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Barry Sanders Biography

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Brent Hardrick
Mr. Bergmann
Senior English P3
2 September, 2015

Barry Sanders: GOAT In a Very short-lived career, Barry sanders changed the game of football forever. Standing only five feet, eight inches tall, Barry didn’t let his size keep him from doing what he loved. With Sanders being that little it made him and even more lethal opponent to the defense. Sanders was always doubted, ever since high school. The coaches would always tell him he was too little to play football past the high school level. Barry decided that he would prove all the doubters wrong and show them what he really could do. Sanders began to do summer workouts with his dad in the summer. He knew he had to put some work in because, it was his senior year and he hadn’t …show more content…

In 1988, on the opening kickoff of the 1988 season, Sanders took the return back for a touchdown against Miami (Ohio). He had actually done the same on the opening kickoff of the 1987 season, too. Sanders went on to rush for 178 yards against Miami (Ohio). He also had 2 touchdowns that night vs Miami. The following game would be vs the top ranked and two time defending southwest conference champions, The Texas A&M Aggies. On that night Barry would go to rush for 157 yards and ended the night with 3 touchdowns. Two of the touchdowns were from scrimmage, and the other coming from a punt return late into the third quarter. Oklahoma State would go to beat The Texas A&M Aggies 52-12. …show more content…

He only rushed the ball 344 times from scrimmage and that doesn’t even include his yards from kick and punt return. Sanders would return 3 punt and kick returns, and 1,029 yards total. Sanders was drafted to the Detroit Lions in 1989, He played 10 NFL seasons with that team. Despite his height and size Barry sanders would end his season with the Detroit lions on a pace to break many records. Sanders ended his career with 15,269 yards rushing. He averaged 5.0 yards per carry. Sanders also would end his Pro football career with 99 total touchdowns. He is third on the “All Time Rushing List”.

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