Codaxx
Well-Known Member
I'm going to go a bit homer here, but I'll put Earl Campbell on this list, too. If you really want to talk about a RB that was a man amongst boys, just look to the Tyler Rose. Even Barry Switzer was quoted in his book as saying that Campbell was the only RB he ever saw who could have gone from high school and straight to the NFL and would have immediately become a star. Campbell, Sanders and Jackson. Herschel takes a small seat behind b/c he didn't really do anything in the NFL compared to the other 3.
Herschel gets a bad rap. People forget he had over 5,500 yards in the USFL before coming to the NFL. That is a lot of wear and tear. First 3 years with the Cowboys he had over 1,500 total yards every year and over 2000 once. At the time he was 1 of 10 guys to break 2,000 in a season. He was a 2 time Pro Bowl player there. He went to Minnesota for 3 years and that was a disaster. Broke 1,000 his first year as an Eagle, but he really wasn't the same. That was his 8th NFL season and 11th professional season. I bet if he went straight to the NFL, we would be talking about him in a different light