Barry Sanders

Barry David Sanders (born July 16, 1968 in Wichita, Kansas) was a running back in the National Football League who spent his entire professional career with the Detroit Lions. He is the seventh of eleven children born to William and Shirley Ann Sanders in Wichita, Kansas.

Career highlights

• As a reciever, he averaged more than 30 catches a season.
• Sanders led the NFL in rushing three times
• In 1988, Sanders won the Heisman Trophy while attending Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• In the 1989 draft, he was selected in the 1st round (3rd overall) by the Detroit Lions.
• In 1997, he set an NFL record by rushing for at least 100 yards in 14 consecutive games and became only the third player to reach 2000 yards in a single season. He shared the NFL MVP award with Brett Favre.
• Each of his 10 years from 1989 through 1998 he was first- or second-team All-Pro and selected to the Pro Bowl.
• Over his professional career, he rushed for at least 100 yards in 76 games, second only to Walter Payton's 77 games.
• At retirement, Sanders' 15,269 career rushing yards placed him second behind Walter Payton's 16,726 yards.
• His 18,190 career yards from scrimmage place him fourth on the all-time list.
• On January 31, 2004, he was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• On August 8, 2004, he was inducted to the Hall of Fame along with Bob Brown, Carl Eller, and John Elway.
• On November 25, 2004, His Jersey Number #20 was Retired before the Lions' Annual Thanksgiving Day game. (It Should be noted that the number was shared with former Running Back Billy Sims and Hall of Fame Defensive Back Lem Barney)