The Shortest vs. Tallest Running Backs ever... Which is better? 

This channel rarely looks earlier that 2000 or so.

He has a whole video about Larry zonka

He was a fast mf after he got a few yards after contact too so you know whatever he did to a db after was gonna hurt

None of us were alive to watch him cut the shit Quasi ☠️

@@ArenaPhoenix It's on youtube G

What about weight? Have they gotten lighter or are the current rbs just smaller but stronger?

@@903lew That was also part of it.

They have gotten lighter as well.

college : lol : sounds like an eighth grade book report .....

@@onedone2011 you lame Af.

It's also about their build as well, how they carry the weight on their frame

Those guys have always been rare

I’m taking a bigger rb.

Stupid take

Thinking of small tanky RBs made me think of the muscle hamster Doug Martin. Idk why but first thought was him lmao. But also guys like Sproles size and speed too came to mind Immediately. But yeah AP and Henry are monsters and totally rare to see nowadays

At the time when he was done with the Raiders,my Giants should have pursued him. Unfortunately,we had Geriatric,I mean Jerry Reese as general manager.

Man did i hate when the Boyz had to play Jacobs and the Giants, Roy Williams popped him his rookie year tho

Rotund Rex Ryan acting like he wanted that smoke 💨 😂!

Miss those days man

At the time when it was fun and wanted watch the Giants. Miss those days.

@@Mudshudders Him and Jacobs both had 1000 yards in 2008. That was a killer season. I'm still convinced that if Plax doesn't shoot himself in the leg, we would have repeated or at least made it back to the SB.

@@Mudshudders I was in your exact shoes in Super Bowl LII. I hate the Patriots more than I'll ever hate any team in our division (my dad is a Colts fan) so it wasn't a question of who I was gonna root for.

Barry wasn’t human. Doesn’t count.

barry had mutliple all pros on his line

@@ClearGodLacrossehe had only 1 for each year…. The rest of the line was garbage & getting beat off the line immediately 💀.

​@@ClearGodLacrosseBarry made his line pro bowlers. If they were worth a damn he wouldn't have quit. The lions had to be the most sacked team of all time during Barry's tenure.

Doug Martin 💪

I do as well. To me, the best value in short rbs is their ability to disappear behind gigantic offensive lineman. It's harder for linebackers to follow and react to their movements.

one of the only moments where being short is considered an advantage @@hobiestewart2459

In high school we had a guy on our football team who’s nickname was “Cannonball”. He was like 5’6 200ish and had a really low crumpled over running style. Dude seriously looked like a ball while running, practically took defenders out at the knees.

Jonathan Stewart panthers legend🔥🔥🔥

It was Brees’s NFL record for career TD passes. Got to meet Sproles at a football camp when I was 8th grade when he just got drafted. Nice guy, super quiet

Lightning bug was a beast on the field

Yeah screw Spanos... but for only one thing: Extending thr contract of Norv the Smurf after punting the SB chance away. Vs NE 2007 that was!... This, true worst coach ever, across all sports, literally not only kicked away games, but whole seasons. "HC" wasted one of the most efficient pass offenses and most talented overall roster ever... by running his RBs straight into living walls of meat instead. Guy never led his QBs audible. In case he was at least mediocre, knew how to game plan at least a bit, Chargers would have fielded a 500 point offense each season + his RBs gaining 5 yards per carry. All supported by monster defenses. Sproles was fun to watch. Nonetheless. Always.

Sproles was a senior at a different school in town when I was a sophomore in HS, and he absolutely decimated my HS football team in the city championship that year. He had a kick return TD and I think at least 2 rushing TDs in that game. I didn't dress for the game since I wasn't on varsity so was watching from the stands. Sproles was so muscular and dense for a high school kid I thought he was 5'10", 200 lb. I was shocked to find out he was 5'6" and 180 lb soaking wet. The word was he could squat 500 lb and bench 350 lb in high school. Even though he went to a rival college after that, I always rooted for him as a hometown kid. Was fun to see him play in the league so long, even though he spent time with another rival team in the NFL (Chargers) to my Chiefs.

that rb was me

Eddy Lacy?

@@johnasiuras3200 NAH 💀

​@@johnasiuras3200lmfao 🤣 😂

In middle school, their was a kid that had the nickname “The Fridge” He had to be 5’8” 190 but he was fat. Legit built like a fridge lol he was slow but hard to tackle. We still beat them tho 🥱

Lockett came from there as well. Kansas State loves their small guys

​@@symptomofsoulsWhen Snyder took over he had to work with what he could get. We had a one-eyed linebacker. Undersized RB works if you have a running QB. Klieman is a better recruiter and recognized Deuce could ball

i think a n elusive Rb is better sustainability wise than a bruiser due to wear and tear.

Bro was a nightmare for a couple of seasons

Muscle hamster

Doesn't he have the record for longest kick return?

​@@yayap5631 I think at one time. In 2011 he had a record with the most (2,696) all-purpose yards. He also has the most TD receptions for someone under 5'7"

Marshawn is awesome but his height isn’t much of an outlier

Are you high? He plays for the same team who drafted him

I hope Henry goes to BAL next year ends his career there.

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Bro it came out 20 seconds ago…the video could legit be shit and you would have no idea

Fred Taylor deserves it more

Even MJD said Fred Taylor was better. 🤣

Peterson is my fav RUNNER of the ball. The best. Payton a close 2nd then Barry.

AP was listed at 6'1"

@@tlreclipse1126 regardless. He’s still above the avg.

fax he made him like a ant 😭

My high school had a guy who was rated as a 4 star and played at Texas he averaged 9.5 per carry and only had less than 140 yards once all season. These crazy athletes are unfair against high school competition

​@@davidirish6875Jacob's would just run over defenders.

Truly one of the greatest to ever do it. I feel like he was damn near the perfect build for a single elite all-purpose RB. Tall enough to have great top end speed, short enough to still have great acceleration, jump cuts, and elusiveness. Big enough to be physical and run people over, but not so heavy as to slow him down and prevent him from having super fast feet and great balance. He was really the complete package and that's before you add his elite vision, reactions, and willpower.