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This is a list of National Football League running backs by total career rushing yards, and includes the 32 running backs who have rushed for at least 10,000 yards, for which sixteen of them have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Emmitt Smith leads with 18,355 yards and is also the postseason leader with 1,586.
The single-game rushing record belongs to Oklahoma 's Samaje Perine, whose 427 yards in a 2014 game against Kansas broke a record set just the week before by Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon. Prior to Perine and Gordon, the only player to rush for 400 yards in a game was LaDainian Tomlinson. All players on the career list are running backs.
Emmitt Smith led the league three times and set the single-season record in 1995. [11] He is also the all-time leader in career rushing touchdowns. [12] John Riggins led the league in 1983 with the first 20+ rushing touchdown season. [13] Derrick Henry led the league in back-to-back seasons in 2019 and 2020. [14]
The most recent program to have back-to-back rushing leaders is San Diego State, with Donnel Pumphrey in 2016 and Rashaad Penny in 2017. Since 1937, the single-season rushing record has been broken eight times, by Rudy Mobley in 1942 (1,281 yards), Fred Wendt in 1948 (1,570 yards), O. J. Simpson in 1968 (1,880 yards), Ed Marinaro in 1971 (1,881 ...
2,000-yard club. Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson recorded an NFL-record 2,105 rushing yards in 1984. The 2,000-yard club is a group of eight National Football League (NFL) running backs who have rushed for 2,000 yards or more in a regular season. [ 1 ] These eight rushing seasons rank as the highest single-season rushing totals in ...
Despite playing his senior year as a wide receiver, Braxton Miller became the Buckeyes' career leader in total offense yards (surpassed since by J.T. Barrett) The Ohio State Buckeyes football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program in various categories, [1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and ...
This is a list of National Football League (NFL) running backs by total career rushing touchdowns. This list includes all running backs with at least 75. Emmitt Smith is the all-time leader with 164. He also leads in postseason touchdowns with 19. Cam Newton is the only quarterback in this list.
2,207 - Robert Mimbs (1991, 1769 yards rushing, 438 yards receiving) 2,157 - Jon Cornish (2013, 1,813 yards rushing, 344 yards receiving) 2,140 - Willard Reaves (1984, 1,733 yards rushing, 407 yards receiving) Most yards from scrimmage, one game. 338 - Hal Patterson (1956, 338 yards receiving) 319 - Dick Smith (1969, 145 yards rushing, 174 ...