A Pro Bowl invitee in each of his ten NFL seasons and two-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year, Sanders led the league in rushing yards four times and established himself as one of the most elusive runners in pro football with his quickness and agility. He is often regarded as one of the greatest running backs in NFL history. His son Barry J. Sanders began his collegiate career as a running back with Stanford in He also has three other sons named Noah, Nicholas and Nigel.
During his first two years, he backed up All-American Thurman Thomas. In , he led the nation in yards per kickoff return Thomas moved on to the NFL, and Sanders became the starter for his junior year. In , in what is considered one of the greatest individual seasons in college football history, Sanders led the nation by averaging 7. He set college football season records with 2, yards rushing, 3, total yards, points, 39 touchdowns, 37 rushing touchdowns, 5 consecutive yard games, scored at least 2 touchdowns in 11 consecutive games, and 9 times he scored at least 3 touchdowns.
Sanders also ran for yards and scored 5 touchdowns in his three quarters of action in the Holiday Bowl, a game that is not included in the official NCAA season statistics. Sanders played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, where, as a junior in he compiled what is considered one of the greatest individual seasons in college football history, rushing for 2, yards and 42 touchdowns in 12 games.
He was awarded the Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding college player in the nation and was unanimously recognized as an All-American. Sanders was first inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in Sanders was named first team All-Pro six times from — and , and He was also named second team All-Pro four times in , , and Sanders was also named All-NFC from —92 and — Through ten seasons in Detroit, he averaged over 1, rushing yards per season and just under rushing yards per game.
In , he became the third player to rush for over 2, yards in a season and was named the NFL Most Valuable Player. His number 20 jersey was retired by the Lions, and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in A year later Sanders was also inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame along with fellow pro and college football hall of famer Thurman Thomas. Ranked on the list of most popular Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States.
A publication notes that Sanders is deeply but quietly religious Christian. Sanders has four sons. The youngest three are from his marriage to Lauren Campbell. Sanders' oldest son, Barry J. Sanders, played running back for Stanford University from to , and at Oklahoma State University in , after a highly successful high school career: as a freshman in , Barry ran for yards and twelve touchdowns while helping Heritage Hall School to the Oklahoma 2A state title, and he was the only sophomore on the Tulsa World all-state team.
Sanders' retirement came somewhat unexpectedly and was a matter of controversy. Sanders refused, and the Lions sued. The Lions refused, stating they would welcome Sanders back to the team; otherwise, they would honor his announced retirement. Sanders' agent Lamont Smith lobbied the team to trade his client. On July 27, , Sanders announced he was retiring from pro football.
His retirement was made public by faxing a letter to the Wichita Eagle, his hometown newspaper. In the letter, Sanders wrote:. I also felt that I should take as much time as possible to sort through my feelings and make sure that my feelings were back with conviction. Today, I officially declare my departure from the NFL. In Sanders' last season in the NFL, , he rushed for 1, yards, ending his four-year streak of rushing for over 1, yards in a season.
Sanders' greatest season came in when he became a member of the 2, rushing yards club. After a start in which he gained 53 yards on 25 carries in the first two games of the season though he passed Eric Dickerson as the active leader in career rushing yards , Sanders ran for an NFL record 14 consecutive yard games, including two yard performances, en route to rushing for 2, yards. In reaching the 2, yard plateau, he became only the third player to do so in a single season and the first since O.
Simpson to rush for 2, yards in a span of 14 consecutive games. He was the first running back to rush for 1, yards in five seasons and the only one to do it four consecutive years. In , Sanders rushed for 1, yards, on a 5. He was also known as one of the most electrifying runners of all time.
He also totaled receiving yards, which gave him a combined 2, yards from scrimmage for the season. In Week 11, a 14—9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he broke the NFL record for most rushing yards in a single game without scoring a touchdown with In , Sanders posted 1, yards rushing with receiving yards, beating his rushing total alone of the '94 season. In , Sanders rushed for 1, yards with a career-low receiving yards. Despite his individual success, the Lions never reached the Super Bowl while Sanders was with the team.
The closest they came was in the season. Like the Lions themselves, Sanders was often a disappointment at playoff time; in six post-season games, he rushed for only yards—and that included the yards he rolled up against the Packers in the divisional playoff in which the Lions still lost. Against the same team the following year, Green Bay keyed on Sanders and held him to minus-1 yards rushing on thirteen carries; it was his worst game in a Lions uniform.
Sanders was the featured running back on the Lion teams that made the playoffs five times during the s , , , , and DeAndre Hopkins.
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