>>23139No not today be he still had a good 5+ years to play if he wanted, he retired in 1998 after ten seasons and was only about 1,500 yards behind Walter Payton's all time mark. In comparison Emmitt Smith played 15 years and later broke the record with 18,355. In every year Barry played he recorded over 1,000 yards so if he could have quite possibly ended his career with 20,000+ yards. After he retired he got into a legal battle over the left over money from his contract and had to pay the Lions back, he later said he felt the Lions weren't going to improve(which hold out to be true to this day) and it took the motivation away from him to play any longer.