Emmitt Smith Comments on Ezekiel Elliott’s Skills, Future in the NFL

December 8, 2016   ·   Joe Pantorno   ·   Jump to comments

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has received a lot of praise throughout his impressive rookie season. But he might not win the affection of a more qualified viewer than former Cowboys running back and NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith.
"I see a guy who has vision, explosion, speed and quickness," Smith told Jean-Jacques Taylor of ESPN.com. "I just see a guy that's poised to do great things in this league and has an offensive line that will give him an opportunity to do it. I'm loving what I'm seeing. I am inspired."
In his first 12 games, Elliott is leading the league with 1,285 yards on 263 carries and 107.1 yards per contest. He has already smashed the Cowboys' franchise mark for rookie rushing yards—Tony Dorsett's 1,007 in 1977—and he has an opportunity to break Eric Dickerson's all-time rookie mark of 1,808 yards set in 1983, per Taylor. 
Elliott broke Smith's rookie mark of 937 yards in 10 games, though he still has a li...

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