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William Green career statistics

Count me among those who think William Green will be a very good back very soon -- as in this year. He's going to make people feel pretty silly for worrying about his 40 times and his alleged attitude problems.

Here's a list of the top 50 seasons by rookie running backs since 1970. If you made me guess, I'd say that William Green 2002 will appear somewhere in the twenties when I run this list next year.

     Name                 Year  VBD
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 1.  Marcus Allen         1982  203
 2.  Eric Dickerson       1983  191
 3.  Edgerrin James       1999  186
 4.  Billy Sims           1980  161
 5.  Barry Sanders        1989  139
 6.  Fred Taylor          1998  139
 7.  Marshall Faulk       1994  125
 8.  Curtis Martin        1995  125
 9.  Don Woods            1974  122
10.  George Rogers        1981  112
11.  Curt Warner          1983  111
12.  Ottis Anderson       1979  105
13.  Joe Cribbs           1980  105
14.  Herschel Walker      1986  104
15.  Tony Dorsett         1977  101
16.  Ricky Watters        1992   98
17.  Mike Anderson        2000   98
18.  Jerome Bettis        1993   97
19.  Robert Edwards       1998   89
20.  Earl Campbell        1978   86
21.  LaDainian Tomlinson  2001   85
22.  Eddie George         1996   78
23.  Ickey Woods          1988   77
24.  Mike Thomas          1975   76
25.  Franco Harris        1972   71
26.  Corey Dillon         1997   67
27.  Karim Abdul-Jabbar   1996   66
28.  Bobby Humphrey       1989   65
29.  Boobie Clark         1973   65
30.  Greg Bell            1984   60
31.  Emmitt Smith         1990   58
32.  Terrell Davis        1995   56
33.  Earl Cooper          1980   55
34.  Rueben Mayes         1986   55
35.  Warrick Dunn         1997   54
36.  Dominic Rhodes       2001   52
37.  Curtis Dickey        1980   51
38.  Terry Kirby          1993   50
39.  Kevin Mack           1985   50
40.  Ronald Moore         1993   45
41.  Troy Stradford       1987   45
42.  Olandis Gary         1999   44
43.  Anthony Thomas       2001   43
44.  Jamal Lewis          2000   43
45.  Vic Washington       1971   39
46.  Roger Craig          1983   37
47.  Clark Gaines         1976   36
48.  John Brockington     1971   34
49.  Rashaan Salaam       1995   33
50.  Chuck Foreman        1973   32