Caesar said:
And what makes Reggie Bush worth the # 1 pick, out of curiosity?
Here is a start
Reggie Bush: 2005
TCB YDS AVG TD REC YDS AVG TD KOR YDS AVG PR YDS AVG TD
187 1,658 8.9 15 31 383 12.4 2 23 391 17.0 18 179 9.9 1
Winner of the Doak Walker Award and Walter Camp Award.
Pigskin Club of Washington D.C. Offensive Player of the Year.
Was 1 of 3 finalists for the 2005 Maxwell Award and 1 of 4 finalists for the Cingular-ABC Sports All-America Player of the Year Award.
He made the 2005 Football Coaches, Football Writers, Walter Camp, ESPN.com, SI.com and CBS Sportsline.com All-American first teams.
He was named the 2005 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year (just the fifth player ever so honored and the first non-quarterback to do it in 20 years) and also made the All-Pac-10 first team as a tailback (the squad's only unanimous pick) and second team as a punt returner.
He was USC's team MVP (for the second consecutive year) and won the USC Player of the Game versus Notre Dame, Co-Player of the Game versus UCLA, Co-Lifter and Jack Oakie "Rise and Shine" (for longest run) awards.
He is currently first nationally in all-purpose running (217.6, first in Pac-10), fourth in rushing (138.2, second in Pac-10) and tied for 18th in scoring (9.0, tied for fifth in Pac-10).
His 8.9 yards per carry in 2005--nearly a first down every carry--is tops in the nation.
With 1,658 rushing yards in 2005, he became USC's 24th 1,000-yard runner (his first time).
His 1,658 rushing yards (sixth on USC's season rushing list and ninth on the Pac-10 season chart) are the most at USC since Marcus Allen's 2,427 in his 1981 Heisman Trophy season.
He is averaging 10.1 yards on his 259 touches in 2005 (he has 2,611 all-purpose yards, within range of Marcus Allen's USC and Pac-10 record of 2,683 in 1981 and ninth on the USC season list).
The average length of his 16 touchdowns in 2005 is 31.9 yards.
He is averaging a touchdown every 14.4 times he touches the ball in 2005 (18 TDs on 259 touches).
His 5 consecutive 100-yard rushing games in 2005 (Arkansas, Oregon, Arizona State, Arizona State, Notre Dame) was the first time a Trojan did that since Ricky Ervins also had 5 in a row in 1989.
He has rushed for 100 yards 11 times in his career (8 times in 2005, the most in a season by a Trojan since Ricky Ervins had 9 in 1989).
In USC's 5 games against AP ranked opponents in 2005, he is averaging 198.8 rushing yards (10.0 per carry), with 10 rushing TDs, and 302.2 all-purpose yards.
He and Marcus Allen are the only Trojans to twice rush for at least 260 yards in a game.
He is the only Trojan to rush for 200 yards twice against UCLA.
His combined 554 rushing yards versus Fresno State (294) and UCLA (260) were the most ever by a Trojan in back-to-back games.
He has 93 plays of 20-plus yards in his career (including 36 in 2005).
He caught a pass in 27 consecutive games before his streak was snapped against UCLA in 2005.
He has 6,338 all-purpose yards in his career, averaging 10.3 yards on each of his 615 touches, to rank second in USC history (behind Charles White's 7,226 in 1976-79) and 13th in NCAA history.
In his career, he has averaged a touchdown every 15.0 times he touches the ball (41 TDs on 615 touches).
His 2 seasons with 2,000-plus all-purpose yards (he had 2,330 in 2004) ties an NCAA record.
He has produced touchdowns 5 different ways as a Trojan (rushing, receiving, kickoff returns, punt returns and passing).
He has scored 41 TDs in his 38-game career (24 rushing, 13 receiving, 1 on kickoff returns, 3 on punt returns).
His 3,087 career rushing yards is seventh on USC's career chart.
He is averaging 7.4 yards per carry in his career (420 rushes).
His 89 career receptions is 19th on USC's career ladder.
His 1,420 career kickoff return yards is second on USC's all-time list and his 559 career punt return yards is fifth on USC's all-time chart.
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