Voting panel names finalists for NFL 100 All-Time team

Throughout the NFL's storied past, there have been a multitude of great ball carriers that have run between the tackles. And with every new season comes the question - who is the best. This year, during the leagues celebration of one hundred years of competition on the record books, the NFL is making a list of the top players at the position. The process to select and celebrate the historic team began in early 2018 with the selection of a 26-person blue-ribbon voting panel. The selection criteria for the NFL 100 All-Time Team followed the by-laws outlined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection process.

This season is no different. On Tuesday, the list was narrowed down to twenty-four all-time finalist.

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Player Years Played Team(s)

Marcus Allen 1982-1997 Los Angeles Raiders; Kansas City Chiefs

Jerome Bettis 1993-2005 Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams; Steelers

Jim Brown 1957-1965 Cleveland Browns

Earl Campbell 1978-1985 Houston Oilers; New Orleans Saints

Earl "Dutch" Clark 1931-1932; 1934-1938 Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions

Eric Dickerson 1983-1993 Los Angeles Rams; Indianapolis Colts; Los

Angeles Raiders; Atlanta Falcons

Tony Dorsett 1977-1988 Dallas Cowboys; Denver Broncos

Marshall Faulk 1994-2005 Indianapolis Colts; St. Louis Rams

Harold "Red" Grange 1925, 1927; 1929-1934 Chicago Bears; New York Yankees

Franco Harris 1972-1984 Pittsburgh Steelers; Seattle Seahawks

Hugh McElhenny 1952-1964 San Francisco 49ers; Minnesota Vikings;

New York Giants; Detroit Lions

Lenny Moore 1956-1967 Baltimore Colts

Marion Motley 1946-1953; 1955 Cleveland Browns; Pittsburgh Steelers

Bronko Nagurski 1930-1937; 1943 Chicago Bears

Walter Payton 1975-1987 Chicago Bears

Adrian Peterson 2007-Current Minnesota Vikings; New Orleans Saints;

Arizona Cardinals; Washington Redskins

Barry Sanders 1989-1998 Detroit Lions

Gale Sayers 1965-1971 Chicago Bears

O.J. Simpson 1969-1979 Buffalo Bills; San Francisco 49ers

Emmitt Smith 1990-2004 Dallas Cowboys; Arizona Cardinals

Jim Taylor 1958-1967 Green Bay Packers; New Orleans Saints

Thurman Thomas 1988-2000 Buffalo Bills; Miami Dolphins

LaDainian Tomlinson 2001-2011 San Diego Chargers; New York Jets

Steve Van Buren 1944-1951 Philadelphia Eagles