He and Price both have football speed --

by omahadomer, Saturday, April 25, 2026, 21:35 (31 days ago) @ Dallasdomer

Love is the rare guy who has legit track speed and football speed. He's the first guy since the Rocket we've had who was a legit sub 4.4 and it translated to the field.

Price ran 4.49 and he played fast. Kyren ran 4.65 at the combine and then 4.54 at the ND pro day. But watching him juke the Clemson defender out of his jock and then go 65 on the opening play in 2020 told you all you needed to know. He fell to the 5th round because scouts got their panties in a bunch about his combine time.

These guy are all fast backs. They just don't have the insane upper gear that Love has.

But how often do backs run 40 yards in a straight line? It happens, especially with Love. Or it happened with Price.

Williams sees the field and follows his blocks.

One of my favorite ND backs of all time was Lee Becton who hammered FSU's defense in 1993 and hammered pretty much everybody else that year. Maybe he ran in the 4.6's. Maybe.

But catching him wasn't the same thing as tackling him.

Williams isn't going to replace Love. Love is legitimately one of the best players in ND history and the consensus was that he probably was the best player regardless of position in the draft. But Williams sure as heck can help make this offense motor.

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