At long last Davenports Craig takes his rightful place in the HOF

Well, it took awhile for them to get this right, but today after a 28 year wait Roger Craig get his yellow jacket. Yeah, I know, he was a cornshucker, but he's a Davenport kid who made good on the biggest stage. First, (and one of only three) NFL players to rush and receive for over a 1000yds in the same season. First NFL player to record 3 td's in a super bowl. Kinda cool to see his team mate from middle school, high school, college, and NFL Jamie Williams as his presenter . Saw 2 yrs of his high school career from the opposite sideline, and he was an incredible player. Happy for him to finally get his due....

rchawk said:

If I recall correctly Roger was getting regional offers during his senior year in high school (1978). Then in the state playoffs he just ran wild against good competition. Teams from across the country were calling him.

Big brother Curtis was playing for UN so they got him.

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Central played against one of the Dubuque schools in his last high school game in the state playoffs, and Roger ran for around 350yds and 4 or 5 TD's but they lost the game late.