Adrian Peterson is the lone active player among 24 running backs selected Monday night as finalists for the NFLs All-Time Team.<\/p>\n
As part of its 100th season celebration, the NFL is using a 26-person voting panel to select the team. Twelve of the 24 running backs will be revealed Friday night as the first portion of the squad.<\/p>\n
There are 23 Pro Football Hall of Famers on the finalists list - Peterson, of course, is not eligible until five years after he retires - and they represent<\/p>\n
14 MVP awards and combined for 2,246 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Career rushing leader Emmitt Smith highlights the list that also includes the likes of Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders,Red Grange and Bronko Nagurski.<\/p>\n
The NFL will have a weekly countdown of the team by position over the next six weeks.<\/p>\n
The running backs list, in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n
Marcus Allen<\/p>\n
Jerome Bettis<\/p>\n
Jim Brown<\/p>\n
Earl Campbell<\/p>\n
Earl \"Dutch\" Clark<\/p>\n
Eric Dickerson<\/p>\n
Tony Dorsett<\/p>\n
Marshall Faulk<\/p>\n
Harold \"Red\" Grange<\/p>\n
Franco Harris<\/p>\n
Hugh McElhenny<\/p>\n
Lenny Moore<\/p>\n
Marion Motley<\/p>\n
Bronko Nagurski<\/p>\n
Walter Payton<\/p>\n
Adrian Peterson<\/p>\n
Barry Sanders<\/p>\n
Gale Sayers<\/p>\n
O.J. Simpson<\/p>\n
Emmitt Smith<\/p>\n
Jim Taylor<\/p>\n
Thurman Thomas<\/p>\n
LaDainian Tomlinson<\/p>\n
Steve Van Buren<\/p>\n
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