The University of Kentucky, while not being the best football school in the country, does have a long history of running the ball and having extremely talented running backs. This isn’t just a recent thing either. It goes all the way back to the 1960’s and they have had at least one great running back for every decade.
Over the years, there have been a number of running backs from Kentucky go on to be good NFL players. Before that, they were great college players who were among the best at their postition.
From guys like Roger Bird and Sonny Collins all the way up to Benny Snell and Chris Rodriguez, the Wildcats have had come of the better running backs in the country for a long time. Making a list of the best isn’t easy, but here is one opinion of the top five running backs in the history of the University of Kentucky football.