Kamryn Pettway off to a terrific start

[StatTiger 3,188]

Kamryn Pettway has made the most of his opportunity in 2016. Here is how he compares to other Auburn RB's during their 1st 5 games of a season as the primary rusher...

Year	Player	Yards	Att	TD	YPG	YPA
1985	Bo Jackson	991	138	10	198.2	7.18
2000	Rudi Johnson	716	134	7	143.2	5.34
2016	Kamryn Pettway	697	118	6	139.4	5.91
2002	Carnell Williams	639	113	9	127.8	5.65
2014	Cameron Artis-Payne	594	110	5	118.8	5.40
1980	James Brooks	593	101	4	118.6	5.87
1979	Joe Cribbs	580	90	9	116.0	6.44
2011	Michael Dyer	567	103	7	113.4	5.50
2015	Peyton Barber	558	109	6	111.6	5.12
2009	Ben Tate	540	97	2	108.0	5.57
2016	Kerryon Johnson	517	102	6	103.4	5.07
2006	Kenny Irons	514	108	3	102.8	4.76
1986	Brent Fullwood	504	52	3	100.8	9.69
2005	Kenny Irons	495	86	5	99.0	5.76
2015	Jovon Robinson	493	86	2	98.6	5.73
2004	Carnell Williams	490	106	4	98.0	4.62
1995	Stephen Davis	479	73	7	95.8	6.56
1994	Stephen Davis	474	86	4	94.8	5.51
1993	James Bostic	467	92	6	93.4	5.08
1979	James Brooks	466	65	4	93.2	7.17
1982	Bo Jackson	461	69	5	92.2	6.68
2004	Ronnie Brown	435	54	3	87.0	8.06
1978	Joe Cribbs	417	94	9	83.4	4.44
2013	Tre Mason	415	86	5	83.0	4.83
2003	Carnell Williams	402	88	3	80.4	4.57
1983	Bo Jackson	385	61	6	77.0	6.31
1993	Stephen Davis	381	63	3	76.2	6.05
1977	Joe Cribbs	368	69	2	73.6	5.33
2010	Michael Dyer	334	69	2	66.8	4.84
2012	Tre Mason	307	59	1	61.4	5.20

[kd4au 1,145]

Pettway is just an old fashion hard nosed football player.He was also a good fullback,he could probably play a lot of positions and play them well.Glad he is on our team.That run last night when he ran over the arky player reminded me of Ronnie Brown running over Jason Allen from UT in 2004.

[WDE_OxPx_2010 5,287]

Check halfway down that list and look at KJ... If he gets healthy, what a 1-2 punch that is. Makes me think of 2004.

 

WDE

[fredst 9,064]

1 hour ago, kd4au said:

Pettway is just an old fashion hard nosed football player.He was also a good fullback,he could probably play a lot of positions and play them well.Glad he is on our team.That run last night when he ran over the arky player reminded me of Ronnie Brown running over Jason Allen from UT in 2004.

Yes, and a nice jump cut to get outside on his longer TD run. Not exactly shifty but he's got some moves.

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

Limited to TV coverage,

I was impressed by, on several camera cutaways, how

Mr. Jackson seemed to express some appreciation of Mr Pettway's efforts.

Edited October 23, 2016 by AUinTLoosa

[auburn4ever 1,266]

Kam Pettway played an awesome game. So did Kam Martin.

[trout54 55]

Bubba Pettway looks absolutely HUGE on the field with everyone else. He is a beast!!!!!  I wouldn't want to have to tackle him.

[aujeff11 6,243]

I'll be the first to admit that I under appreciated KP's rushing abilities before the season. Like another poster has said, KP cuts and slices a lot better than most RBs his size. I'll also admit that I was concerned about the RB position as a whole after JR was kicked off the team. I feel a lot better about that situation as well but still believe one more injury could really throttle back our offense. I'm hoping going forward that Kerryon and KP can really balance out the carries for the sake of staying fresh and preventing fatigue related injuries.

With that said, I now believe KP is our starting first down back. He will be the running back that hurts a lot of defensive linemen and linebackers egos by overpowering them, and then Kerryon will provide the demoralizing long runs while providing some relief to KP. 

Edited October 23, 2016 by aujeff11

[JMassie11 1,610]

Even more impressive is 6 out of the top 15 are under Malzahns system

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

11 minutes ago, JMassie11 said:

Even more impressive is 6 out of the top 15 are under Malzahns system

I think I count 7?

Also 2 are this year.

Also impressive is that it doesn't even include rushing yards by QBs.

Edited October 23, 2016 by AUinTLoosa

[McLoofus 35,182]

Amazing what he's done as the 2nd best RB on the team. He and Kerryon might both go for 1,000, and Kerryon still has a lot of receptions yet to... receive.

[aubearcat 2,132]

Bo...almost 1k yards in only 5 games. 

[JMassie11 1,610]

23 minutes ago, AUinTLoosa said:

I think I count 7?

Also 2 are this year.

Also impressive is that it doesn't even include rushing yards by QBs.

Tate's first year wasn't under Malzahn but certainly did flourish under him

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

8 minutes ago, JMassie11 said:

Tate's first year wasn't under Malzahn but certainly did flourish under him

Understood

Many Thanks

[creed 1,629]

Look at the 1986 stat for Fullwood. Wow.

[tigerman1186 537]

What about Terry Henley...Mitizi Jackson....and Sedrick McIntyre????

[AU64 10,122]

If anyone ever expresses doubts about AU as running back U....just hand them that list.  What a tremendous group of top quality RBs. 

That's probably the first time I've seen all those guys on one list.....thanks Stat..

[Eagle Eye 7 2,535]

2 hours ago, JMassie11 said:

Tate's first year wasn't under Malzahn but certainly did flourish under him

I am pretty sure that 2009 was under Gus, for Tate He was his first 1000 yard rusher at AU. WDE

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,641]

2 hours ago, McLoofus said:

Amazing what he's done as the 2nd best RB on the team. He and Kerryon might both go for 1,000, and Kerryon still has a lot of receptions yet to... receive.

Seeing as how this season is looking more and more like a 14 game season vs 13, it's very possible 

[Eagle-1 3,821]

Am I a little psycho, because I keep having this recurring dream about Bubba running over Rueben Foster?

[JMassie11 1,610]

3 hours ago, Eagle Eye 7 said:

I am pretty sure that 2009 was under Gus, for Tate He was his first 1000 yard rusher at AU. WDE

Correct but didn't Tate have yards in 08?

[aufan57 922]

1 hour ago, JMassie11 said:

Correct but didn't Tate have yards in 08?

Here are Tate's yards for 2006-2009. Have not looked for game by game stats yet.

Rushing & Receiving

 

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						Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Year	School	Conf	Class	Pos	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
*2006	Auburn	SEC	FR	RB	9	54	392	7.3	3	2	-3	-1.5	0	56	389	6.9	3
*2007	Auburn	SEC	SO	RB	13	202	903	4.5	8	16	144	9.0	0	218	1047	4.8	8
2008	Auburn	SEC	JR	RB	12	159	664	4.2	3	15	90	6.0	0	174	754	4.3	3
*2009	Auburn	SEC	SR	RB	13	263	1362	5.2	10	20	105	5.3	0	283	1467	5.2	10
Career	Auburn					678	3321	4.9	24	53	336	6.3	0	731	3657	5.0	24

Here are stats for games played in 2006

2006 Game Logs

 

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						Rushing				Receiving
Rk	Date	School		Opponent		Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
1	2006-09-09	Auburn	@	Mississippi State	W	4	1	0.3	0	0	0		0
2	2006-09-23	Auburn		Buffalo	W	7	114	16.3	2	1	-5	-5.0	0
3	2006-10-21	Auburn		Tulane	W	26	156	6.0	1	0	0		0
4	2006-11-04	Auburn		Arkansas State	W	11	93	8.5	0	1	2	2.0	0
5	2006-11-11	Auburn		Georgia	L	2	5	2.5	0	0	0		0
6	2007-01-01	Auburn	N	Nebraska*	W	4	23	5.8	0	0	0		0
	6 Games					54	392	7.3	3	2	-3	-1.5	0

 

Edited October 24, 2016 by aufan57

[aucanucktiger 1,789]

Is "Bubba" a nickname he commonly uses or is it more like James Joseph's "Bo Peep" nickname (i.e. fabricated to catch media attention)? 

[abw0004 10,104]

How many yards does KP have on the season after Arkansas State?  Trying to track his yards to 1,000.

[80Tiger 899]

26 minutes ago, aucanucktiger said:

Is "Bubba" a nickname he commonly uses or is it more like James Joseph's "Bo Peep" nickname (i.e. fabricated to catch media attention)? 

 

26 minutes ago, aucanucktiger said:

Is "Bubba" a nickname he commonly uses or is it more like James Joseph's "Bo Peep" nickname (i.e. fabricated to catch media attention)? 

Not sure about KP, but I don't think James Joseph was fabricated. I lived in Columbus GA when he was in high school and seems like I remember that name before he went to AU.