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In the early years of the NFL, two-way players were more common as part of the one-platoon system, but in modern times, they are a rarity. [ 36 ] Deion Sanders was a starter on defense who occasionally played offense, except for the 1996 season in which he played a considerable amount of offense as a wide receiver.
In 2010, Bednarik was ranked 35th on the NFL Network's "The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players". Ranked one spot ahead of Bednarik at #34 was Deion Sanders, a player for whom Bednarik had held open contempt in regards to being a two-way player. [16] General manager Ernie Accorsi called Bednarik "'the John Wayne of football.'" [16]
The term two-way player has become everyday parlance in ... to be a high pick in next year’s NFL Draft and debates have already started about his ability to compete as a two-way player in the NFL.
Patrick Ricard (born May 27, 1994) is an American professional football fullback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Maine . Ricard was originally signed by the Ravens as an undrafted defensive end following the 2017 NFL Draft but began playing fullback that off-season and would play ...
The Chargers' Scott Matlock is the NFL's only two-way player, appearing in 36% of the snaps on offense, 19.7% on defense and 57.8% more on special teams.
Roman converted another former defensive lineman into an offensive player with the Baltimore Ravens in Patrick Ricard, the four-time Pro Bowl fullback who dabbled as a two-way threat early in his ...
Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Chuck Bednarik's 1952 playing card. Chuck Bednarik was one of the last National Football League two-way players.As the league developed, it became too physically demanding for most players to play both offense and defense and the two-way system was incrementally phased out with Bednarik being the last NFL player still playing two-ways.
Two-way starter Travis Hunter is already living up to all of his self-proclaimed hype, just like the primetime coach that he followed to Colorado. “Travis is him, like the young folks say ...