Footballfigures.com Greatest Running Back Project
 

I am working on a special project of the All-Time Greatest Running Backs. I have been asked to take a picture of them and re-create the pose like that picture. They gave me a list of runners to do. Based on this list, who else is missing (in your mind?)

1. J. Brown
2. OJ Simpson
3. Barry Sanders
4. Emmitt Smith
5. Walter Payton
6. Gale Sayers
7. Eric Dickerson
8. Tony Dorsett
9. Marion Motley
10. Bronko Nagurski
11. Marcus Allen
12. Marshall Faulk
13. Earl Campbell
14. Marion Motley
15. Hugh McElhenny
16. Chuck Foreman
17. Franco Harris
18. Jerome Bettis
19. Lenny Moore
20. Joe Perry

Here you go Reg
 

Bo Jackson
John Riggins
Larry Csonka

Norbert

Just because Im a Redskins fan , I would put on the list if it was mine.John Riggins,Joe Washington .Also Larry Csonka and Mark Van Eeghan.

Paul Hornung

Leroy Kelly
 

#44

Floyd Floyd Floyd
 

Floyd "Joy" Little #44

high knees
 

Roger Craig

Billy Simms
The Original #20 Rb In Detroit

Greatest RB
 

LaDanian Tomlinson (hard to not put him in that list)
Jim Taylor


Ryan Grant (just to see if y'all are reading)drl$$

Curtis Martin, Thurman Thomas
 

Yardage isn't everything, but here is the top 20 list through the 2007 season:

1 Emmitt Smith 18,355
2 Walter Payton* 16,726
3 Barry Sanders* 15,269
4 Curtis Martin 14,101
5 Jerome Bettis 13,662
6 Eric Dickerson* 13,259
7 Tony Dorsett* 12,739
8 Jim Brown* 12,312
9 Marshall Faulk 12,279
10 Marcus Allen* 12,243
11 Franco Harris* 12,120
12 Thurman Thomas* 12,074
13 Edgerrin James 11,607
14 John Riggins* 11,352
15 Corey Dillon 11,241
16 O.J. Simpson* 11,236
17 Fred Taylor 10,715
18 LaDainian Tomlinson 10,650
19 Ricky Watters 10,643
20 Tiki Barber 10,449

* - Hall of Famer

Joe G

Definetly Curtis Martin

a few others not in the hall but could be
 

eddie george

matt snell

mike alscott

larry brown

jim otis

steve van buren

a few more
 

T.Davis

Jamel anderson

These may not make the cut but I love them anyway.
Priest Holmes
Christian Okoye

Small list
 

Reg here's a few from yester year

1. Larry Brown
2. Lenny Moore
3. Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice
4. Dexter Bussey

I Gotta Do This
 

Can't Be An Eagles Fan And Not Throw Brian Westbrook's Name In There!

eagles fans cannot forget Wilber Montgomery...

Hercshel Walker can get on this list......

Did anyone mention...
 

Otis Anderson...he's in the 10K yard club too...


BTW...looking at the NFL's All Time leading rushers just made me realize even more than before -- how unreal Barry Sanders was...10 seasons, over 15K yards...5 yards per carry...on teams that weren't even that good most of the time (78-82 during his career)...simply unreal!!!!

Excuse me?
 

Dexter Bussey?????????

:eek: :eek:

How 'bout Mercury Morristhmbsp$

Quantify
 

Tom here's how I quantify this pick. You always need a utility guy. That's all Bussey was and he's Detroit third leading runningback. Also if I could get all of Sammy Baughs running stats (they didn't keep'em) I would put him in there as well. Even though most of his stats fall under QB. He was an excellent RB. I didn't want to leave out the utility guys.
But one or two last picks.

How about Dick Gordon, B. Piccalo. A lot of these guys stats can't be found unless you read the actual game play-by-play stats. ;)

Darrian

Touch Up Stage
 

Some of the great backs of any generation. These are still in the touch-up stage.

Jim Taylor - Packers
Ed Podolak - Chiefs
Calvin Hill - Cowboys
Gale Sayers - Bears
Tom Matte - Colts
Larry Brown - Redskins
Ernest Byner - Browns