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I call them slippery running backs. They run hard but they're not going to just run over people and they don't have that definite breakaway speed you see from a lot of players. They're very small. They're tallest runner will be maybe 5'10-5'11 and the heaviest being 190 lbs. They're very good at breaking arm tackles and they just continually find tiny gaps and seams as they run down field. They do lots of cutting back and forth. They're specialty is to get a defender running one way, then cut through that defender's back shoulder forcing him to only be able to try to make an arm tackle or just hold and slow the back up enough for the rest of the team to get there. They will not go down easily. They have great balance. You'll see their jerseys in a defensive players hand and they keep running and stretch the jersey until the defensive player can't hold on anymore.
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The way you describe it these backs sound alot like Belfry's Corey Chapman. Chapman does not have the top speed to be considered a speed back, he is undersized, and his greatest strength is he is a smart runner who hits the holes hard and can make people miss with his balance.

What makes this Pirate backfield so darn good this year is their diversity. Last year you really only hads two true running threats (no offense to G but his yards usually were a product of having two thoroughbreds behind him). This year Belfry has a legit three headed monster as well as a mobile QB who is ahead of Warren at this time of the season. Chapman is your "slippery" running back as you described it who has HB speed but is more smart and elusive than anything. May is playing as a true FB..when he egts the ball it is all North-South and he is looking for contact. May, unlike Childress last year, is a definate open field threat as he has good speed and better agility. Maynard is the playmaker... he is extremely agile, fast (not as fast as Jones, maybe half a step faster than Howard), and a finesse runner with unbelievable footwork and ability to make people miss. Maynard rarely gets a clean hit on him and this makes him deadly because when he gets into the second level of a defense it is his game to lose. Phillips throws a better ball than Warren, doesn't playfake as well as Warren but still does good at it, runs the option ALOT better, and is a runnign threat.

G, was on heck of a fullback to say he wasn't just shows how much football you may know. G would be the 2nd best football player on that team this year..... On a side note he would be startin in that backfield this year. And lets not get into linebackers