What RB Reggie Bush used to be like

On Sunday Morning I saw running back Reggie Bush (Who plays for the San Francisco 49’ers) tear his ACL, and end his season on a non-contact injury. As I saw this injury occur, and reflected on what his career has been, I couldn’t help but think of what the running back was like in The University of Southern California. Many young fans of football today don’t remember what college Reggie Bush was like, and I’ll say it, he is the best college football PLAYER I’ve ever seen. The USC football team was irrelevant before Reggie Bush and Pete Carroll arrived, and they both single-handedly changed the culture back to what USC football used to be about. Reggie Bush’s best year statistically in college was his Junior year in 2005, and it’s the best season I’ve ever witnessed from a running back (Besides Adrian Peterson). Reggie Bush ran for 1,740 yards from scrimmage, and averaged 8.7  yards per carry (yes, you did read that right). He had 2,218 years from scrimmage, and had 18 TD’s to go on his resume. Reggie Bush helped me attain the love of football that I have today; I remember playing outside near my house pretending to juke players like Reggie Bush did, or leap into the end zone like Bush did so many times in his career. Bush’s elusiveness was unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed. He would stop on a dime so quick, it would take defenders three extra steps to try to stop and catch him (and at that point Bush already put 6 on the board). As Bush’s NFL career has been mediocre, my memories of Reggie Bush hasn’t been his famous love life (Kim Kardashian) or his NCAA scandal, it has been while he was in a USC uniform, and how he helped show me the love of football through his play on the field.