Ricky Williams tops 10,000 NFL Rushing Yards

http://www.bevoball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/rthumb.jpgFormer Texas Running Back Ricky Williams is still doing what he loves most – playing the game of football.  And at 34 years old, he is still pretty good at it.  He doesn’t have the speed he did while running the turf in a Longhorn uniform, but he can still hold his own.  Williams, the backup to Ray Rice in Baltimore, has had an NFL career filled with its share of ups and downs, but he has quietly run his way into the record books again.  In college he broke the all-time NCAA rushing record held by Tony Dorsett and went on to win the Heisman Trophy (Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne broke Williams’ record a year later).  On January 1st the Ravens played their last regular season game against the Cincinnati Bengals and Ricky Williams carried the ball six times for 28 yards.  Only 28 yards you might ask?  Doesn’t sound so stellar but it signifies so much more for the veteran back and what he has accomplished in his rather quiet career in the NFL.   With those 6 carries Ricky Williams accomplished an amazing feat, joining only 25 other running backs who have rushed for 10,000 yards.

At age 34 Ricky Williams still has the speed and the gas left to play a few more years in the league.  Will he play another year or two? Only Ricky knows.  Until then, run Ricky, run and Hook’em.