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This is a community-based project with the goal of rating the best players in NFL history. In the matchup below, choose the player who you believe was the better player. It is up to you to determine how much weight to give to offense versus defense, peak value versus career value, regular season versus playoffs, etc.

Current Top Ten:
1. Johnny Unitas (1991)
2. Walter Payton (1944)
3. Jim Brown (1943)
4. Joe Greene (1942)
5. Barry Sanders (1933)
6. Terry Bradshaw (1922)
7. Merlin Olsen (1921)
8. Ray Nitschke (1919)
9. Randy White (1918)
10. Fran Tarkenton (1914)

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  Tale of the Tape
  Owens Pruitt
HoF No No
Pos DB RB
Height 5-11 5-10
Weight 190 190
Yrs 1966-1977 1973-1984
Years 11 11
Career AV 73 82
Games 158 158
Games Started 86 54
Pro Bowls 0 5
MVP Awards 0 0
All-Pro Teams 1 3
First Team All-Pro 0 0
College Fullerton J.C.; Cincinnati Oklahoma
Teams Redskins
Browns
Raiders
Seasonal AV
(Best → Worst)
Rk Owens Pruitt
1 10.0 17.0
2 9.0 13.0
3 9.0 11.0
4 8.0 10.0
5 8.0 9.0
6 7.0 6.0
7 6.0 5.0
8 6.0 5.0
9 5.0 3.0
10 3.0 2.0
11 2.0 1.0
12 0.0 0.0
Total 73.0 82.0
Wt Sum** 58.8 69.6
Brig Owens
  Career Stats
Fumble Return TD2
Intercept. Ret. TD3
Touchdowns5
Extra Pt Made2
Points Scored32
Interceptions36
Intercept. Ret. Yds686
Long Intercep. Return68
Fumbles1
Fumbles Recovered10
Fumble Return Yds143
Greg Pruitt
  Career Stats
Rushing TD27
Receiving TD18
Punt Return TD1
Kick Return TD1
Touchdowns47
Points Scored282
Rushing Att1,196
Rushing Yds5,672
Long Rush78
Yds/Rushing Att4.7
Rushing Yds/Game35.9
Fumbles83