Kid on Twitter considers himself the defender on the Pro Football Hall of Fame. No association, but always tweeting why a player is unworthy. Who asked him?
He recently chimed in about Herschel Walker. Hit a nerve.
If retiring with the second-most combined yards in NFL history wasn't such a big accomplishment, then why hadn't anyone else done it? Throw out kick returns. Only eight of 43 PFHOF backs had more NFL rushing and receiving yards than Herschel when he retired. Riggins and Simpson only had a handful more than Walker. Only Marcus Allen had more receiving yards.
"Never dominated the NFL at any time"? If my numbers are right, at the end of the decade only Eric Dickerson was gaining more rushing and receiving yards.
5521 Dickerson 86-87-88
5199 Walker
4797 Roger Craig
3510 Marcus Allen
7043 Dickerson 86-87-88-89
6537 Walker
6324 Craig
3994 Allen
2918 Thurman Thomas
7812 Dickerson 86-87-88-89-90
7622 Walker
6964 Craig
4865 Allen
4831 Thomas
Herschel's 1606 yards from scrimmage in 1987 led the league. His 76 receptions were the second-most by a rookie in NFL history (for any position). That wasn't dominant? Dude needs to go pick on some other player.
The kid is correct on one thing: the selection process for the "pro football hall of fame" is rigorous, and there are plenty of players worthy of consideration with too few enshrine spots.
Rush&Rec/Last Season/receiving yards
17654 1997 Marcus Allen 5411
13084 1997 Herschel Walker 4859
15396 1993 Eric Dickerson 2137
16293 1988 Tony Dorsett 3554
21264 1987 Walter Payton 4538
13442 1985 John Riggins 2090
10213 1985 Earl Campbell 806
14407 1984 Franco Harris 2287
13378 1979 OJ Simpson 2142
08901 1979 Larry Csonka
08741 1975 Floyd Little
09555 1973 Leroy Kelly
06263 1971 Gale Sayers
10689 1968 Bobby Mitchell was more of a receiver
11213 1967 Lenny Moore
10353 1967 Jim Taylor
08454 1966 Ollie Matson
08281 1966 John Henry Johnson
05191 1966 Paul Hornung
14811 1965 Jim Brown 2499
09043 1964 Frank Gifford
08528 1964 Hugh McElhenny
11744 1963 Joe Perry
07716 1957 Elroy Hirsh
05827 1955 Marion Motley
04827 1955 Charley Trippi
00000 1955 Doak Walker
06383 1953 Steve Van Buren
04440 1953 Bill Dudley
04776 1952 Tony Canadeo
03044 1950 George McAfee
01482 1947 Ken Strong
03554 1943 Tuffy Leemans
02912 1943 Bronko Nagurski
04397 1941 Clarke Hinke
03113 1938 Dutch Clark
01503 1938 Johnny McNally
04057 1937 Cliff Battles
00857 1934 Red Grange
00000 1931 Ernie Nevers
00000 1929 Curly Lambeau
00000 1928 Jim Thorpe
00000 1927 Joe Guyon
00000 1926 Fritz Pollard
Chris Johnson is the only NFL player with six TD runs of 80+ yards. Adrian Peterson has five. Herschel has four rushes of 80+ yards – plus two 80+ receptions and three 80+ yard returns. Sports Illustrated recently spoke to Herschel Walker, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame came up.
tot yd TD YR college regular season record
5749 51 3 32-01 Herschel
4892 45 4 34-11 Bo Jackson
18168 Herschel NFL combined yards
10213 Earl Campbell
03134 Bo Jackson
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