“I think they’ve got the best football player in the country on their team,” said Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom. (USAToday 11/21/07)

“He’s as good as I’ve seen in a while,” Troy coach Larry Blakeney said, “He’s a Bo Jackson type guy, a Herschel Walker type guy from the older days in the SEC. He can do all the things they could do … he runs fast and he breaks tackles. And he can line up at quarterback when they try to out-gap you with formation, and he can actually throw the football pretty well.” (The Daily Advertiser, 08/29/07)

“That guy can play in the NFL,” LSU Coach Les Miles said of McFadden. “That tailback can turn right around and play in the NFL.” (ESPN, 11/24/06)

“McFadden’s been off the charts in my book,” Georgia Coach Mark Richt said. “There aren’t many guys that can dominate the way he’s dominated.” (NYT, 11/18/06)

“Ooooh, you just don’t know. It’s a thrill, especially when I let someone know that I’m Darren McFadden’s mom and they’re like, you Darren McFadden’s mama??? It’s a pleasure to meet you, it’s such a thrill to me.” McFadden’s mom Mini. (Fox 16, 11/17/06)

“There are a lot of good running backs out there, but I don’t think there’s anybody out there right now better than McFadden,” Dye said. “I said last year after I saw him as a freshman that I thought he was the best running back that I’d seen, and it looks to me like he’s gotten better.” Former Auburn Coach Pat Dye (ADG 11/17/06)

“You’ve got to control the line if you’re going to have any chance to stop McFadden,” MSU coach Sylvester Croom said Wednesday on a conference call with reporters. “Even if you do, it’s no guarantee you stop him.” (CNS, 11/16/06)

“It takes more than the front four,” Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said during Wednesday’s SEC conference call. “We committed more than that and got beat more than once. It’ll take seven, maybe one or two more. Stacking nine would be ideal. The key is to not let him on the perimeter. A [cornerback] trying to tackle him is no great bargain.” (CNS, 11/16/06)