Peyton Hillis And The 15 Greatest White Running Backs of the Super Bowl Era

November 30, 2010   ·   Adam Lazarus   ·   Jump to comments

Peyton Hillis has been one of the biggest stars of the 2010 NFL season.
His hard running, his come-from-nowhere appeal, and his tremendous production have helped contribute to his notoriety.
But so has one other factor: his skin color.
For whatever reason, white running backs have been few and far between in recent years. And for whatever reason, there have been three relatively big-name white running backs in the NFL this season: Hillis, Minnesota Viking Toby Gerhardt, and New England Patriot Danny Woodhead.
Yahoo!Sports addressed the issue of Gerhardt and the absence of white running back's before April's draft. 
"One longtime NFL scout insisted that Gerhart’s skin color will likely prevent the Pac-10’s offensive player of the year from being drafted in Thursday’s first round.
'He’ll be a great second-round pickup for somebody, but I guarantee you if he was the exact same guy – but he was black – he’d go ...

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