Jerome Bettis

Jerome Abram Bettis (The Bus) (twitter: @JeromeBettis36)

Position: RB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 252 lbs.

Born: February 16, 1972 in Detroit, MI
College: Notre Dame   (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 79 (415th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Hall of Fame finalist in 2011, 2012, 2013

• 4/25 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Draft Needs: Past Failures Make Defensive Line a Priority in Pittsburgh: After his first season as Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin declared that the team needed to get “Younger and stronger”...
• 4/24 Steel Curtain Rising: The Colbert Record: Pittsburgh Steelers 2nd Round NFL Draft Picks 2000-2012: The 2013 NFL Draft is only days away which means its time for Steel Curtain Rising's latest edition of the The Colbert Record,...
• 4/23 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of April 23, 2003: A year ago at this time, there were questions about Larry Johnson. Would he be able to handle being Penn State’s featured...
• 4/19 Steel Curtain Rising: Isaac "Redzone" Redman to Return to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2013: The ink had barley dried on Steve McLendon’s new contract when news broke Steelers Nation could officially stop worrying about...
• 4/15 Not in Hall of Fame: 21. Jerome Bettis: We would wager that impartial viewers of the Super Bowl XL match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks found...
• 4/12 FootballPerspective.com: Which Player Has Scored the Most Game-Winning Touchdowns: Five years ago, Doug wrote an interesting post about game-winning touchdowns. Let’s be clear: tracking things like game-winning...

• 3/9 FootballPerspective.com: Is Ray Lewis the Best Player to Retire after winning the Super Bowl?: Today’s title gives a pretty good hint as to what today’s post is about. The table below shows the career Approximate...
• 3/7 Steel Curtain Rising: Is the Clock Ticking on James Harrison's Time as a Pittsburgh Steeler?: The man at the center of Steelers Nation’s pre-free agency focus isn’t even a free agent……But that could change fast.You...
• 3/1 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Restructure Brown, Roethlisberger Contracts, Add : As expected, the Pittsburgh Steelers restructured the contracts of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and wide receiver...

• 2/27 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Must Look Past Doubts on Jonathan Dwyer: Jonathan Dwyer entered the 2010 NFL Draft after a very distinguished career rushing at Georgia Tech. Yet concerns about the style...
• 2/26 Steel Curtain Rising: The Pittsburgh Steelers All Time Free Agent Offense: The Pittsburgh Steelers have never been big players in free agency.  It’s just not their style. Part of “The Steelers...
• 2/24 FootballPerspective.com: Projecting Trent Richardson and Alfred Morris, a year later: In the pre-season, I wrote three pieces on Cleveland Browns rookie Trent Richardson.  As part of a thought experiment, I wondered...
• 2/8 FootballPerspective.com: Manhattan Bar Trivia, Football Edition: In an effort to prove that bloggers actually go to bars and to reassure you that you know more about football than your average...
• 2/3 NFL Jerks: NFL Hall of Fame Calls Seven to CantonIn what probably amounted to be one of the toughest Hall of Fame ballots in the history of the NFL, seven got the call to......
• 2/2 FootballPerspective.com: 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class: The process took over eight hours this year, and according to Rick Gosselin, over one hour was spent on Bill Parcells alone. Another...
• 2/2 Stripe Hype: Bill Parcells Leads Modern-Era finalists for the NFL Hall of Fame:     Today marked the beginning of voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. There are numerous finalists who deserve...

• 1/27 FootballPerspective.com: How Super Bowl XLVII could impact the HOF chances of certain Ravens: Being a Super Bowl champion is a pretty nice bullet to place on your Hall of Fame resume. For players like Jerry Rice or Peyton...
• 1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History: Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below...
• 1/11 Stripe Hype: Warren Sapp, Michael Strahan among Pro Football Hall of Fame Finalists:     The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced its list of 15 finalists. The four first-time eligible nominees include...
• 1/11 NFL Jerks: Fantastic NFL Hall of Fame Class Tough To Decipher: On Thursday, the MLB Hall of Fame locked the doors to Cooperstown for the rest of the year, as no one was admitted into the......
• 1/11 Stripe Hype: Warren Sapp, Michael Strahan among Pro Football Hall of Fame Finalists:     The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced its list of 15 finalists. The four first-time eligible nominees include...
• 1/10 FootballPerspective.com: Ray Rice is the newest star in What are the Odds of That?: Regular readers surely recall my “What are the Odds of That” post from this summer. In that article, I referenced...
• 1/7 FootballPerspective.com: Jamaal Charles’ 2012 was one of the most inconsistent seasons in RB history: A couple of weeks ago, I heard my buddy and co-worker Sigmund Bloom say on the Footballguys Podcast that Jamaal Charles was having...

• 12/29 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losses: Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He’s also averaging...
• 12/13 Steel Curtain Rising: The Pittsburgh Steelers History vs. the Dallas Cowboys: “Best” in the National Football League is defined by Super Bowl Championships. But how do you decide who is “the best of...
• 12/12 Steel Curtain Rising: Mike Tomlin Suspends Mendenhall, Makes Statement: Fans throughout Steelers Nation questioned the team's commitment to winning in the wake of the shocking defeat to the...
• 12/2 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 2, 2002: Playing the second half with a broken nose, Pittsburgh’s Jerome Bettis gained 86 yards on 20 carries to reach 11,459 yards...

• 10/23 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Reverse 4th Quarter Meltdown Trend to Defeat Bengals: It was now or never time for the 2012 Pittsburgh Steelers.The Pittsburgh Steelers arrived Paul Brown Stadium Sunday night as a...
• 10/10 FootballPerspective.com: Career Rushing Yards over 50 yards in each game: Career statistics can be very misleading, since a player can hang around for a bunch of meaningless years but really pad his totals....

• 9/29 FootballPerspective.com: The Hall of Fame announces the 127 nominees for the Class of 2013: The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for the Class of 2013: John Lynch, Michael Strahan, Steve McNair and...
• 9/28 Steel Curtain Rising: Jerome Bettis, Kevin Greene, and Bill Cowher Headline NFL Hall of Fame Ballot: Its only September, but the Pro Football Hall of Fame has already announced its list of eligible candidates for its 2013...
• 9/21 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of September 20, 2002: When Emmitt Smith finally passes Walter Payton on the NFL’s all-time rushing list this season, every back who has ever...
• 9/21 Not in Hall of Fame: 21. Jerome Bettis: We would wager that impartial viewers of the Super Bowl XL match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks found...
• 9/21 Steel Curtain Rising: Raiders Rushing Game is More Anemic Than the Steelers....: The Pittsburgh Steelers running game remains stalled, badly stalled, two games into their 2012 season. Mike Tomlin minced no words...
• 9/21 Steel Curtain Rising: Sorting Through the Steelers Opening Day Loss to the Broncos: Peyton Manning has dominated the NFL passing game for over a decade. During that time no defense has been as consistently dominant...
• 9/21 Steel Curtain Rising: Five Keys to the Steelers Success in 2012: Steelers Nation will soon learn what the 2012 Pittsburgh Steelers are really made of. Since losing Super Bowl XLV the Steelers...

• 8/22 Steel Curtain Rising: The Steelers are Concerned about the Health of Their Running Game: The Steelers are concerned about the state of their rushing attack.Two summers ago the Watch Tower lampooned PG Plus for covering...
• 8/7 FootballPerspective.com: How often does the best rookie running back end up having the best career?: Yesterday, I looked at how frequently the highest drafted rookie running back ended leading his draft class in rushing yards....
• 8/6 Steel Curtain Rising: Dermontti Dawson, Jack Butler Round Out Chuck Noll's Hall of Fame Resume: In 1987, Joe Greene and John Henry Johnson entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame together. Happy happenstance allowed the first...
• 8/3 Steel Curtain Rising: Is Signing Antonio Brown a Good Football Move?: As mentioned previously here on Steel Curtain Rising, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a decisive statement when they cut off negotiations...

• 7/3 FootballPerspective.com: Is Matt Forte an elite running back?: Let’s flash back to December 1, 2011. At the time, Chicago Bears star Matt Forte was having the best season of his career...
• 7/2 FootballPerspective.com: A closer look at running back aging patterns: Frank Gore is 29 years old and has been the featured back of the 49eres since 2006. Steven Jackson turns the same age in three...

• 6/7 Steel Curtain Rising: Understanding the Rise, Fall, Resurrection and Ultimate Undoing of Kordell Stewart: Kordell Stewart has officially retired as a Pittsburgh Steeler. That’s a strange thing to say for someone who threw his last...

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