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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.
The record for highest rushing yards per carry in a season was set in 1939 by Jackie Robinson of UCLA with an average of 12.2 yards per carry across 42 attempts, a record that stands to this day. [1] The record of 37 rushing touchdowns in a season was set by Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State in 1988.
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. He has held the ...
Among all colleges and universities, the following NCAA teams have the most players to reach the NFL by position: [135] Quarterbacks: USC (17) Running backs: Nebraska (40) Wide receivers: Miami (FL) and USC (tied at 40 each) Tight ends: Notre Dame (21) Offensive linemen: Notre Dame (63) Defensive linemen: Miami (FL) (49) Linebackers: Penn State ...
According to a report on NFLDraftWatch.net, he ran the 40-yard dash in times of 4.33 to 4.38 seconds, which would have been the second-fastest among all running backs at the NFL Combine in March 2008. He posted the best pro-agility time of 4.03 seconds, the second-best vertical jump at 38 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (980 mm), and the best 60-yard shuttle ...
The 2019 media guide was the first to include a full top 10 for career points scored. Otherwise, UK continues to follow its recent practice of not listing a full top 10 in other scoring categories, instead listing anywhere from a top 3 to a top 5. Lists from the 2017 media guide have been updated to include statistics from subsequent seasons.
ESPN has ranked the top 10 running backs in the NFL ahead of the 2020 season. Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey is widely considered the most dynamic back in the league. The Stanford alum had over 1 ...
Although Arkansas began competing in intercollegiate football in 1894, [1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1945. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists. These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons: