Barry Sanders

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American football player NFL running back human

Barry Sanders is a Hall of Fame NFL running back renowned for his electrifying agility, elusive running style, and prolific rushing yards during the 1990s.

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Barry Sanders canonical 9

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football player ⓘ
NFL running back ⓘ
human ⓘ
allProFirstTeamSelections 6 ⓘ
awardReceived Heisman Trophy ⓘ
NFL Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
surface form: NFL Offensive Player of the Year
collegeAttended Oklahoma State University ⓘ
collegeTeam Oklahoma State Cowboys football ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1968-07-16 ⓘ
draftedBy Detroit Lions ⓘ
draftPickNumber 3 ⓘ
draftRound 1 ⓘ
draftYear 1989 ⓘ
familyName Sanders ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Barry ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2004 ⓘ
heismanTrophyYear 1988 ⓘ
highSchoolAttended Wichita North High School ⓘ
jerseyNumber 20 ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
leaguePlayedIn National Football League ⓘ
memberOf Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
name Barry Sanders self-link ⓘ
nflDebutSeason 1989 ⓘ
nflDebutTeam Detroit Lions ⓘ
nflMVPYear 1997 ⓘ
notableSeason 1997 2000-yard rushing season ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wichita, Kansas ⓘ
surface form: Wichita, Kansas, United States
playedFor Detroit Lions ⓘ
playedForTeamFrom Detroit Lions, 1989 ⓘ
playedForTeamUntil Detroit Lions, 1998 ⓘ
positionPlayed running back ⓘ
proBowlSelections 10 ⓘ
retiredFromProfessionalFootball 1999 ⓘ
rushingTouchdownsCareerNFL 99 ⓘ
rushingYardsCareerNFL 15269 ⓘ
rushingYardsSeason1997 2053 ⓘ
seasonsWith1500PlusRushingYards 5 ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
styleOfPlay elusive running ⓘ
exceptional agility ⓘ
quick lateral cuts ⓘ
teamRecordHeld Detroit Lions all-time rushing yards leader ⓘ
yardsFromScrimmageCareerNFL 18308 ⓘ

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Detroit Lions → notablePlayer → Barry Sanders ⓘ
Oklahoma State Cowboys football → notablePlayer → Barry Sanders ⓘ
Oklahoma State Cowboys football → HeismanTrophyWinner → Barry Sanders ⓘ
Sanders → hasNotableBearer → Barry Sanders ⓘ
Barry Sanders → name → Barry Sanders self-link ⓘ
Bert Bell Award → hasRecipient → Barry Sanders ⓘ
Walter Camp Award → notableRecipient → Barry Sanders ⓘ
Walter Camp Man of the Year → hasWinner → Barry Sanders ⓘ
Pat Jones → notableStudent → Barry Sanders ⓘ