Just How Good is McMillian?

So I was a little curious to see how McMillian stacked up against Tech running backs of the past. Not having a huge knowledge of Tech football history, being from Pennsylvania where Penn State rules everything, I decided to do a little digging.

As of after the GT game, McMillian has 800 yards on 145 carries (as per hokiesports.com). If he averages 100+ for the last two games, not even counting a bowl, he will be Tech's 14th different 1,000 yard rusher ever - Suggs, Lawrence, and Coles each did it twice.

McMillian would also cement himself as the 4th freshman to reach 1,000 yards joining Ryan Williams, Darren Evans, and Phil Rogers. Evans and Suggs had 287 and 293 carries respectively in their freshman campaigns - far more than McMillian will end the season with. Granted, those two did put up more yards than just edging 1,000.

My question though is this. Where would you rank McMillian in terms of skill/potential compared to previous Tech freshman and where do you see his ceiling? That is, where in Tech's history books of great college running backs does he end up after his 1-3 more years here?

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