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(some with little agility). Trung Canidate, is now a free agent in the National Football League, but, the depressing thing is, he is a substitute teacher just like Mr. 4th and 26 (Freddie Mitchell). Another running back with tremendous speed but is not strong in any other "Super seven" attribute is Michael Bennett. As a senior in high school, he set records in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. Speed is great to have and I would classify it as one of the top "Super seven" attributes. Barry Sanders was one of the best all-time in open field where he can use his lightning fast speed to the fullest. This explains his 2628 yards in a single season in college.

2) Agility /// When your defender is looking you in the eye and he is jumping distance away from you, most likely you cant flat out run by him tearing down the turf. In this case, trying to power through him will most likely not work unless you are a Jim Brown, Larry Csonka, Steven Jackson or Jerome Bettis of your time. You can't run under his legs (even though I believe Brian Westbrook or Maurice Jones-Drew might have a shot at it). Therefore, you have to pull one of a juke, spin, or pull a stop-and-go. This works best if you have quick feet to pull the other direction within inches away from him. Since I have followed football, I have never come across a tailback that was agile but not fast. Barry Sanders used his agile 5'8" frame to fake defenders with extreme ease. Barry Sanders discovered the juke.

3) Carrying /// When you are the Coach, General Manager or Player there is nothing more frustrating than when your tailback (or anyone) fumbles the ball. This was not Barry Sanders' BEST attribute, but, he was very good (especially in his later years) at protecting the ball. It doesn't matter how many times you faked out your opponent on the drive if you are just going to cough up the ball three runs later! This helped him lead to Detroit Lions to the playoffs four times.

4) Power /// Power can mean many different things in football when you play running back so I will break the main meanings into sub-categories

I. Breaking Tackles - Barry Sander could break consecutive tackles most of the time but he was almost impossible to stop when he was on a roll. Sanders was very much so a "down hill runner"

II. Center of Gravity - Barry Sanders was 5'8" and most of the time ran like he was smaller. Having a low center of gravity made him harder to tackle which helped him break tackles easier.

5) Catching /// No matter how

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