NFL Network’s ‘A Football Life’ Profiles Hall of Fame Running Back Eric Dickerson‘

During his 11-year Hall of Fame career, Eric Dickerson was one of the most dominant running backs to ever play the position. As the single-season rushing leader and the seventh-leading rusher of all time, Dickerson’s place in NFL history is unquestioned. Yet, it was the question of what he was worth while he was playing that followed him throughout his career and threatened to overshadow it.

NFL Network’s series A Football Life continues Friday, October 10 at 9:00 PM ETwith a profile of the Hall of Fame running back. Eric Dickerson: A Football Life features interviews with Dickerson, his wife Penny Dickerson, former teammates including Craig James, Brian Baldinger, Jackie Slater and Charles Drayton, former SMU and Colts head coach Ron Meyer, former USC and Rams head coach John Robinson and more.

Following the premiere of Eric Dickerson: A Football Life on NFL Network, the episode – along with the entire A Football Life series – will be available on NFL Now, the League’s next-generation video service. Providing fans access to the largest digital library of NFL video anywhere, NFL Now dynamically personalizes each fan’s viewing experience, allowing them to follow their favorite NFL teams and players. Visit NFL.com/now for more information.

Every episode of A Football Life – as well as all NFL Network programming – is streamed live on NFL Mobile from Verizon, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Among the topics discussed in Eric Dickerson: A Football Life are:

• Being recruited by several schools as the No. 1 high school running back
• The story regarding the Trans Am
• Career at SMU and forming “The Pony Express” with fellow running back Craig James
• His record-setting rookie season with the Los Angeles Rams
• Breaking the all-time single-season rushing record in 1984
• His contract dispute with the Los Angeles Rams and trade to the Indianapolis Colts

Emmy-nominated actor Josh Charles narrates.

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