Best Football Running Backs of All Time
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“Detroit’s first-round draft pick, 1989. . .Electrifying running style. . .First player to rush for 1,000 yards his first 10 seasons. . .Led NFL in rushing four times. . .NFL’s MVP, 1997. . .Gained 2,053 yards including record 14 straight 100-yard games, 1997. . .Career rushing record: 15,269 yards, 99 TDs. . .First- or second-team All-NFL each of his 10 seasons. . .Selected to 10 Pro Bowls.”
“Show me a good offensive line and I’ll show you a good running back. Sanders didn’t have this luxury and yet he still blew other RB’s away!”
“Had to work from scratch, he got no support from his team, greatest of all time...”
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“First-round pick, 1975 draft. . . Quickly established himself as super star. . .Retired as all-time leader in rushing, combined net yards. . . Career stats: 16,726 yards, 110 TDs rushing; 492 receptions for 4,538 yards; 21,803 combined net yards, 125 touchdowns. . .All-Pro seven times. . .Played in nine Pro Bowls. . . Held single-game rushing record of 275 yards. . . Had 77 games over 100 yards rushing.”
“By far the best no one is even close he had the mind frame and that was over 30 years ago”
“The best.”
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“When it is all said and done, this guy will have been the best all around back EVER!”
“Lt rules go chargers”
“Best running back I’ve seen in years, he demonstrates: power, speed, quickness, elusive and a smart back. All of that in one creates LT.”
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Jim Brown
“He gained more yards in fewer games and season than any other running back, didn’t miss a game due in injuries.”
“James Nathaniel Brown. . .Syracuse All-America, 1956. . . Browns’ No. 1 draft pick, 1957. . .Awesome runner, led NFL rushers eight years. . .All-NFL eight of nine years. . .NFL’s Most Valuable Player, 1958, 1965. . . Rookie of the Year, 1957. . . Played in nine straight Pro Bowls. . .Career marks: 12,312 yards rushing, 262 receptions, 15,459 combined net yards, 756 points scored.”
“There has never been a football player that dominated football like Jim Brown”
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Emmitt Smith
“Greatest Teammate of all-time
Biggest Heart of all-time
Best Running back of all-time
Has the rings, records, and mvp to proove it.”
“more yards than any of the above.
more touchdowns than any of the above.
more superbowls than any of the above.
more heart than anyone above.”
“number five who holds the record for most rushing yards and who is the best dancer?”
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“Ya’l must be drunk or something if you don’dtd thind this guy is the best running-back ever..”
“Potential that now is becoming ’the best’”
“Hes in the majors when every one else is in the little league.”
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“just watch his highlight real and you will see why he is the best!
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“Earl was the greatest. In case most of you forgot, Walter Payton and Tony Dorsett played in his era and neither could compare to him. He was a beast and a classy player not like todays players. Remember he played the Steel Curtain twice a year and if not for them stacking the line to stop him he would have easily broken the 2000 yard barrier. Great Player and great person, he really made the Oilers although he would never agree because he was the ultimate team player.”
“He was the greatest and could inflict more pain on a team than any other single man
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“My boy jerome is the best no doubt
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“SUPER BOWL XL
NUFF SAID”
“after 12 years, still finishes with his all time career high rushing touchdowns...he’s unstoppable. He never even played runningback till the NFL. He didn’t dodge cornerbacks, he ran them over. i’d like to say he’s humble but he knows he’s good but he also knows what a pivaledge it is to be a role model and inspiration for his city.”
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Marshall Faulk
“This guy was amazing. He could step buy or run over linebackers. He flew past DBs. At his peak he was so good he was lining up as a reciever. He picked defenses apart and set many records. He was so smart, his coaches used to say he was like having a second quarterback on the field. Super bowl champ, leage mvp, rushing leader,record holder, and probowler,he is a lock for the hall of fame.”
“hes sick he was crazy in college and even better in the nfl #1”
“is like the best are you kidding me he appears in 2 super bowls he wins one and has such great rushing yards and if you saw ck up americas game he picks up az hakim so tha team can spike it man!”
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Eric Dickerson
“If you know anything about the sport Eric should be ranked a lot higher. He was the perfect size, had speed and power. And the major contribution.....he led every team he played for to the play-offs. My all time favorite.”
“Dickerson’s Rookie Rushing season, it the Best ever in the NFL and has stood for 24 seasons. His 2105 Single Season Rushing record has stood for 23 seasons. Jim Taylor held the record for most yards in a season for 1 year. Jim Brown broke it the next season. Brown held that record for 10 Years, until O.J. Broke it. 10 years later, Dickerson broke the record. He has held onto it more than twice as long as ANY Single season Rushing record holder has held this mantle. It’s time to Place this feat up there with the other hallowed benchmarks in Sports.”
“This man should be nimber 3 all-time rusher!!! Big man Dickerson”
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