04-08-2021, 06:19 PM
Lemar Parrisg deserves to get in before anyone but Ken Anderson.
Ken Riley was a very good player, but he never held any NFL career records. Parrish held the career return td record for 20 years until Deion Sanders passed him. He is still 5th in NFL history. He also has the highest single season punt return average since the AFL/NFL merger (18.8 in 1974 which is the 8th best mark in league history).
He went to 6 Pro Bowls (as a CB not return man) for the Bengals and 2 more times for the Redskins. He was First Team All-Pro in 1979 and 2nd team in 1980 (also as CB) for Washington. He was ProFootballReference's First Team All-Decade CB for the 1970's. (Riley was 2nd team)
Parrish has a Hall-of-Fame resume yet you never even hear his name mentioned as one of the great CBs/Return men. That is because he got into some trouble with drugs after leaving the NFL and was blackballed.
Ken Riley was a very good player, but he never held any NFL career records. Parrish held the career return td record for 20 years until Deion Sanders passed him. He is still 5th in NFL history. He also has the highest single season punt return average since the AFL/NFL merger (18.8 in 1974 which is the 8th best mark in league history).
He went to 6 Pro Bowls (as a CB not return man) for the Bengals and 2 more times for the Redskins. He was First Team All-Pro in 1979 and 2nd team in 1980 (also as CB) for Washington. He was ProFootballReference's First Team All-Decade CB for the 1970's. (Riley was 2nd team)
Parrish has a Hall-of-Fame resume yet you never even hear his name mentioned as one of the great CBs/Return men. That is because he got into some trouble with drugs after leaving the NFL and was blackballed.
