Smith was great. He was not fast, but he rarely lost yards.
Payton shared a backfield with Matt Suhey. In today's one-back world, one wonders why Suhey was given 10 carries a game.
Smith's record is unlikely to be broken for a long time in today's game of one star RB (no FB carries), defenses loaded up to stop the run, an avg RB lasts 3 years, a star can retire rich after maybe 8 years, the newest college guy comes out after 1 yr in college, RBs have to catch passes, etc.
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