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Watch: Nick Chubb’s 10 greatest Georgia plays

Watch this highlight video of Nick Chubb’s 10 greatest Georgia football plays.

Nick Chubb became the NFL’s second leading rusher in 2019, making him a household name among football fans.

But prior to that, he became The University of Georgia’s second all-time leading rusher by the time his collegiate career came to an end.

Watching Chubb at Georgia was special. It was like he was playing against my cousin’s Pop Warner team, bouncing off nearly every tackle.

Related: Checking in on Nick Chubb’s cousin, Harlem Diamond – a rising Cedartown star

Chubb started his UGA career with a 4 carry, 70 yard and 1 touchdown performance against Clemson in 2014. By the time he left Georgia, he had tallied 4,769 rushing yards.

Now he’s an NFL Pro-Bowler with the Cleveland Browns, but the kid from Cedartown will always be a Georgia Bulldog.

Here are Chubb’s top-10 Georgia players, according to video creator Hex Highlights.

 

 

 

Nick Chubb named to list of top NFL players under age of 25

Georgia football great and current Cleveland Browns RB Nick Chubb considered one of the best young NFL talents.

Former Georgia running back Nick Chubb is a rising star in the NFL and he’s only 24 years old.

He just finished as the second leading rusher in the league and is widely viewed as one of the best ball carriers in pro football.

CBSSports recently ranked the top 25 NFL players who will begin the 2020 season under the age of 25, and included Chubb on its list.

The Cleveland Browns star checked in at No. 20 on and was the fifth highest ranked running back behind Christian McCaffrey (No. 8), Ezekiel Elliot (No. 15), Saquon Barkley (No. 17), and Alvin Kamara (No. 18).

Here’s what CBSSports wrote about Chubb:

Chubb is yet another example of how teams don’t really know how to evaluate players in the draft. In the 2018 NFL Draft, the Browns grabbed Chubb with the third pick in the second round. Which means Chubb was the fourth running back off the board. The three running backs taken before him? Saquon Barkley, Rashaad Penny, and Sony Michel. Only Barkley is a better player than Chubb, but considering where they were drafted (No. 2 overall compared to No. 35), it’s Chubb who represents better value. Put another way, the Giants would’ve been better off drafting someone else (they had a ton of options) at No. 2 and then getting Chubb at No. 34. Through two seasons, Chubb has totaled 2,917 yards and 18 touchdowns from scrimmage while averaging 5.3 yards per touch. In that span, he ranks fifth in yards from scrimmage among all running backs.

Top NFL players under 25: One Bulldog makes the cut, but way too low

One Georgia football player, Nick Chubb of the Cleveland Browns, made Bleacher Report’s rankings of the top-25 under the age of 25.

This week, Bleacher Report ranked the top-25 NFL players under the age of 25.

As expected, Georgia had one player on the list, however, he was ranked a bit lower than I would have had him.

Bleacher Report ranked former Georgia running back Nick Chubb, now with the Cleveland Browns, as the 20th best NFL player under the age of 25.

20th? No disrespect to Bleacher Report, I know they can’t possibly please everybody with a list like this, but Chubb finished second in the NFL in rushing last season. And I don’t care what changes Cleveland has made…he did it on the BROWNS.

Chubb, who dons the jersey #24 for the Browns, is also 24 years old.

On Chubb, BR wrote:

Among 25 running backs who have carried the ball 300-plus times since Nick Chubb came into the NFL in 2018, Chubb ranks first with 5.1 yards per attempt.

The 24-year-old 2018 second-round pick doesn’t get as much publicity as several star running backs yet to be named on this list, and his numbers related to fumbles and receiving could be better. But from a statistical standpoint, he’s right there with the top offensive weapons in the league.

Running backs ranked ahead of Chubb include:

No. 18: Dalvin Cook

No. 14: Ezekiel Elliott

No. 13: Saquon Barkley

No. 12: Alvin Kamara

No. 11: Christian McCaffrey

All those guys are great backs, but are we really going to sit here and say that Chubb, who I’ll remind you again finished No. 2 in rushing last season by only 46 yards, is the sixth best running back under the age of 25?

Yeah, I can’t get on board with that.

Nick Chubb is the first NFL RB to reach 1,000 yards in 2019

Georgia football great Nick Chubb, of the Cleveland Browns, is the first NFL running back of 2019 to reach the 1,000 yard stat.

Georgia football great Nick Chubb went over the 1,000 yard marker on Thursday night as the Cleveland Browns took down the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Chubb toted the rock 27 times and racked up 92 yards, putting him at 1,011 yards on the season and making him the first NFL running back of 2019 to reach that milestone.

Currently, he leads Minnesota Vikings back Dalvin Cook – the older brother of Georgia’s James Cook – by 20 yards and is tied for fifth in yards per carry with an average of 5.0 (Lamar Jackson is first with an average of 6.6 YPC).

Last year, Chubb finished his rookie season with 996 yards on 192 carries. He briefly was sitting on the other side of 1,000 before his final few carries saw him lose yards, bringing him back down 996.

Through ten games this season, Chubb has already amassed his total carries from last season and is currently sitting at 201, the second highest in the NFL behind Cook’s 203.