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The Great White Hope: The Curious Case Of Peyton Hillis
The Great White Hope: The Curious Case Of Peyton Hillis
A friend of mine recently asked me a strange question. He laughed as I stammered around, looking for a solid answer. "Can you name the last great white running back in the NFL?" he asked. The question asker, Kris Wilson (who is not Caucasian, by the way) had obviously put some thought into the topic. He offered up Mike Alstott, but in an unsure fashion. Alstott, a fullback during Tampa Bay's heyday, didn't feel like a definitive answer. Sure, he was a spectacular runner in his day and came ...
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REAR ENTRIES: A Four-Fer
Bucstats.com — ... WHITE RUNNING BACKS: Bleacher Report is running a story on who the last great white running back was as a lead-in to talk about Peyton Hillis. One of their suggestions was Mike Alstott, kind of. ...

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