Warrick Dunn has been eligible for the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame for over a decade, but he is nonetheless ready for a gold jacket.
The 49-year-old spent his 11 NFL seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons.
Dunn’s 10,967 speeding yards are the twenty third most in NFL historical past, and that appears to be the cutoff.Â
Solely two gamers whose careers started after 1970 and have fewer speeding yards than Dunn have a bust in Canton — Earl Campbell and Terrell Davis.
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Atlanta Falcons working again Warrick Dunn runs with the ball out of his personal finish zone within the third quarter towards the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the Georgia Dome. (Dale Zanine/USA At present Sports activities)
Dunn stated the percentages had been towards him early on, and he proved he belongs.
“The period I performed in, once I first bought drafted, they thought I used to be simply going to be a third-down again,” Dunn informed Fox Information Digital in a latest interview. “I didn’t have the quantity of carries that a variety of different guys had as a result of I used to be all the time sharing carries with Mike Alstott in Tampa. After I got here to Atlanta, it was T.J. Duckett.Â
“I needed to show myself being a 5-foot-8, 185-pound working again. You possibly can say a variety of guys can do what I did. No, I had that chip on my shoulder that I used to be going to show that I might do it. I believed that I could possibly be top-of-the-line when you give me the chance to try this. I believe over time, with what I’ve completed, the impression that I introduced to groups and people issues. And I watch highlights, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I didn’t know I might try this.’
Atlanta Falcons working again Warrick Dunn follows a lead block from Falcons guard P.J. Alexander on a run play within the first quarter towards the Cleveland Browns on the Georgia Dome. (Dale Zanine/USA At present Sports activities)
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“Do I believe I’m deserving? I believe I belong with top-of-the-line. … Do I need to be within the Corridor to say I used to be top-of-the-line to ever play? Yeah, after all. All of us play for that. All of us play to be the perfect we may be.”
Dunn stated being inducted would ship a message to undersized gamers attempting to make a reputation for themselves.
“I need to be an instance for teenagers who is probably not as large as me that you could nonetheless do some issues even when the percentages are towards you. I used to be all the time going towards the grain. My mentality continues to be like that,” he stated.
Atlanta Falcons working again Warrick Dunn (28) runs with the ball within the third quarter at LP Discipline. (Dale Zanine/USA At present Sports activities)
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Dunn had over 15,000 all-purpose yards, greater than a number of Corridor of Famers, like Jerome Bettis, Franco Harris and O.J. Simpson. He had simply 105 fewer than Eric Dickerson.Â
Amongst eligible gamers, it is the third-most all-purpose yards by a full-time working again not within the Corridor, behind Herschel Walker and Tiki Barber.
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