James was more versatile and more explosive, too, and probably also better when at his best. Among the 15 other running backs to rush for at least 12,000 yards, 13 of them are in Canton. He’s not just about rushing yards as he’s also caught 464 balls in his career and rarely had great quarterback play. Hornung didn’t get in until his 15th year (12th as a finalist). Randall Cunningham was one of the first dual-threat quarterbacks, but he's been forgotten by voters. Alex Smith’s progression from a hospital bed to a treadmill in one striking video. Sanders’ numbers would have been beyond reproach had he continued on while Gore’s numbers are only in the conversation because he refuses to stop playing. Gore’s most memorable play is…help me out here. The only other players to rush for more than 15,000 yards are Emmitt Smith (18,355), Walter Payton (16,726) and Barry Sanders (15,269), whom Gore passed in the fourth quarter Sunday. Frank Gore has a remarkable résumé. Among Hall of Famers with at least 10,000 rushing yards, only Jerome Bettis has a lower Approximate Value score per 16 games than Gore. Given that the average NFL running back’s career is two beats of a jackrabbit’s heart, it should be a point in Gore’s favor. The last five backs to go first ballot were LaDainian Tomlinson (2017), Marshall Faulk (2011), Emmitt Smith (2010), Barry Sanders (2004), and Marcus Allen (2003). If he can rush for 500 yards or more this season, Gore will be one of only eight backs 35 years or older to do that. Gore never won an MVP (never received a vote). Still, just one season in the top five in rushing yards (his best stat) is not good for a HOF case. Then we also have the cases of Watters, Marshawn Lynch, Eddie George, and not even pictured are the likes of Tiki Barber, Shaun Alexander, Warrick Dunn, Chris Johnson, etc. But do numbers alone make you a Hall of Famer? With Frank Gore’s long career winding down to an end, the Hall of Fame question is starting to pop up.The Indy Star’s Jim Ayello posed the question to the man himself. Yet he’s rushed for nearly 2,000 fewer yards than Gore in his career. Sure, it’s the Jets, but it doesn’t matter. Had Payton hung around for three more years when he was no longer as effective, does that really make his legacy better? (Approximate value is a method, created by Doug Drinen, of putting a single numerical value on any player’s season, at any position, from any year.). But after the long holiday football weekend, King pleaded the Hall of Fame case for former 49ers running back Frank Gore, currently in his 15th NFL season, and who recently became the NFL’s third all-time rusher, surpassing Barry Sanders (a dead lock cinch for the Hall long before he was voted in). Gore and Smith are the only running backs to start 200 games in NFL history. With Gore’s volume of numbers, it’s likely going to be too hard for voters not to scratch that running back itch again to get him in eventually. He’s also sixth all time in touchdowns (145) and not 25th like Gore (98). Anyone who plays as long as he has, and has done what he’s done in the league year after year, he keeps doing it playing at high levels — and he’s still playing at a high level, ya know at this age.”. That must change. 15.1 games per year.”. They were, for one bright, shining moment, brilliant. These are the horns of a dilemma Hall of Fame voters will find themselves impaled on five years after Gore retires because the deeper you look into him the more confusing the picture becomes. The 36-year-old is often mentioned as a future Hall of Famer, and his placement in rushing yards alone is a pretty strong argument for that. So why isn't he in Canton. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Frank Gore: Only two players in NFL history have rushed for more yards. That year Gore touched the ball 373 times for 2,180 total yards and nine touchdowns, earning him an Approximate Value score of 16, a team (and career) high. No and no. Frank Gore thinks his career production has been enough to punch his ticket to Canton, boring though his body of work might have been. Jerome Bettis and Tony Dorsett each led the NFL in carries once and also won Offensive Rookie of the Year. Here's a look at the 49ers' leaders in key statistical categories through eight games. Rathman’s credentials speak for themselves. Former 49ers running back … GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. | Source: Brett Carlsen / Getty Images / AFP . Former Cleveland tackle Dick Schafrath was a four-time All-Pro, team MVP and league champion. Not really. You almost could argue he has the weakest case of any of the 31 backs with 10,000 rushing yards in NFL history. There’s more. The former fullback and two-time Super Bowl champ has been around a lot of Hall of Famers during his time in the NFL, and he’s certain Gore belongs in Canton. Did anybody, while Gore was active, ever suggest that he was the best player in the NFL? The 14 Hall … One on each knee, to keep things balanced. On Sunday, Frank Gore passed Barry Sanders as the third-leading rusher in NFL history with 15,289 yards. Welcome to Niners Wire's European Union Experience. Ranked 10th, Adrian Peterson is still active, and many people talk of him as a lock for enshrinement in Canton. Last year’s first-ballot class included Tony Gonzalez, Ed Reed and Champ Bailey, a trio no one reputable would argue with. Approximate Value isn’t available yet for 2019, but the game charters at Pro Football Focus rank nine players on the Bills’ defense above Gore, in addition to wide receiver John Brown. 3. That’s really my sticking point with Gore. Remarkably, he has accomplished all this despite the fact that when Drake was only eight years old, Gore had already had the first of two ACL surgeries he would face while still in college. He was never the rushing champion, he never won the MVP award, and he never even earned first-team all-pro honors. Sign up for the Niners Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Since Gore entered the league in 2005, running backs Shaun Alexander (2005), LaDainian Tomlinson (2006) and Adrian Peterson (2012) were named the league MVP, and 24 other running backs were named to first-team all-pro teams. Simpson (4), Earl Campbell (3), Leroy Kelly (2), Joe Perry (2), LaDainian Tomlinson (2), Walter Payton (1), Marcus Allen (1), Curtis Martin (1), Jim Taylor (1), Floyd Little (1), and Terrell Davis (1). Yet of all the backs in NFL history with 3,000 or more carries only Barry Sanders averaged more than his 4.4 yards-per-carry career average. 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