NFL Best runningbacks.....

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

I also think about a guy like Terrell Davis. Just sucks his knee blew out

He;s in that Gale Sayers, Bo Jackson, that what should have been but cut short due to injury club. Add.....Jamal Anderson.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

RB Nicknames

Woody Marks
The Galloping Ghost Red Grange
Stump Mitchell
Mercury Morris
Deacon Dan Towler
Wondrous Warren McVea
Tank Younger
Squrmin' Sherman Lewis
Willie "Wisp" Galimore
Cannonball Butler
Mack "Truck" Lee Hill
Pinball Clemons
Thunder Thornton
Johnny "Blood" McNalley
Fast Willie Parker
John "Diesel" Riggins
Gale "Kansas Comet" Sayers
Preacher Pilot
Cookie Gilchrist

Who did I miss?

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Eric Bieniamy and Colorado football



Stubby but swift

Played nine seasons of NFL football, never gained even 400 yards in any season, but did have a decent 4.1 average.

 

[TeTe]

Eric Bieniamy and Colorado football



Stubby but swift

Played nine seasons of NFL football, never gained even 400 yards in any season, but did have a decent 4.1 average.

Speaking of stubby and swift

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Speaking of stubby and swift

Kaufman was a Cali State 100m Champ while in high school. Thinking he also won the long jump.

Made a great Raider.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

But the king of studdy and swift was Western Michigan sprinter Ira Murchison all 5-4 of him, a world record 9.3/10.1.

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[Natural Order]

1. Barry Sanders
2. Nobody cares
3.
4....

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

1. Barry Sanders
2. Nobody cares
3.
4....

Well for those of us who do care.

1.Jim Brown
2.Barry Sanders
3.Walter Payton
4.Adrian Peterson
5.Emmitt Smith
6.Eric Dickerson
7.OJ Simpson
8.Laidanian Tomlinson
9.Earl Campbell
10.Marshall Faulk
11.Derrick Henry
12.Tony Dorsett
13.Frank Gore
14.Jerome Bettis
15.Marcus Allen
16.Curtis Martin
17.Edgerrin James
18.Gale Sayers
19,Terrell Davis
20.Bo Jackson

Now who can give me the next 10?

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

If I'm the Pats I use both backs out there in tantum, wear that D down and make Stidham have to come from behind, yeah right.

Do think they have the best RB duo left.

Henderson returned kickoffs at OSU, got some juicel

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Starting RB;s who also returned kicks

Jimmy Brown early on****
Gale Sayers
Terry Metcalf
Timmy Brown
Bobby Mitchell
Ollie Matson
Paul Lowe
Abner Haynes
Wilbert Motgomery
Eric Metcalf

Obviously these guys make too much $$$$ today to gamble using them on a kick return

**** imagine a 230 pounder returning kickoffs, what a sight.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

College RB;s who were converted to WR as a pro

Bob Hayes
Charley Taylor
Bobby Mitchell.....did have a few RB seasons before being converted
Lance Alworth
Paul Warfield.....World Ranked long jumper

All the above in the Hall of Fame

Tyreek Hill
Stone Johnson...died after an injury in a preseason game, an Olympic sprinter WR 200m

Don Woods was a QB at New Mexico State, as a pro he was converted to a RB, had a 1000 yards with the Chargers.

The first Raider 1000 yard rusher Clemon Daneils a converted DB out of Prairie View.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Imagine a running back who averaged over 5 yards a carry

We had...

Marion Motley Browns
Jim Brown Browns
Gale Sayers Bears
Barry Sanders Lions
Mack "Truck" Lee Hill Chief......a short lived monstrosty. an injury cost him his life

Curious about Derrick Henry be right back.

How about............4.9

The NFL average is 4.0

Saqoun Barkley 4.6

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

I also think about a guy like Terrell Davis. Just sucks his knee blew out

I think the same thing about Willis McGahee when he got his knee obliterated against Ohio State. He wasn't the same after.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

I think the same thing about Willis McGahee when he got his knee obliterated against Ohio State. He wasn't the same after.

I do remember that and was shocked he had the success he did with the Bills, the biggest difference was his cutting ability, but, he still had a great first few seasons and over 8000 yards in his career. Obviously he would have done more without that injury.

 

[Prime LeVan]

Starting RB;s who also returned kicks

Jimmy Brown early on****
Gale Sayers
Terry Metcalf
Timmy Brown
Bobby Mitchell
Ollie Matson
Paul Lowe
Abner Haynes
Wilbert Motgomery
Eric Metcalf

Obviously these guys make too much $$$$ today to gamble using them on a kick return

**** imagine a 230 pounder returning kickoffs, what a sight.

Tiki Barber did as well for the NYG

He can also an be put on the OP for Virginia

And should also be in the HOF, one of three with 10K rushing and 5K receiving and the NYG all time leader

The fumbles and lack of a Super Bowl I think get him forgotten but he was legit in the early to mid 2000s.

 

[Thrawn33]

People (rightfully so) give the Dallas O line a lot of credit for Emmits success, but let's not forget he had Troy-Boy and Crackhead who could absolutely murder you through the air. Tough spot for the opposing Defence to be in when you couldn't just fill the box to stop the run.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Tiki Barber did as well for the NYG

He can also an be put on the OP for Virginia

And should also be in the HOF, one of three with 10K rushing and 5K receiving and the NYG all time leader

The fumbles and lack of a Super Bowl I think get him forgotten but he was legit in the early to mid 2000s.

I totally agree, and the guy got better with age. Hell why did he retire he was killing it? Yep his combined yards were outstanding now add his average per carry a gaudy 4.7.


Help me out,.....did he get in that final season?

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

People (rightfully so) give the Dallas O line a lot of credit for Emmits success, but let's not forget he had Troy-Boy and Crackhead who could absolutely murder you through the air. Tough spot for the opposing Defence to be in when you couldn't just fill the box to stop the run.

Smith had solid numbes at Florida, he was the real deal and would have been on any team, just a little better behind that line.

I have said...imagine Barry behind that line, forget that since he wasn;t we got all those great....oh shit now what.....runs only he could come up with.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Usually runningbacks are the third fastest guys on a football team, they can't run with most WR or cornerbacks, here are 10 exceptions at the NFL level.

No order....

Bo Jackson....10.39 but faster than that
Herschel Walker....placed in the NCAA 100m
Ollie Matson.....Olympic 400 medalist
Curtis Dickey....world ranked sprinter
Michael Bennett 10.18
Travis Williams 9.3 yards a great kick returner
Jonathan Taylor 10.33
Chris Johnson 10.3ish
Adrian Peterson 10,2ish
Rayeem Mostert 10,2ish

Most great sprinters don;t have the size we see in runningbacks.

Tyreek Hill a college RB as was Bob Hayes.

Then there was TCU's Cyrus Leland a white cat back in the 30;s a runningback on the Horned Frogs football team and a 100 yard world record holder at 9.4.


Cy Leland stands out as one of the most successful multi-sport athletes in TCU history, as he ranks as one of the school’s best both on the football field and on the track. An All-Southwest Conference halfback on the Frogs’ 1929 unbeaten conference championship team, Leland rushed for 100 yards four times in his career and three times in 1929. His 13 rushing touchdowns that season stood as a school record for 26 years, while his 17 career scores sat at the top of the TCU career charts until 1956. He led the nation in 1929 with a 7.2 yards per attempt rushing average, and his 93-yard punt return for a touchdown against Baylor that season remains the school record. Despite his football exploits, Leland’s crowning athletic achievement came on the track, as he tied the world record in the 100-yard dash with a mark of 9.4 seconds at the 1930 Kansas Relays.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Curtis Dickey a Colt was the fastest RB to ever have a 1000 yard NFL season, he was world ranked.