I wish there was more footage of him from NFL films. As great as he was, Campbell's best runs weren't really of the highlight variety. His bread and butter was running hard up between the tackle and guard, slamming into a defender, and powering forward for 3-5 yards. It was effective as heck, but it wouldn't make the highlight reels.
I remember watching local sports back when I was in middle school. Arlington Heights was playing John Tyler in the playoffs. The only reason I remember this is because Earl was playing for John Tyler and would drag half the Heights defense into the endzone with him. He was a man among boys.
There have been a lot of great running backs in the NFL's now 100 year history. But none have looked cooler than Earl Campbell in a vintage Oilers jersey while he was trucking guys up and down the field. The Tyler Rose was in a class of his own when it came to running with power. Well, I'm back to uploading videos. With the current coronavirus/COVID-19 situation, I have more free time to work on projects. As always, let me know who you would like to see next on a video. I have a large backlog of projects I want to do, but I'm always open to suggestions. - PockyCandy -
@@enlightenedwarrior7119 He's the most overrated football player in history. The guy played against undersized carpenters and plumbers. He was basically almost the biggest guy on the field when he played. The big guys of the 70s and 80s would have flattened his big ass.
Notice the distinct lack of end zone celebrations. Earl generally looked exhausted after he crossed the goal line. Then he would be back destroying the defense the next time the Oilers got the ball. He personally wore out defenses. His college highlight reels are fun, too. One of my favorite plays from when Earl was a Longhorn is when he knocked a Rice defender up in the air and ran almost upright under him.
I loved to watch him run back in his heyday. But I kinda felt sorry for him because it seemed like he ran every play. The other team didn't hardly have to cover for passes because Pastorini always seemed to have him run. "Campbell going left, Campbell going up the middle, Campbell going to the right!" I recently saw a car show called 'Texas Metal' about a restoration/custom shop in Houston called Ekstensive Customs that is customizing a 1941 Cadillac for him. He wants it in black with a burnt orange interior. They started on it in the last show but you can watch the rest of the build, I think, March 25, 2020. If you miss it just go to On Demand on Xfinity. Earl looked so tired when they were talking to him, but he is such a sweet guy, except to all of the poor fools who got in his way on the football field! I'm glad he's still alive and is doing good enough to have a cool custom Cadillac being done for him to cruise around in style. God bless you Earl, you are a class act!! ;)
My favorite thing about big Earl he didn't act like a idiot after he scored or made a good play. Now ya got people acting like fools for picking up a first down.
My favorite running back of all time I was 5"5 207 pounds when I played running back in high school and I ran like Campbell I was called little Campbell because I studied him and his running style and I had the same spark and determination as he did
Earl had the speed and acceleration of Tony Dorsett with the size and toughness of Larry Csonka. The guy was an absolute superman for as long as he could keep it up. I think his back was hurting him the whole time though... he just toughed it out. By the way, you forgot to include the clip of Steve Foley trying to deliver a hit to Earl's thigh and just bouncing off. Seriously. Superman.
Please do Colt Brennan (or General 06 Hawaii offense) Dennis Rodman (Defense Only) Jason Kidd (Defense Only) Rick Barry Calvin Murphy Classical Tailback: Kevin Smith & Ray Rice
If they only had a passing game. I saw a interview with Joe Greene and he said they could put their corners one on one with the oiler receivers and put everyone else on Earl and that's how they were able to beat them
