Eric Dickerson is an NFL legend. One of the greatest running backs of all time, his 2,105 rushing yards in 1984 remains the single-season record nearly 40 years later.

Eric Dickerson of the Los Angeles Rams waits on the sidelines against the Houston Oilers on Dec. 17, 1984, at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California. (David Madison/Getty Images) ...

Eric Dickerson didn’t look all that special, not to the man in the hat. The Los Angeles Rams rookie, who’s approaching the 30th anniversary of breaking the NFL’s single-season rushing record ...

NFL great Eric Dickerson has a gold Hall of Fame jacket, a bust in Canton and the record for most rushing yards in a season, but there's one thing he doesn't have from the league: health insurance ...

Eric Dickerson won't sugarcoat it. He likes Adrian Peterson and respects him as a player. But Dickerson doesn't want the Minnesota Vikings star sniffing his NFL single-season rushing record.

Former NFL player Eric Dickerson arrives at the 2nd Annual NFL Honors in New Orleans Feb. 2, 2013. The San Francisco 49ers will meet the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game ...

"NFL 100 Greatest" counts down the top 100 game changers in NFL history, and former Los Angeles Rams,. Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Raiders running back Eric Dickerson is No ...

Barkley needs just 268 yards over the next two games to break a record held by Dickerson since 1984. Barkley is approaching 2,000… BetFTW NFL NBA NHL MLB WNBA Newsletter ...

Not every record is meant to be broken. Just ask Eric Dickerson, who has flashed back to 1984 in tapping competitive juices as Saquon Barkley closes in on his NFL single-season rushing mark of ...

In a brilliant 11-year NFL career, Eric Dickerson routinely sped past defenders. He couldn’t outrun everything. The Hall of Fame running back with the Los Angeles Rams and Indianapolis Colts, ...

For the past 33 years, Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson has held one of the most hallowed rushing records in NFL history. Back in 1983, Dickerson rushed for 1,808 yards during his first ...

Dickerson hit the 2,000-yard mark and surpassed Simpson in his 15th game, just the seventh season after the NFL expanded the schedule from 14 to 16 games in 1978.