If you want to get a vision of what Delaney, the player, was like, I think there are two guys that entered the league last season that have a lot of similarities–Chris Johnson, and to a lesser extent, though still similar sizewise, Steve Slaton.

Delaney was considered undersized for a running back, at 5′10″ and between 180 and 190 pounds, but he was blazing fast. He had initially gone to Northwestern State as a wide receiver, but converted to running back when the team had injuries at the position. The Chiefs drafted him in the second round in 1981 thinking that he would be a change of pace type back, but he turned into so much more in his rookie season.