Deshaun Foster, HOF talent before injures.

[Fiz]

remember that he was averaging over 5 yards a carry his senior year before the NCAA realized he was being paid in like Cadillac Escalades.

[Fiz]

basically you can't criticize the Panthers for taking him over Clinton Portis just because one could stay healthy and one couldn't.

[Fiz]

As far as being a HOF talent, historically with RBs, with some notable exceptions, that's just been a factor of staying healthy and being with good teams.

Considering the offense Fox wanted to run, if he could have stayed healthy he'd likely have some pretty gaudy stats at this point.

People love talking about the Eagles run, but his performance in the 2005 NFC Divisional Game alone should endear him to Panthers fans, though most don't really appreciate it. To this day, that was one of the best games I've ever watched. Those two teams were killing each other. His stats might not blow anyone's mind, but he played his ass off.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

i still believe that his TD against philly in the NFCCG was among the greatest runs ever. at least as far as 1 yard runs go <_<

It was definitely one of the top plays in Panther's history

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

His whole performance in the Super Bowl run was amazing..he was pretty awesome then The ACL ankle robbed him of his explosiveness.

[Steve Smith]

remember he stiff armed this green bay player and carred him for like 30 yards? monday night game

[Riverboat Ron]

Foster certainly had talent, but the measure of a RB's success is longevity. It's one thing to make great plays for 3-4 years, but everyone remembers guys like Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders and Walter Payton because they performed at a high level for 8+ years. Unfortunately injuries are just as important as talent in the NFL.

[gamecocks722]

I will say his TD against the Pats in the Super Bowl was epic. Loved the sideways dive into the endzone.

(Excuse me while I go cry thinking about Kasey shanking the kick-off...damn you Vinitari, damn you!!)

[DaveThePanther2008]

I remember watching him baby stepping looking for a hole. Never seems to slam into the hole just a bunch of studdersteppin.

[weymouthst]

The run against the eagles is still my favorite Panther play in history. One hell of an effort.

[TheMaulClaw]

Epic.