Top 10 Fullbacks

Paul Zimmerman

October 30, 2000

In the old days fullbacks were 60-minute men, blockers and short-yardage bangers on offense, linebackers on defense. In today's game fullbacks are on the field only in some formations, on the bench when the offense goes with multiple wideouts or two tight ends. They block and catch passes and, except for a couple of them, carry the ball about once a month. Between the old-timers and today's part-timers you had blocking and ball-carrying fullbacks who shared the load with halfbacks, the Jim Taylor-Paul Hornung combo on the Lombardi Packers being the best example.