A staple of the west coast offense is having a skilled but bruising lead blocker so I select:
Tom Rathman
As a Cornhusker, Rathman simply took the football and ran straight ahead. Rathman brought these same talents to San Francisco, where he performed as the unsung hero of the West Coast Offense – in the shadows of Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, and Roger Craig.
You can’t run an affective West Coast offense without a great lead blocking fallback that can run smash mouth football and have elite skills as a wr
Enter Tom Rathman!!
Best season 1989 73 receptions 616 yards 79 rushes 305 yards 921 total yards.
Tom Rathman was a versatile fullback. Great blocker, runner and receiver, in 1989 was second in receptions to only Jerry Rice with 73 he was elite as a pass catcher and basically everything else he did for that team
Center Randy Cross 1981