Just be glad you were able to witness his career... I'm not even a Raider fan and he was one of my favorite Rb's of all time..

@@rhey81 - Totally agree! As a Raider fan who grew up in the 90s, we were beyond blessed to have witnessed his greatness. He was a special player.

i had his jersey in high school...................

I remember that game like it was yesterday

They were undefeated and I think we were winless when we wooped em

No he never weighed that much. He was listed at 170 in HS & you could clearly see he was about 160 & in college he was still listed at 170 through his whole College career. When we was in the pros he was listed at 185 & he looked like he was about that. More like 180 but it doesn't matter he was simply that good. One of my favorite RBs of all time. He was as good as any of the greats of all time. He just didn't play long enough to be considered one of them for this reason. But if you look at his YPC 4.90 & this highlight, you see why he was as good as the many greats. Also look at his longest runs for the year stats, most of then are 70+ yards every single year. It also helps that he ran a 10.39 100 meters. That's extremely fast for football & his acceleration and quickness was off the chart with outstanding cut on a dime ability. He also jumped 24 feet in the long jump in HS. That's incredible ability. 24 feet in the long jump in HS is not normal & this tells you the kind of athlete he truly was. It's borderline world class jumping in track & field.

I was a HUGE fan of this guy. He had everything you could want in a RB. I was at the Falcons game, when he broke off those two, long TDs. Also, that was Jeff George's first game at the Georgia Dome, since he went to the Raiders. They booed him, before each snap. After they won, he did a victory walk around the stands.

I watched him at LOMPOC HS CA

Can't relate him to Bo. Bo retired due to injury, he retired by choice.. But yea TY for this comment.. His highlight reel is insane and unheard of for a guy who wasn't even the main ball carrier for those Raider teams..

@@rhey81 Agree, I remember when he was drafted someone on ESPN made comment about him benching 400lb which sounded ridiculous for his frame. Then a football card with him shirtless came out, that was even more ridiculous! I collect some of his rarest cards, and believe it or not, the prices are steep considering his career was so short, by choice of course..

I agree............

THE REAL JUNE DAWG thank you *Nephew*

.... I could put Marcus at 1# and Bo at #2 .... because marcus has a bigger body of work and he is a superbowl champ plus mvp but I was just so mesmerized by Bo in that short period of time .... Kaufman was special thoe I wunder who was faster him or Bo ???

THE REAL JUNE DAWG Bo fo' Sho'!

THE REAL JUNE DAWG there are rumors that Bo ran a 4.1 40 yard dash. I don't know how true that is, but you can see in his highlights that he is blazing faster than Napoleon. Napoleon was fast, but you can see he got caught from behind a lot. Bo hardly ever got caught from behind. of course, Bo did run over people too.

That's what I said. Way more explosive.

Kaufman and Sanders would both lead the League in 60+ yard runs every Season basically by a large margin over whoever was #3 in that stat. The comparison goes beyond running style (in some ways Kaufman was better because more decisive runner so less Tackles for a loss in the Backfield compared to Barry Sanders).

Clay Barnes he was underrated and retired early for religious reasons. He's a pastor now.

Clay Barnes When did you start watching Football?

He was the answer to the question " Am I gonna see a guy break a 60-70 yard TD run this season?" Give him half a season and he'll give you 2-3 of them..

He started 46 games out of 91 games played. He played only 6 seasons. He amassed 8000 All purpose yards and he wasnt the featured back.

Chris Williams you must be young, because as awesome as Napoleon Kaufman was, Bo Jackson and Marcus Allen were that much better to watch.

Chris Williams also, I'm from Louisiana, so I remember watching Harvey Williams at LSU and get his first 1,000 yards with the Raiders.

wortha2ndlookart yeah unfortunately my first authentic memories of Marcus Allen are of him in those ugly Chiefs uinforms...I was 6 when Bo went down and 8 when Allen joined the Chiefs.

Chris Williams all good though. That's why highlights are available.

The Raiders didn't use him as an every down back. If they would have he'd probably be in the hall of fame right now. And he retired very early in his career. It was shocking to hear the news.

@@GeorgeNadaYT Yes it was at the time-47 year Raider fan I am

He wearing his number

Perfect comparison

Yeah saquon is a bigger version facts

Flint Given he built exactly like him😂😂

Please he was 10x better than CJ Spiller and he wasn't even Oaklands main RB either..

@@rhey81 can u read,I didnt say anything about career. Talking about the player skillset and was comparing him.

I see Chris Johnson and Jamaal Charles!

in due time..........I got to make sure I do It right.......

He was my pastor for years I was super close with him and Cool with McFadden

MJ1341 Sounds like a Barry Sanders thing. Usually the Homerun King is typically the Strikeout King!

But man did he break out those big runs more often than most folks...

Is that a fact? he averaged 4.9 YPC.

Nonsense, he hit the holes. His numbers are path dependent on two things. When the raiders were not playing from behind he got the carries. New coach came in and with a new philosophy spit the carries with another running back. Like Dorsett and walker. Limited opportunity

one day.....and i'm going to make this video over

Jsn Highlights cool. May I suggest a title? “Robert Smith-the smooth operator.” Or “smooth glider.”