was drafted by Tampa Bay in the NFL but legal problems prevented him from playing there. He did end up playing three years in NFL Europe for Hamburg. (UTEP)

I agree with montwood, and you can add Domingo Torres to the list this year.

Joel diaz coronado t bird rushed for over 1800 yards in 9 games and rush for 28 touchdowns. he got hurt in the last game against franklin. Had five picks as a safetey and scored 6 touchdowns on defense and special teams, that is pretty goog.

1.) PATRICK NORRIS (IRVIN)

2.) GERALD TURNER (ANDRESS)

3.) TORIS KNIGHT (ANDRESS)

my cousin josh flores

Josh flores? Who's that?

Hey Joe,

I agree with your list of running backs that you mentioned!!!

last years running back for montwood

You are crazy if you are thinking Josh Flores. He was just a regular rb like Madrid from Americas or that Mackil rb that played for Eldo. Just regular rbs who did good for their team that is all

there was tooooo many good running backs to tell but if i were to put them on a list by school it would be

andres- 1. gerald turner
2. roger fontannete
3. reggie smalls
4. toris knight

americas- 1. john lane
2.madrid

el dorado- kalil mackel

jefferson- andre sessions

cornado-1. torraino singleton

2.waldo rodriquez

3. julian davila


riverside- 1. tony gonzalez

2. shaun jordan

3. jonny sanchez

bel air- 1.eddie mendoza

2. edgar cristobal

franklin- 1. blake juarez downer

2. josh quinn


montwood-

1. eddie britton

2. josh florez


these running backs are all pretty good

eastside......no...ur very very wrong.....no

common bro britton was better than flores hands down

1. Toraino Singleton
2. Andre Sessions
3a. Steven Lee
3b. Ray Mickins
4 Pat Norris

tbird fan you named all former Andress players. What is up with that? Is there not 1 former tbird running back from its long history that you think is one of the greatest?

Gonzalez
Britton
Flores

traino singleton was from coronado. do your homework

Why do your homework when there is someone else that knows and correct them. Can't we all just get along.

1. Toraino Singleton - Coronado
2. Andre Sessions - Jefferson
3a. Steven Lee - No idea
3b. Ray Mickins - Andress
4 Pat Norris - Irvin

Future greats you may not now who they are but youll kno when the time comes:

Caleb Moore
Rashad Chisolm
Anthony Walker

Hey Riddler??? this topic is about greatest runningbacks El Paso has ever seen not the greatest runningbacks El Paso will see in the future. Read bro.

the greatest running backs are nick valadez mad beast andre smith mad jukes darrius willaims run you over

nick valadez mad ***** who is that

Steven Lee was an Austin guy-- mid-80's. He knocked heads with William Doctor and those good Andress teams back then.

How about Tommy Bonds - Bel Air

tommy bonds, robert elliot, mike cade, william buffington, carlos carillo, tony gonzalez, ed britton, robert rodriguez, willie wright, andre sessions etc, etc--too many to name. nobody will ever know for sure.

gonzalez(riverside)
flores(montwood)
rodriguez(montwood)

Jason Jones - Andress
Blake Juarez-Downer - Franklin
Mike Vargas - Eastwood

Robert Rodriguez hands down

How SWEET is it to be a RAM!

most of the long time coaches i've talked to say the best pure running backs they coached or coached against were ray mickens(andress)pat norris(irvin)toraino singleton(coronado) and charles jackson(parkland). then come steven lee, josh flores, carlos carrillo, andre sessions, willie wright, matt austin and roger fontenant.

My boy....Austin's Irvin Campbell!! Rushed for 1800 yards in the 2000-2001 season. Second best running back behind Cedric Benson of Midland Lee with 2200 yards. Campbell made 1st Team All Distric (previous 1-5A district), 2nd Team All State.


Then to name a few that I had the honor of seeing growing up (Lee) and playing against.....

Lee - Austin
Campbell (James) - Austin
Armendariz - Franklin
Good - Irvin
Stansbury (Don) - Irvin
Little - Coronado
Figgs - Andress
Estrada - Del Valle

1. Pat Norris-Irvin
2. Caleb Quinn-Irvin
3. Paul Smith-Andress
4. Singleton-Coronado
5. Ray Mickens-Andress

You can put those 5 in any order you want, but those are the best running backs this city has every produced. Josh Flores, Tony Gonzalez, Eddie Britton, or anyone else you may think you have an argument for can't hald a candle to any one of these 5 Running Backs. 3 of them had NFL Careers, Smith is still in the NFL. Norris unfortunately passed away...R.I.P.

Once again, please produce facts on how Quinn's name can even be in the same sentence as Singleton, Norris, Smith and Mickens?

A back that had to transfer for playing time in the top RB ever? Yes i know he ran for 2000+ yards for 1 season, but what did he do his Jr year at CHS, split time with a sophomore in Jody Nalley....good he was, but great,,,ummmm not even close.

Don't forget about Mendoza, for 3 years he was an explosive back, ran behind some of the best lines ever, if he had Coach Savage instead of Coto on the sidelined you might be hearing his name at some big school right now, that was arguably the most talented team in Bel Air History it's just so sad to know they had chances to do something but, Soto held them back. I believe Eddie got something like 3700 yards in his career, am I right?

Austin's Irvin Campbell. Rushed for 1800 yards in the 2000-2001 season. Second best running back in the state that year behind Cedric Benson of Midland Lee with 2200 yards. Campbell made 1st Team All Distric (previous 1-5A district), 2nd Team All State.

Figgs from Andress was another good one.

It doesnt matter what Quinn did while he was at Coronado. He was 1st Team all state when he played at Irvin. Maybe that just shows which school had better coaches and had a better eye for talent. All I know is if you rush for over 2,000 yards and you are 1st Team-5A State Running Back you should be in the top 5 all time EP Running Backs.

johnny sanchez was the BEST running back ever! to bad he had other things on his mind besides football

Johnny Sanches who is that?? Who did he play for?? Did he help his team win district, bidistrict and area titles?? Never heard of him. Sounds like just some regular running back who did good but didn't help the team win district, bidistrict and area titles

tony gonzales
josh
johnny sanchez

mike flores from riverside in 99 is the best running back out of there then johnny sanchez but both of them got into some problems. then its gonzalez.

then its gonzalez. You got to stop smoking that stuff. Gonzalez helped Riverside win back to back Area championships which no other running back has ever done for Riverside. Gonzalez carried the Riverside team against Chapin in 2004 and against Canyon Randall. Riverside would not have played at Texas Stadium if it wasn't for Gonzalez taking over those two playoff games.

Check yourself before you start throwing player names that did not help accomplish anything in the playoffs. I swear I can't believe some of you call yourselves Ranger fans.

im actually a not a ranger fan far from it ive just seen these guys play and its my opinion and yor right id rather say gonzalez cuz he actually didomething with his talent and went to try to play at utep so ill give gonzalez that. and the fact he wasnt a dumb ass getting in off field trouble but i guess thats just what kids do at that age.

I never got the opportunity to watch Gonzalez in person, but he looks great on film!!! I have not seen any othe back like him. Last years Montwood back looked very good as well. I watched him against Permian. He helped them win the first half of the game. Mojo stopped him in the second half. I would have loved to have watched Gonzalez in person!! Sanchez was okay between the 20's. he was not impressive in the red zone!

The special thing about Gonzalez is that he came up big for his team when they needed it. He wasn't fancy. He wouldn't hurdle over anyone. He wouldn't spin around anyone. He just ran it up defenders stomachs and caused them pain. It explains why Riverside would win. A player like that helps control the clock and manage it well.

Exactly!!! Great read FCoach!! I would like to see more backs like him here!! Flores from Montwood was similar. I see it in Cory Sanchez (Chapin) as well.

If you were drafting a fantasy team made up of high school kids would you draft Quinn in the top 5 RB's? The other players in the top 5 had solid careers, not just 1 good season.

Forrest Rich

i've seen alot of names who deserve to be mentioned but you've forgotten mention two players out of YSLETA, VICTOR BUSTILLOS and JORGE RODRIGUEZ, who was a freakin beast who would run over anyone in his way and was also a scoring machine.

Tony Gonzalez N Johnny Sanchez !!

Tony Gonzales yes but not Johnny Sanchez. Johnny Sanchez did not help the team win area championships and get to Texas stadium.

The top three running backs ever to play in El Paso were:
1. Steven Lee: Austin High School very shifty ran inside and outside (Junior year rushed for 1800 yards)(Senior year rushed for 2400 yards, FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE, 32 touchdowns, set the state single game rushing record his senior year 439 yards in one game)
2. Eddie Britton: tall fast speed was very deceptive when he got to the outside it was over.
3. Ray Mickens:

Micheal swift- andress
Edwin Cole- andress
Roger Fondanett- andress

William Buffingto riverside
mike flores riverside despite adversity
carlos carrillo riverside

John de la rose canutillo

Richard Thomas - Hanks. 2-time all-district.

Tommy Bonds-Bel Air
Ray Mickens-Andress
Mike Cade-Bel Air
Ish Martinez-Eastwood
Andre Sessions-Jefferson
Toraino Singleton-Coronado

Where is Bonds coaching now?

eddie britton(montwood) and tony gonzalez(riverside) both the class of 05....... and britton being part of the now ranked number 2 red raiders at texas tech....

I forgot about Tony. Wasn't he with Utep?

i wouldve like to see jhonny sanchez play his senior year, i played against him and man he was talented. as far as the best i would go with steven lee i believe thats his name, an austin grad.

I REMEMBER PLAYING WITH THE OCHOA BROTHERS AT BOWIE. THESE GUYS WERE BIG AND VERY PHYSICAL.I DONT KNOW IF THEY WERE TOP 3 BUT THEY WERE VERY GOOD.