Like Herschel and others, the recently retired Frank Gore faces a long uphill battle to gain entrance into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Unlike Herschel, he was never considered among the elite running backs in the NFL. Unlike the more multi-faceted Walker, Gore gained a much higher percentage of his yards on rushing attempts.
.yr..G….rush. avg.rec.yards.cmb yd.TD
16 241 16000 4.3 484 3985 19985 99 FG
12 187 08225 4.2 512 4858 18168 84 HW
yd/G.yd/yr.TD/yr.TD/game
82.9 1249 6.2 0.41 FG
97.2 1514 7.0 0.45 HW
In twelve NFL seasons Herschel was almost as productive as Gore in 16 seasons, averaging more yards and touchdowns both per game and season. Which one most deserves induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
Ten minutes of Herschel's NFL highlights. Unlike many other elite running backs of his era, you see a lot more pass receptions and broken tackles.
My Twitter friend Clayton Trutor’s top ten college football dream alumni backfields. He’s starting to repeat his columns. Clayton is starting to repeat himself – this is a repeat from September 2020. Spoiler: Herschel/Gurley had the highest rushing total per season, and Herschel & Nick Chubb the most total yards rushing – almost twice as many as Sayers/Riggins.
10. Ohio State Archie Griffin Eddie George
9. Texas Earl Campbell Ricky Williams
8. SMU Eric Dickerson Doak Walker
7. Army Doc Blanchard Glenn Davis
6. Syracuse Jim Brown Floyd Little Ernie Davis Larry Csonka
5. Oklahoma State Barry Sanders Thurman Thomas
4. LSU Leonard Fournette Billy Cannon
3. UGA Hershel Walker Todd Gurley Nick Chubb Charlie Trippi
2. Oklahoma Billy Sims Adrian Peterson
1. Kansas Gale Sayers John Riggins
http://sacrificefly.blogspot.com/2020/09/college-dream-backfields.html?m=1
KEN GRIFFEY, Jr. [SABR Bio] was the youngest to rack up 450 career home runs, on 09-Aug-2001 at 31 years, 261 days. Even though he was allergic to chocolate, there was a candy bar bearing his name and likeness. The Ken Griffey Jr. Milk Chocolate Bar debuted in 1989 and was limited to the Seattle market. Griffey ran for president in 1996 on a staunch pro-pepper platform. His campaign ad included appearances from politicos James Carville and Steve Forbes, along with several other MLB stars of the day. “If you outlaw pepper, only outlaws will play pepper,” Griffey stated boldly in the ad, a Nike commercial.
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