Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris has yet to miss a meaningful game due to injury through his first two seasons in the league, and because of that, Maurice Jones-Drew listed Harris’ durability as a trait that “The Perfect NFL Running Back” would have. In a yearly exercise for NFL.com, Jones-Drew takes traits from different players and constructs the perfect NFL running back, which is essentially the running back made up of the best traits from backs around the league. Harris’ ability to stay on the field earned him praise from Jones-Drew.
“I bent the rules in this category last season when I selected Frank Gore, who didn’t play a single snap in 2021, for this spot.