Chasing History: Justice Hill Nears Tatum Bell on OSU’s All-Time Rushing List

Oklahoma State running back Justice Hill didn’t have a career game individually Saturday, but another solid day of work inched Hill up OSU’s career rushing lists.

The Cowboys recognized Barry Sanders’ 30th anniversary a Heisman-winning season in OSU’s 38-35 victory against Texas. Hill finished the game with 23 carries for 92 yards and is now 412 yards from Sanders in the school’s all-time rushing yardage list. There are still two former running backs between Hill and Sanders. Hill is only 24 yards behind Tatum Bell, who sits in seventh on the list.

Somewhere Hill doesn’t have a good shot at catching Sanders is on the all-time rushing touchdowns list. Sanders is 25 touchdowns ahead of Hill, who has 28 rushing touchdowns in his career.

Saturday was the second straight game Hill didn’t find the end zone, thus leaving him six rushing scores behind Bell and Jeremy Smith with at least four games left this season.

Hill’s 4 yards per carry Saturday put a minor dink on his career average, but not enough to move him down OSU’s all-time list. Hill is now .12 yards per carry behind Gerald Hudson, and Hill is a staggering 1.24 yards per carry behind Sanders, the only player in OSU’s history to average more than six yards per carry with at least 200 carries.

Hill about shot his average against Texas with 92 rushing yards. Hill still sits between Thurman Thomas and David Thompson on OSU’s all-time list. Hill is 19.1 yards behind Sanders’ 118.7 yards per game.

Hill surpassed another milestone in the only one of these lists he is ahead of Sanders on. Hill’s 14th carry against Texas moved him to 600 career carries. He didn’t make any movement on this list either, but he gets ever closer to sixth-place Tatum Bell.