Fingers Of Glue

Not only was Barry Sanders the NFL’s most productive running back last season, he was the most dependable. Sanders won his second rushing title for the Detroit Lions with a club-record 1,883 yards and didn’t fumble, much less lose a fumble, in his 375 chances.

Here’s a dependability chart of all NFL players that touched the ball at least 300 times (on runs, receptions and kick returns) last season:

Player Car. F Ratio Barry Sanders 375 0 0/0 Rodney Hampton 341 0 0/0 Emmitt Smith 418 1 1/418 Thurman Thomas 337 1 1/337 Lewis Tillman 302 1 1/302 Errict Rhett 306 2 1/153 Harvey Williams 337 4 1/84.2 Natrone Means 383 5 1/76.6 Chris Warren 374 5 1/74.8 Marshall Faulk 366 5 1/73.2 Jerome Bettis 350 5 1/70 Ricky Watters 305 8 1/38.1