Was surprised to see that just passed Mercury Morris was leading the Dolphin dynasty in touchdowns over Csonka the legendary battering ram. Seems weird. Morris was a great runner in the Walter Payton mold, smallish, heavily muscled, with an unbridled running style. Beautiful to watch.
He had superior ypc stats, one year rivaling the modern record for most ypc by a RB (non-QB) thousand yard rusher, at 6.4 per, but he didn't quite reach 1000 that year. Too bad he was never heavily featured during his prime. He was a combination poor man's Walter Payton/Gayle Sayers blend, and that's saying something. He's fourth all-time on the list of ypc career, so that's not a poor man, and was consistently higher than lauded teammate Csonka behind the same line.
Interesting after story in the big bust. He seemed like a great, energetic, dynamo type guy, cheerful and always smiling. One of the good guys it seemed. I don't know much about the legal trouble, remember it only vaguely. Then he became a motivational speaker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1BOMtEcZO0
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