Classic Tailback - Marcus Allen USC Highlights
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- A compilation of some Marcus Allen's collegiate highlights at the University of Southern California. The epitome of a graceful runner, he glided through defenses for a record-breaking 2427 yards in his Heisman-winning 1981 campaign.
The games I used to take the clips from can be found on Stephen Barnett's youtube channel (and there were a few other channels I used as well that you can find if you look around): / sbbarnett244896
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Marcus was so cool. He was so smooth. RB are soooooo under appreciated nowadays. They have so many different styles. Emmitt dashed, Barry juked Earl Campbell (or Marshawn Lynch for the younger folks) powered. Riggins plowed Dickerson galloped. Walter Strided. But Marcus glided. He just found space you didn't see. He made it look easy and he did it for a long time. Horrible how Al Davis tried to sabotage his career.
and one of the all-time great receiving RBs, even before he got to KC.
Emmitt dashed is crazy
Agreed - Al Davis seemed to be jealous of Marcus’s success for some odd reason and Davis was a classic Narcissist.
Marcus Allen was a class act from Day 1 on and off the field. Current day players should heed the lesson.
Something you probably didn’t know about Allen.
Only player to win a national title, a Heisman, NFL Rookie of the year, Super Bowl, SuperBowl MVP, NFL MVP and also NFL Comeback player of the year. He’s truly an all time absolute great.
When did he win the nfl mvp
@@vincente45701985 NFL MVP
Oh shit...I just noticed this thread is old AF lol
Allen did not possess outstanding speed or power, but he had good acceleration, patience for the line to create gaps, and had outstanding field vision and decision making skills.
Actually at 6'2 220 he has tons of power. Too many so called "experts" say this about him. It's a convenient complement but in reality he had a lot of power and good speeds MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER IN HISTORY.
@@7USC7 Allen was 210, not 220. This put him in a "hybrid" category where he was able to play the halfback and fullback. He did not have the power of an Earl Campbell or the speed of a Tony Dorsett, but his all around play could not be matched. Allen's speed was not great, but enough to play the position. He had more quickness than speed.
@@generatorx wrong. I was friends with Marcus. Haven't seen him in a long time. He was 220. Stop thinking weights are accurate when you "read" something.
@@generatorx what experience do you have in football?
Amazing juke moves
Has the subtleties. Runs light on his feet. Doesn't plant with whole body to make quick cuts. Kept defenders away from direct hits on knees. Would have had more yards for sure, if he wasn't in Al Davis' doghouse.
phil robb great usc running back so had a great nfl career too like o.j. Simpson
MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER IN HISTORY.
This dude was a workhorse at USC. I have seen games where Marcus would have 30 to 40 carries sometimes in a game.
The smoothest runningback of all time.If not for Al Davis' distain for him i think he finishes his career as the NFL's all time leading rusher.
Easy
I said the same thing
Maybe,, but Dorsett and Dickerson are in the conversation.
I never thought of that. He would have had way more yards and he was durable. The Raiders would have been better as well. When Davis blackballed, it causes the Raiders to be somewhat in disarray and they didn’t have that Raider toughness they one had.
AL WAS JEALOUS THAT MARCUS ALLEN WAS GETTING TO MUCH PRESS AND ATTENTION….HOW ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC OF AL DAVIS….
That Tennessee game was my first college football game as a freshman. Memories
Marcus had great peripheral vision and lateral movement. He knew how to use the field.
Never seen a back with that body type to have as much success in short yardage situations as Marcus Allen. Just had a knack for getting that extra yard,& finding the endzone from inside the five. His name is often put on the back burner, but his numbers scream for top 10 consideration.
This right here.
His body type doesn’t say short yardage. Much less scream it. Somehow, someway, he would get in.
Marcus was a baller, did what ever was required. Played fullback and blocked, caught the ball out the backfield, best at goal line situations. An all round baller.
Tremendous at maximizing the space ahead of him, and if it closed down, he'd cut, cut again, or reverse field entirely. Sort of like Gretzky.
was the FB during Charles White's Heisman season, too... a class act.
Talk about the true essence of a complete running back. I'll surely use this and the other video for our football team at school. As I was watching reviews of Charles White (passed away) this morning, I noticed #33 blocking for him. 🤔...wait that number looks familiar. It was Marcus Allen, paying his dues, performing his job for another star and the team. In time, Allen got his chance and shined during his appearance on stage! A great reference for the current generation.
If Al Davis didn’t get in the way. Marcus would’ve been top 10 while those other backs in the 80s was shining. But 👌
Allen won the 1977 section 2 A championship in high school as a quarterback scoring multiple touchdows. In Texas we go to Sate. In San Diego they have sections. The NFL was not ready for Marcus Allen to be a quarterback.
Maybe. But they sure as hell gave a shot to warren moon hon😮
@@vincente4570 Warren had to go to Canada because the NFL did not want him. Marcus was a QB and runner at a time when usc did not want a black QB either.
@@rcthomas6925 that’s white folks for yah 🤷♂️
@@vincente4570 he was gifted. Even OJ knew that..he won a Superbowl and was MVP oh did not.
Charles White??? With Marcus Allen at Fullback although Lynn Cain was the Fullback when he won the Heisman! Lynn Cain went on to Atlanta to form a BEAST of a backfield with the INCREDIBLE William Andrews!!!!!!!!!
tailback u!
I thought Gerald Riggs was the running back @ that time boss
@@vincente4570 also check out William Andrew 86yds vs Denver Broncos!!!! The dude was 4-REAL!
@@vincente4570 th-cam.com/video/8Og7QkUoZW8/w-d-xo.html
@@kendrickjones3115 I will
My second favorite back only to Walter Payton. Marcus was just as a complete football player as Sweetness. Excellent hands, feet, blocking & throwing the ball too. Remember he was a QB in HS & played a little bit of fullback in college. Incredible athlete.
generatorx , Allen was strong as heck bro.
I'm not saying Allen was weak, he was possibly the best all around back to ever play the game. And while he may not have had the speed of a Chris Johnson or the power of Frank Gore, Allen could run, catch, block and pass on the option. While his isolated skills may not be among the elite running backs, his combined abilities and intelligence made Allen a HOF back. Remember that a whole is other than the sum of the parts.
One of the best pure runners in history wasn't very big never wore a lot of pads just God given talent
Allen was quarterback in high school. I think he won a State Championship at that position.
yeah hindsights 20/20. who knew? some didnt. its amazing to think in the 82' draft 9 players were selected ahead of him( mike munchak the exception) including two rbs. darrin nelson and gerald riggs.
If the world was ready he could have been the staring USC quarterback.
Are you saying Allen had the skill to be the starting USC QB?
@@Illuminated7 He went to State Championship at that position. He knew everyone's position in the backfield.
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THE CUT BACK KING GOAL LINE MONSTER MARCUS RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saw him and Vince Evans step up huge to beat the 'skins at RFK and knock them outta the playoffs...terrible weather, nothing on the line, his LAST game as a Raider(think Nick Bell got the start), and dude went 110% to go out with the W in a blaze of glory. Legend!
LOL I am I Oklahoma fan I am glad they did not show Marcus running all over us he ran for 208 yards against Oklahoma I'm glad they don't have that footage. 😂
I wish that I had that footage available, but sadly I don't haha
I believe you can watch the whole game here on TH-cam. If you are a Sooners fan, it would be very painful, lol. It was a great game, though.
John Houlgate it was a great great game but for us sooner fans very very painful😭😭
Marcus Allen is UNDERRATED! He's actually very comparable to the Herschel Walker's and Bo Jackson's of the College Football world! Marcus did most of his damage in 2years!!! Almost 5,000 yds in a mostly 2yr span?!
I know it was gonna be one dumb underrated comment on here why do folks use the word underrated in the wrong context on TH-cam all of the time wasn't he a super bowl MVP and first ballot Hall of famer Heisman trophy winners one of the all time greats in all purpose yards ? How is that underrated
U can't compare him to.bo.jackson and Herschel he had a waaay better pro football career than those dudes
He is the only. Player to win the Heisman the national championship NFL MVP and super bowl MVP first ballot Hall of fame how. In the hell is that underrated ???
@@anthonytaylor7928 actually there are 3 STUPID, IGNORANT, INSIPID and DUMB comments here ...the 3 that came from YOUR STUUUUPID mind/fingers! "COLLEGE" doesn't have a Super Bowl MVP or even an MVP for that matter. Nor could he lead the NFL in rushing ...IN COLLEGE!🤣The video you just watched (did you watch it?) was from his COLLEGE DAYS as well as my comment. Sounds like you could use some of that COLLEGE, BOY!!!
@@kendrickjones3115 no maybe I didn't end correctly my bad if u would go back and read it indicates Heisman trophy . National championship . NFL MVP and super bowl MVP . First ballot Hall of famer and dont be stupid and put him in category with bo Jackson and Herschel walker very different careers and a dumb comparison on top of that so if I made a mistake I apologize genius thanks for the reply happy new year
I don't say this sort of thing very often, but my God he was a beautiful RB. Elegant. Unique. I remember the year he won the Heisman, I was blown away. I had never seen anything like him.
Only RB who looking like he was gliding while running. Marcus was smooth.
Marcus fell down a lot during his junior year by light contact but by his senior year he remained upright after contact and those little gains became game breaking long runs. The rest is history.
I love these highlights. Can't decide what I like more: watching a truly great running back or a truly great offensive line. You just don't see O Line play like that nowadays. I realize that the game has changed, but I miss seeing O Lines that had great get-off, got a push downfield, sustained and finished their blocks.
You do know that the EAGLES, TITANS, COLTS, BEARS, & TEXANS run the ball right 😊
As others have said, arguably the smoothest runner of all time.
Oregon sure does get saved by a lot of timely penalties. Some things never change.
Dude that's so cool. Thanks for sending me the link!
It's cool seeing you're watching these videos.. Considering I'm always watching the highlights you make.lol
Cameron Dye lol, PockyCandy makes awesome videos!
This dude was not better than Reggie Bush...sttooopp it. 😂
Marcus Allen ran like a thoroughbreds.
After watching this video on Marcus, you have to put him up there with the greatest runners ever. Was there ever somebody more graceful. Always falling forward. Looks like he's not even trying. He is great.
I agree. Everything he did had a certain grace to it.
tom corcoran whos your pick, Marcus Allen or OJ simpson ?
That`s a hard call. There are good arguments to be made that OJ was the greatest RUNNER ever; however, the greatest RUNNING BACKS are great in all aspects of the game, especially in pass receiving and receiving yards. Marcus was more of a versatile all-around threat and therefore a greater running back than OJ IMO.
"Good." Boeheim said.
they say he was bumpn off O.J. wife Nicole too..
James Vickers he did not testify for o.j simpson
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Who dislikes these videos? These are truly such a treat.
All the guys that got ran over, ran around and faked out by these running backs😂
He didn’t score at 0:30. That would’ve been overturned in today’s game.
Marcus could run no doubt
man that turf hurt!
can u do Chris Johnson please
Great video
What a bore. Except for one long run at 5:10 or so, just a bunch of 10-yarders and short TD dives. Meh. Think I'll go watch his 80-yard Super Bowl run...
This is the problem with people today in the non tackling era. You don't appreciate greatness when you see it. Back then they were much better football player's than today.
That was a hell of a play though
That was what I got from his video with my eyes.
Than I looked at his numbers.
Running genius.
In everything he did, the main thread was efficiency.
And he did that gracefully too.
Jim Brown? Is there even enough college footage of him to make a video?
Sadly, I haven't found ANY footage of Jim Brown in college.
Dang smh ..I never have found any either. I bet Syracuse has some secret archive of him like the Vatican lol.
Joshua Washington I'm pretty sure that they do have the footage in their archives, it's just not in digital format.
And I'd kill to find some good Walter Payton footage. After a lot of looking, I've found enough to cull together a 2 minute video.
+PockyCandy Speaking of Joshua Washington, any LOVE for JOE Washington at OU? Terry Miller, James Wilder, I.M. Hipp? Jarvis Redwine? The OU QB's Steve Davis, Thomas Lott, J.C.Watts, Danny Bradley Jamelle Holloway, Eric Mitchell, Charles Thompson, that'd be a pretty good tape, throw in Darian Hagan and Donnie Little from UT?!!!!!;;
Joshua Washington Jerry rice
Some of these aren’t highlights bruh. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️