Jerome Bettis has one of the most intriguing stories of any NFL player out there. As a youth, his initial passion was bowling, he struggled immensely with asthma, he and his brother sold drugs to make ends meet growing up in Detroit, and he didn't play football until high school. Despite this long list of adversities, it didn't stop Bettis from becoming one of the greatest running backs of all time.
After flourishing during his three-season stint at the University of Notre Dame, Bettis was selected 10th overall in the 193 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams where instantly became one of the NFL's top running backs. Throughout his thirteen-season NFL career, Jerome 'The Bus' Bettis ran for a total of 13,662 yards making him the seventh in all-time rushing yards. The 6x Pro Bowler and Hall of Famer ended his football career on a high note after leading his Pittsburgh Steelers team to a Super Bowl victory in 2005. We have yet to see another big boy runningback as agile and dominant as Jerome Bettis was to this day.