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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alex Riethmiller – 310.840.4635 NFL – 11/18/19 [email protected] NFL RELEASES RUNNING BACK FINALISTS FOR THE ‘NFL 100 ALL-TIME TEAM’ 24 Transformative Rushers Kick Off Highly Anticipated Reveal The ‘NFL 100 All-Time Team’ Premieres Friday, November 22 at 8:00 PM ET on NFL Network The NFL is proud to announce the 24 running backs that have been named as finalists for the NFL 100 All-Time Team. First announced on tonight’s edition of Monday Night Countdown on ESPN, the NFL 100 All- Time Team running back finalist class account for 14 NFL MVP titles and combine for 2,246 touchdowns. Of the 24 finalists at running back, 23 are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH, while one is still adding to his legacy on the field as an active player. The NFL100 All-Time Team premieres on November 22 and continues for six weeks through Week 17 of the regular season. Rich Eisen, Cris Collinsworth and Bill Belichick will reveal the NFL 100 All-Time Team selections by position in each episode beginning at 8:00 PM ET every Friday night, followed by a live reaction show hosted by Chris Rose immediately afterward, exclusively on NFL Network. Of the 24 running back finalists, Friday’s premiere of the NFL 100 All-Time Team will name 12 individuals as the greatest running backs of all time. The process to select and celebrate the historic team began in early 2018 with the selection of a 26-person blue-ribbon voting panel. The selection criteria for the NFL 100 All-Time Team followed the by-laws outlined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection process. Tune in to see the reveal of the 100 greatest players and 10 greatest coaches in league history as part of the continuing celebration of the NFL’s 100th season. The NFL 100 All-Time Team finalists at the running back position are: Player Years Played Team(s) Marcus Allen 1982-1997 Los Angeles Raiders; Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams; Pittsburgh Jerome Bettis 1993-2005 Steelers Jim Brown 1957-1965 Cleveland Browns Earl Campbell 1978-1985 Houston Oilers; New Orleans Saints Earl "Dutch" Clark 1931-1932; 1934-1938 Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions Los Angeles Rams; Indianapolis Colts; Los Eric Dickerson 1983-1993 Angeles Raiders; Atlanta Falcons Tony Dorsett 1977-1988 Dallas Cowboys; Denver Broncos Marshall Faulk 1994-2005 Indianapolis Colts; St. Louis Rams Harold "Red" Grange 1925, 1927; 1929-1934 Chicago Bears; New York Yankees Franco Harris 1972-1984 Pittsburgh Steelers; Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers; Minnesota Vikings; Hugh McElhenny 1952-1964 New York Giants; Detroit Lions Lenny Moore 1956-1967 Baltimore Colts Marion Motley 1946-1953; 1955 Cleveland Browns; Pittsburgh Steelers Bronko Nagurski 1930-1937; 1943 Chicago Bears Walter Payton 1975-1987 Chicago Bears Minnesota Vikings; New Orleans Saints; Adrian Peterson 2007-Current Arizona Cardinals; Washington Redskins Barry Sanders 1989-1998 Detroit Lions Gale Sayers 1965-1971 Chicago Bears O.J. Simpson 1969-1979 Buffalo Bills; San Francisco 49ers Emmitt Smith 1990-2004 Dallas Cowboys; Arizona Cardinals Jim Taylor 1958-1967 Green Bay Packers; New Orleans Saints Thurman Thomas 1988-2000 Buffalo Bills; Miami Dolphins LaDainian Tomlinson 2001-2011 San Diego Chargers; New York Jets Steve Van Buren 1944-1951 Philadelphia Eagles The NFL 100 All-Time Team serves as the marquee series within the NFL’s slate of original programming and content developed to celebrate the league’s 100th season. Starting Friday, November 22 at 8:00 PM ET, members of the All-Time Team will be revealed by position, followed by a live reaction show over a six-week period: November 22 8:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team: Running Backs & 2 Head Coaches 9:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team Reaction Show November 29 8:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team: Defensive Line & Linebackers and 1 Head Coach 9:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team Reaction Show December 6 8:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team: Defensive Backs, Safeties, Specialists and 1 Head Coach 9:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team Reaction Show December 13 8:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team: Tight Ends & Offensive Line and 4 Head Coaches 9:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team Reaction Show December 20 8:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team: Wide Receivers and 2 Head Coaches 9:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team Reaction Show December 27 8:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team: Quarterbacks (2-hour series finale) 10:00 PM NFL 100 All-Time Team Reaction Show As the official site for all things NFL 100, NFL.com/100 is the primary destination to stay up to speed with all the initiatives, activities and content happening across the league and at the club level. Starting today, and every subsequent Monday through the end of the year, fans will have the opportunity to view the finalists of that week's episode of the NFL 100 All-Time Team and cast their predictions of who will be introduced as part of the NFL 100 All-Time Team in that Friday's episode. Once the show airs on Friday nights, the official All-Time Team roster will be available at NFL.com/all-time-team. Running Back Finalist Bios Marcus Allen 1982-1997 2003 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee… Super Bowl XVIII MVP… NFL MVP in 1985… Six- time Pro Bowler… Two-time All-Pro… Career total 12,243 rush yards, 5,411 receiving yards, 145 TDs… First player in NFL history to rush for 10,000-plus yards and catch passes for 5,000 more… Selected No. 10 overall by Los Angeles Raiders in the 1982 NFL Draft… 1982 NFL Rookie of the Year… 1981 Heisman Trophy winner… Born March 26, 1960, in San Diego, CA. Jerome Bettis 1993-2005 2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee… Super Bowl XL Champion… Six-time Pro Bowler… Two-time All-Pro… Eight 1,000-plus yard seasons tied for 3rd-best in NFL history at retirement… 13,662 career rushing yards ranks 5th all-time… Leading rusher for Rams three seasons, Steelers eight times… 1999 Offensive Rookie of the Year… Finished 2nd in rushing, 3rd in total scrimmage yards in 1st season… Selected No. 10 overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1993 NFL Draft… Born February 16, 1972 in Detroit, MI. Jim Brown 1957-1965 1971 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee… 1964 NFL Champion… Three-time NFL MVP… Eight-time NFL rushing champion… Eight-time All-NFL… Nine-time Pro Bowler… Career marks: 12,312 rush yards, 262 receptions, 15,459 combined scrimmage yards, 756 points scored… 1957 Rookie of the Year… Selected No. 6 overall by the Cleveland Browns in the 1957 NFL Draft… 1956 All-American at Syracuse University… Born February 17, 1936, in St. Simons, GA. Earl Campbell 1978-1985 1991 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee… Three-time consecutive Player of the Year, NFL rushing champion, All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection… Career-high 1,934 rush yards, including four games with 200 rush yards… Career stats: 9,407 rush yards, 74 rush TD, 121 receptions, 806 receiving yards… Selected No. 1 overall by the Houston Oilers in the 1978 NFL Draft… 1977 Heisman Trophy winner… Two-time All-American at the University of Texas-Austin… Born March 29, 1955, in Tyler, TX. Earl “Dutch” Clark 1931-1932; 1934-1938 1963 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee… 1935 NFL Champion… Three-time NFL scoring champion… Named All-NFL in six of seven seasons… Scored 354 points on 42 TDs, 72 PATs, 10 FGs… NFL’s last dropkicking specialist… Player-coach final two seasons… Born October 11, 1906 in Fowler, CO. Eric Dickerson 1983-1993 1999 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee… Five-time All-Pro… Six-time Pro Bowlers… Led league in rushing three times with Rams, once with Colts… Rushed for NFL-record 2,105 yards in 1984… Gained 1,800+ rush yards in three of his first four season… Retired as the 2nd all- time leading rusher with 13,259 yards on 2,996 carries… Selected No. 2 overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1983 NFL Draft… Born September 2, 1960, in Sealy, TX. Tony Dorsett 1977-1988 1994 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee… Played in two Super Bowls and five NFC Championship games… Four-time Pro Bowler… 1981 All-NFL selection… 1982 NFC rushing champion… Career totals: 12,739 rush yards, 398 receptions for 3,554 yards, 16,293 combined scrimmage yards, 91 touchdowns… Ran record 99 yards for TD vs. Minnesota in 1982 season finale. Draft-day trade made him the Cowboys’ No. 2 overall selection of the 1977 NFL Draft… 1976 Heisman Trophy winner… Born April 7, 1954, in Rochester, PA. Marshall Faulk 1994-2005 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee… Super Bowl XXXIV Champion… 2000 NFL MVP… Three-time Offensive Player of the Year… Seven-time Pro Bowler… First player in NFL history to gain 2,000 scrimmage yards for four straight seasons (1998-2001)… Second in NFL history to eclipse 1,000-yard mark in both rushing and receiving in same season, set then-record for yards from scrimmage (2,429) in 1999… Rushed for 1,000 yards in seven of first eight seasons… Rushed for 143 yards and scored three touchdowns in rookie debut… Selected No. 2 overall by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1994 NFL Draft… Born February 26, 1973 in New Orleans, LA. Harold “Red” Grange 1925, 1927; 1929-1934 1963 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee… Three-time All-American, 1923-1925… Earned “Galloping Ghost” fame as whirling dervish runner at Illinois… Joined Bears on Thanksgiving Day, 1925… Magic name produced first huge pro football crowds on 17-game barnstorming tour… With manager, founded rival American Football League in 1926… Missed entire 1928 season with injury… Excelled on defense in later years… Born June 13, 1903, in Forksville, PA.