Barry Sanders

	Sanders in 2010
No. 20
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	July 16, 1968 (aged 58); Wichita, Kansas
Height:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Wichita (KS) North
College:	Oklahoma State
NFL Draft:	1989 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
	Detroit Lions (1989–1998);
Career highlights and awards
	10× Pro Bowl (1989–1998); 6× First-team All-Pro (1989–1991, 1994, 1995, 1997); 4× Second-team All-Pro (1992, 1993, 1996, 1998); NFL Most Valuable Player (1997); 2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1994, 1997); 2× Bert Bell Award (1991, 1997); 4× NFL rushing yards leader (1990, 1994, 1996, 1997); NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1991); NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1989); NFL 1990s All-Decade Team; Detroit Lions No. 20 retired; Heisman Trophy (1988); Maxwell Award (1988); Walter Camp Award (1988); Unanimous All-American (1988);
Career statistics
Rushing yards:
Rushing yards:	15,269
Yards per carry:	5.0
Rushing touchdowns:	99
Receptions:	352
Receiving yards:	2,921
Receiving touchdowns:	10
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Player stats at PFR
	Pro Football Hall of Fame
	College Football Hall of Fame

Barry Sanders (born (1968-07-16)July 16, 1968) is a Hall of Fame and Heisman Trophy winning American football running back. He played college football at Oklahoma State University, then spent all of his professional career with the Detroit Lions in the NFL. Widely recognized as the greatest running back of all time next to Emmitt Smith and if not that then definitely the best elusive back of all time.

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Barry Sanders Yearbook 1986
With the Detroit Lions from 1989 to 1998, Sanders played home games at Pontiac Silverdome.
Sanders' eldest son, Barry, playing for the Stanford Cardinal