Joel Wagler
Publication: KC Kingdom
Date: February 2, 2017
Kansas City Chiefs fans may have been slightly puzzled when the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2017 was announced.
Among the players who will enter the Hall of Fame later this year is Terrell Davis. The same Terrell Davis who is the 55th all-time rusher. The same Terrell Davis who is 212th in all-purpose yards. The same Terrell Davis who is ranked 143rd all-time in yards from scrimmage. The same Terrell Davis who is ranked 48th all-time in rushing touchdowns.
If Terrell Davis is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, then former Kansas City Chiefs star running back Priest Holmes should also be in. You see, Priest Holmes ranks well ahead of Davis in all of those categories and more.
People can argue that Davis’ career was derailed by injuries, and that is a fair point. To an extent, so was Holmes’. Plus, Holmes served as a backup for four years in Baltimore, where he obviously was good enough to be a starter.
Davis had three amazing years, from 1996 through 1998, where he amassed 5,296 yards rushing. He also gained 814 yards receiving in those seasons.
Those seasons all came after he ran for 1,117 yards and had 367 yards receiving his rookie year. In those first four seasons, Davis scampered for 56 rushing touchdowns and five receiving touchdowns.
Injuries took over from there as Davis would only play in 17 more games over the next three seasons1,194 yards rushing.
Priest Holmes had three incredible seasons of his own. From 2001 through 2003, Holmes racked up 4,590 rushing yards, about 700 less than Holmes in his three-year run.
