Running Back MARSHALL FAULK leads the CLASS of 2011 into CANTON..... Thanks to the AZTECS of San Diego STATE University who saw RB not DB

The CLASS of 2011 for the NFL Hall Of FAME was announced early Saturday Evening and 1st Ballot Inductees were Marshall FAULK and Deion SANDERS. The rest of the Class was no slouch starting with Tight End Shannon SHARPE, Defensive End Richard DENT, NFL FILMS Founder and PRESIDENT Ed SABOL, and Linebackers Les RICHTER and Chris HANBURGER.

Leading off with a kid from New Orleans that was being heavily recruited by All Major Division 1's as a Defensive Back and only one school promised him he would be a TAILBACK, Mid-Major San Diego STATE University AZTECS.

From the time he stepped onto the stage at SDSU he was light out and on his way to become an All-American and a 1st round selection in the NFL by the Indianapolis COLTS.

He was a COLT for Peyton MANNING'S rookie year in 1998 but then traded away to the St. LOUIS Rams so the COLTS could make way for one EGDERRIN JAMES. An excellent Running Back at INDY and was vital to them becoming respectable before MARSHALL LEFT for the LOU.

In ST. LOUIS little did we know that he would become the focal point of an outfit called "The GREATEST Show on TURF". Lead Actors Marshall, Kurt WARNER, Isaac BRUCE, Az-Zahir Hakim, and Tory Big GAME HOLT with Executive Producer Mike MARTZ now the Chicago BEARS Offensive Coordinator.

The GREATEAST SHOW on TURF brought the RAMS and MARSHALL a SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP Win over the Tennessee TITANS and almost a BACK to BACK CHAMPIONSHIP if it wasn't for an UPSET in the next SUPER BOWL by some Guys named Tom BRADY, Bill BELICHEK, and the NEW ENGLAND Patriots.

Marshall was the First to become the Prototype Complete Back that was a factor in both running and the passing games. #28 still holds the NFL Record For Yardage from Scrimmage with over 2,500 yards in 1 season. Just a simply one of the best runners you ever saw with the VISION and the best Reciever on that team with his route running and hands....no other back has yet to match MARSHALL'S Impact except maybe Ex-EAGLE and now 49ER Brian WESTBROOK, who in his Prime was a little like MARSHALL in a sense he was the EAGLES Best Running Back and Wide Reciever.

Well-Deserved for the kid from the N O that at least in most recruiters eyes was a Defensive Back..........thanks to the AZTECS of San Diego STATE University..........they saw something in MARSHALL others had no feel for.