Running backs are coming back into style in the NFL after a decade or so of the position being devalued to an all-time low.

The running back has long been the workhorse of successful NFL teams. Over more than 100 years of pro football, great running ...

Barry Sanders retired when he was on the cusp of the NFL's rushing record. Does he believe a current running back can surpass ...

NFL teams might learn a thing or two from Emmitt Smith. No one in NFL history has ... Christian McCaffrey led the league last year with 1,459 rushing yards, while Barkley and Henry (1,921 ...

NFL // 2 years ago Emmitt Smith says players should ... and finished with a 7.8 yards per carry average. Twice, he broke the 2000 yard rushing mark in a season.

Living legend Barry Sanders is in the highest pantheon of running backs. He believes Derrick Henry will one day join him.

1. Emmitt Smith, 16,743 (and counting) -- most career rushing yards Walter Payton: 13 seasons. Emmitt Smith: 13th season. Walter Payton: one team. Emmitt Smith: one team. Walter Payton ...

Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders believes one of these two current RB's has a chance to break Emmitt Smith's all-time ...

"All of the kids who play running back look up to Emmitt — he's like Michael Jordan to us." Smith's 18,355 career rushing yards are far and away the most in league history, numbers he ...

Dallas Cowboy running back Emmitt Smith breaks Walter Payton's all-time rushing record in 2002. NFL Throwback takes a look at the longest play that the Pittsburgh Steelers have had in a "Monday ...

Fellow Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith has since taken ownership of the NFL’s rushing record at 18,355 career yards. Sanders’ 15,269 rushing yards rank fourth all-time. He’s the only ...

Detroit Lions Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders was only 31 years old and still in his prime when he hung up his cleats for good in 1999. Sanders was just 1,457 yards shy of Walter Payton ...