Clinton Portis Remembers The CRAZY COMPETITION At Miami: "I WAS 5TH ON THE DEPTH CHART"

[@MrSmokegud]

Best RB group ever in college football history

[@mush930]

Not in 1999, Portis Freshman year. James Jackson started with Portis as the backup and Najee as the FB slash 3rd string. Room doesn't become Legendary until 2001 when McGahee and Frank start to play. James Jackson played ahead of Portis in 99 and 00. THAT is on CP. They gave Jackson the job in 99 and it wasn't until the Washington game in 00 that it was clear Portis needed the ball. I was part of the Program from 98 to 2001.

[@Ginga]

@@mush930Agreed. People often conflate the RB rooms across ‘99 and ‘01. It was that specific ‘01 room that was ridiculous. For someone who was there, how special was Najeh before the injuries?

[@mush930]

@@Ginga He was good but he didnt have the speed or wiggle of the other backs. Just too good not to play though. 99 he was hurt so he didn't really get a chance to show the abilities and by 2000 Portis was number 2 soon to be 1. But as a pass catcher Najeh was fantastic and an awesome weapon at fullback. For him to get drafted in the 4th round say quite a bit for aguy that touched the ball 37 times as a senior.

[@Ginga]

@@mush930 Thanks for the scouting report. I only became a Canes fan in ‘05 and not all video is available of that time period.

[@troylee4196]

Alabama in the early-mid 10s is up there

[@tchat6728]

Bro rookie year he only started 12 games and rushed for 1500 and 15 tds and rushed for 9923 and 75 tds in 9 seasons

[@DeuceGoOff33]

Yea? Oh bro HoF easy.

[@cordesnell]

Bruh if Portis stayed in Denver bruh would’ve been one of the best backs ever…he had two straight 1500 yard seasons. Bruh would’ve probably rushed for 2000 yards

[@simplysteve9718]

​@@cordesnellAgreed 💯.

[@4s4l229]

@@cordesnellexactly

[@REVBomB1]

The crazy thing is no all pro’s only 2 pro bowls just shows how many great rbs there was in the early 2000s. Smash mouth at its finest!!

[@cwynn0507]

I think this might be the best interview. That rb room was crazy....

[@moblife84bw]

Miami is the only school to have 5 players rush for 8,000 + yards in the NFL R.B.U

[@natsfan100]

3 of them were in the same locker room (Portis, Gore, and McGahee).

[@mgossett34]

no running back U is USC we got multiple Hall of Famers and heisman trophy winners

[@mgossett34]

no running back U is USC we got multiple Hall of Famers and heisman trophy winners

[@cordesnell]

@@moblife84bw also they all talk about how great Frank Gore was too

[@mogissendanner4648]

Thank you Bro❤

[@mr.rogers5586]

Portis, one of my all-time favorite backs.

[@dr33kkclement54]

Same

[@thewin4life]

I think he or Willis tells story about coach watching Sean Taylor HS tape and one of them saying WTF I thought yall wasn’t bringing anymore RBs in? Coach said nah he’s play FS and RBs were like THANK GOD! He scored 44tds his senior yr. CP was like I’m glad he ain’t playing RB! Taylor was jumping over people crazy work.

[@blackway643]

No actually it’s the other way around.

[@thewin4life]

@@blackway643 wrong

[@genoisnelson3830]

It was Him it was in Sean’s a football story documentary

[@prisonersforprofit]

love clinton's stories.

[@terryjones662]

DJ Williams was a monster at Running back in high school he went to De la salle high school during the streak..💯

[@walkerenterprise1764]

John madden said thats the ONLY player he say in high-school that could've skip college. He was a man amongst children

[@weneedareset]

Crazy how he started out as a rb than elite linebacker… Miami def was one of those special teams back in the day

[@mush930]

@@weneedareset Man started at Fullback in the bowl game but saw that room and was like... nah. They got it.

[@cordesnell]

@@terryjones662 yup he sure did, was probably better at RB too but bruh was too big…like 6’3 240-250 running a sub 4.4

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Fucking De La Salle. I played them once in high school. It was not fun. We were a great High School Team. We still got smoked..

[@KobaKashOwt21]

Y’all need to understand this… in Florida Frank Gore is legendary when it comes to high school running backs and for him to be that far down on the depth chart lets you know how talented the Hurricanes were! I’m sorry JC … your 2019 Tigers wouldn’t stand a chance against the 2001 Canes bruh! Google the draft picks off that team alone!

[@weneedareset]

That’s what I be telling these boys… the draft is the proof in the pudding, nobody produced that many draft picks from those great Miami teams, ESPECIALLY from the 2001 team

[@jcchambers7896]

On gawd maybe another team maybe that tua and Mac year at Alabama but yo that's 01 team had hella hofers that's the wild part I watch p2 of the u on Netflix legit hall of farmers at all Levels insane maybe Bush ussc team but still not enough hofers lol

[@weneedareset]

@@jcchambers7896 amen

[@TonySnow-g3t]

Agreed and I'ma fsu die hard

[@bofranklin2944]

The game is played different. Ed Reed can't play cb and none of the canes are remotely slowing down chase or Jefferson. Burrow is throwing dots. Vince wilfork was a monster..nobody else on that d line was a monster tho.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Love what Portis says about blocking. I felt the same way. I got moved from Guard to Half Back because I was undersized for a Guard, was fast, and was knocking blocks off just off the line. That was when I was 9 years old in my first year of Pop Warner. Didn't stop being a starting running back until end of high school ball. Once you made that first Statement Run Someone Over, it changed the rest of the game back then. I mostly saw Arm Tackles and Leg Dives the rest of the game.

[@DrummerDanny76]

We need more videos like this, Let's Go Canes []_ _[]

[@cliftonjohnson9615]

Portis was great blocking back, even hurt himself tryna block and on turnovers he was hit sticking

[@weslite227]

Against the Bengals I believe

[@mush930]

From EJ to Portis to Willis. Literally the best blocking tailbacks in the league. Soldinger was like.. if you wanna play, you will block. They took a look at that room and decided it was in there best interest to do what they were told. (I paused to type this and the next thing he says is what coach told him.) I really do know about my squad!

[@reginaldtrevil6708]

I grew up down in Miami, all those 99 and 2000s were a beast and RB factory , I play high school football down there and we played against Najeh he was A SPECIMEN, if they hadn't changed him to fullback after injury he would have been something nice

[@GHOST91141]

I been a Canes fan since 89

[@scenariomckinney]

Portis for Bailey was one of the most even trades ever.

[@troylee4196]

Not really, the Broncos needed a RB to get over the top in the 00s and the Skins could've drafted a Lynch or Peterson, Brown or Cadillac, while keeping the best CB of the 00s

[@scenariomckinney]

@@troylee4196 I meant just player for player at the time. Both went to another team and didn't skip a beat.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

​@@troylee4196The Broncos at the time were "Plug and Play" with Running Backs. The Portis Successors were pretty good, guys like Mike Anderson ran for 1,000 in 2005, while Tatum Bell ALSO almost broke 1k on the same Broncos Team (900+ yards rushing, 5.4 ypc). Anderson had 12 TDs, Bell another 8. 2k Rushing Yards and 20 TDs from their top two backs immediately replacing Portis.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

​@@troylee4196Right after replacing Portis, 2005, The Broncos had the 2nd ranked Rush Offense and all together rushed for almost 2600 yards and 25 TDs with Ron Dayne and Jake Plummer's rushing stats thrown in.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

​@@troylee4196Final comment. Portis also wanted out of Denver, things weren't meshing for him with Shanahan. It's insane they got Champ Bailey one up for him when it was known Portis had to be traded and Denver had the reputation of "any back will do well here" because of Mike Shanahan's Zone Blocking Scheme that worked incredibly well with that Offensive Line.

[@buttaman34]

One of the best blocking back ive ever seen.

[@intentionallyignorant3658]

Krazy thing Najae and Willis Both went to my High School 🚀

[@mr.lafleur]

What school was that

[@GTBGood]

Shout out to them Rocket 🚀!

[@grandmarquice3655]

Portis is one of the best blocking back I ever seen.. Portis wasn't faking about getting licks back

[@BallinnEveryDay]

Real one my favs growing up 💯

[@pressurebusspipesmakesdiam1366]

His illustration of Frank almost made me crash out from laughing so hard 😂

[@JohnDavisIV]

He’s one of the best blocking RB’s I’ve seen.

[@mush930]

ever.

Frank Gore says hi

[@HewittShaq]

He's got a great memory

[@trevharpa9371]

Frank wore cleats with no sox ???These r the little things why I tune into raw room

[@intentionallyignorant3658]

Frank and Willis came in 2gether same class

[@antchancey433]

UM Backfield was LOADED!!

[@edennard1]

and at one time they had EdgerinJames and Najee Davenport and behind J.J and Portis it was Jason Gathers and Willis Mcgahee with Frank Gore ( a totally different animal toting the rock ) and let's not forget before D.J Williams went to the LB position he was a FB his freshman year ...that s...t was treachous for a good little minute..not to mention they Andre Johnson, Kellen Winslow and Jeremy Shockey on the field ...plus Reggie Wayne. That S..t was crazy yo.

[@dannyduds1058]

What's crazy was the DB room was just as deep

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

There's a Few teams like that. Michigan in the late 90s was stacked to all hell as well.

[@NiceguyBananne]

That’s what BREECE Hall doing right now to keep young fella off the field

[@P_Riqo]

Now I see why Portis was a vicious blocker and had some of the hardest hits from a RB when an interception was caught by the other team lol

[@AJohn0826]

Frank what is you doing😂😂😂😂

[@RyanSmith-fb8rf]

I remember watching Clinton Portis his freshman year and thought he should have started over James Jackson

[@sebastiankim180]

His calf muscles are huge 😮pause

[@Eleazar73]

Is he related to a Filipino person? hehehe

[@NiceguyBananne]

I remember one story from Najee Davenport y’all gotta have him on their to tell it cuz I won’t

[@cblackmanrun]

Watching coaches battle each other over who plays is one of the craziest things that happens in football. Ego trips smh

[@kevinjennings3765]

Why they got a picture of Memphis on the wall?

[@HewittShaq]

Iron sharpens iron

[@dondonsmith]

With all due respect, Frank Gore barring injuries would've been the BEST RB in Canes history...im sure Portis and McGehee knew it too

[@mogissendanner4648]

I’m taking Mcgahee no injuries

[@Ynkno]

Sweet got 2?

[@dukeblue3793]

Nah Najaeh Davenport was just weird for breaking into that lady house just to take a shit in her home

[@alexandergallant6444]

NFL running back room.

[@ayyessell1929]

So obviously I immediately look for a Clinton blocking comp… shoutout to this dood 14 years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6O7Z6KQfJx6rNUsi=tNEXZE_yrrrFsddb

[@Obaol7]

Wait - I though he was on a ghetto vacation right now

[@HewittShaq]

Lol

[@dg2344]

Famu get no respect lol