Filthy Cardinal tonight. You like? @BarryJSanders26 makes 'em miss. #GoStanford #BeatUCF pic.twitter.com/LJTna4sRLq
— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) September 13, 2015
There might not be a better way to waste time on the internet than falling down a rabbit hole of Barry Sanders highlights, but the only problem with them is that he’s not around to make more of them. People are often fond of saying things like, “There will never be another Barry Sanders,” but Sanders himself is the one who proved them wrong by naming his own son Barry. Would it shock you that Barry J. Sanders is a running back who can juke defenders out of their shoes? Of course it wouldn’t.
The nasty juke above was from Stanford’s win over UCF on Saturday, and though Sanders is a senior, he’s still not their first team running back. (That would be sophomore Christian McCaffrey, of the 3.9 yards per carry.) That’s a crying shame, because look what he can do what he can get on the field:
Listen, we know high-school highlights are always deceiving since they’re against, you know, high schoolers, but damned if the son of Sanders doesn’t move just like his father. He’s got that same instinct to stop for a split second to let defenders run by him before accelerating at top speed through the space they just vacated. He also has the same knack for choosing gaps that don’t look like real gaps until he’s through them.
Sanders has one season left to show that he has more of these moves in him, or enough for an NFL team to give him a shot. There isn’t a single NFL fan base that wouldn’t want their team to take a flyer on a Barry Sanders, even if there’s an extra J in the middle of his name.
(H/T SB Nation)
