The NFLFreaks 2007 Running Back Combined Cheat Sheet

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Players whose ranking is displayed as "( - )" did not appear in that Freak's top 60 running backs, and received a score of 61 to be factored into their total score.

Last Updated: September 1, 2007

Rank Player Name Team StingRay Hindsight Smokin' Joe Crunch Time The Sandman Total Score
1 LaDainian Tomlinson SD 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Steven Jackson STL 2 2 2 2 2 10
3 Frank Gore SF 5 4 3 3 3 18
4 Larry Johnson KC 4 3 4 5 4 20
5 Shaun Alexander SEA 3 5 5 4 5 22
6 Joseph Addai IND 6 6 7 6 6 31
7 Willie Parker PIT 8 7 6 8 8 37
8 Brian Westbrook PHI 7 8 9 10 11 45
9 Laurence Maroney NE 10 9 8 7 13 47
10 Travis Henry DEN 9 11 10 12 7 49
11 Rudi Johnson CIN 11 10 12 9 10 52
12 Reggie Bush NO 12 12 11 14 16 65
13 Clinton Portis WAS 18 15 13 11 17 74
14 Ronnie Brown MIA 16 14 18 17 9 74
15 Maurice Jones-Drew JAC 13 13 16 21 12 75
16 Thomas Jones NYJ 15 20 14 15 19 83
17 Willis McGahee BAL 17 16 17 20 15 85
18 Cedric Benson CHI 24 19 19 13 14 89
19 Edgerrin James ARI 21 21 15 18 18 93
20 Deuce McAllister NO 22 17 25 25 20 109
21 Marion Barber DAL 14 18 24 28 26 110
Rank Player Name Team StingRay Hindsight Smokin' Joe Crunch Time The Sandman Total Score
22 Carnell Williams TB 26 27 27 19 21 120
23 Tatum Bell DET 19 28 35 16 24 122
24 Brandon Jacobs NYG 27 22 33 22 22 126
25 Ahman Green HOU 32 23 22 27 31 135
26 Marshawn Lynch BUF 35 24 21 30 25 135
27 Jerious Norwood ATL 20 40 20 26 30 136
28 DeAngelo Williams CAR 28 36 34 24 23 145
29 Adrian Peterson MIN 33 30 36 23 27 149
30 Jamal Lewis CLE 34 25 31 31 28 149
31 Julius Jones DAL 23 29 32 33 33 150
32 Chester Taylor MIN 30 32 23 32 37 154
33 LaMont Jordan OAK 38 39 29 29 32 167
34 Ladell Betts WAS 29 31 38 37 35 170
35 Fred Taylor JAC 25 37 28 45 36 171
36 Kevin Jones DET 39 38 26 38 34 175
37 Warrick Dunn ATL 40 26 37 34 38 175
38 Lendale White TEN 36 44 41 36 29 186
39 Brandon Jackson GB 31 34 39 50 39 193
40 Vernand Morency GB 41 42 40 41 40 204
41 Mike Bell DEN 42 46 43 35 41 207
42 Michael Turner SD 37 45 46 46 44 218
43 Reuben Droughns NYG 44 43 50 42 43 222
44 Leon Washington NYJ 46 47 49 39 45 226
45 Chris Henry TEN 45 56 30 51 46 228
46 Chris Brown TEN 43 48 42 56 42 231
47 Dominic Rhodes OAK 49 41 47 47 48 232
48 Anthony Thomas BUF 52 49 45 43 51 240
49 Correll Buckhalter PHI 54 59 44 52 54 263
50 Lorenzo Booker MIA 50 (-) (-) 44 49 265
51 Michael Bennett KC 56 51 (-) 49 56 273
52 Michael Pittman TB 58 50 55 53 57 273
53 Ron Dayne HOU 55 53 56 55 55 274
54 Sammy Morris NE (-) 35 (-) (-) 60 278
55 Garrett Wolfe CHI 51 (-) (-) 58 50 281
56 Priest Holmes KC 47 52 (-) (-) (-) 282
57 T.J. Duckett DET 53 (-) (-) (-) 52 288
58 Kevan Barlow PIT (-) 57 (-) 54 (-) 294
59 Brian Leonard STL 59 (-) 57 60 58 295
60 Marcel Shipp ARI (-) (-) 52 (-) (-) 296
Rank Player Name Team StingRay Hindsight Smokin' Joe Crunch Time The Sandman Total Score
61 Maurice Morris SEA (-) 54 (-) 59 (-) 296
62 Kenny Irons CIN 57 (-) (-) 57 (-) 297
63 Mewelde Moore MIN (-) (-) 54 (-) (-) 298
64 Wali Lundy HOU (-) 55 (-) (-) (-) 299
65 Michael Bush OAK (-) (-) 58 (-) (-) 302
66 Tony Hunt PHI 60 (-) (-) (-) 59 302
67 Antonio Pittman NO (-) (-) 59 (-) (-) 303
68 Kevin Faulk NE (-) 60 60 (-) (-) 303

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

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