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Byron "Whizzer" White, a future associate justice of the US Supreme Court, won the league rushing title in 1938 and 1940 Gale Sayers led the NFL in rushing in 1966 and 1969 Eric Dickerson led the league in rushing in 1983 and 1984, his first two seasons in the league, and won two more titles in 1986 and 1988 Emmitt Smith was the league's rushing champion four times, including three consecutive ...
These nine rushing seasons rank as the highest single-season rushing totals in NFL history, [2] and reaching the 2,000-yard mark is considered a significant achievement for running backs. [3] No running back has yet achieved this feat twice.
Since reliable yardage statistics were not recorded prior to 1932, the first NFL player recognized as the career leader in rushing yards was Cliff Battles, who played from 1932 to 1937 for the Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins. [2] He led the NFL with 576 yards in 1932 and held on to the record throughout his career.
The Eagles' Barkley leads the NFL in rushing with 1,838 yards and could become the ninth player in NFL history to reach 2,000 yards in a season. He still has an outside shot at breaking Eric ...
The combination has now produced one of the greatest rushing seasons in NFL history. With Sunday's total (31 carries for 167 yards), Barkley has averaged 125.3 rushing yards per game on 5.8 yards ...
The Eagles' Barkley leads the NFL in rushing with 1,838 yards and could become the ninth player in NFL history to reach 2,000 yards in a season. He still has an outside shot at breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season record of 2,105 in a 16-game season in 1984. Barkley needs 268 yards to break that in a 17-game season.
His 2,005 yards rushing in the regular season made Barkley the ninth running back in NFL history to top 2,000 yards and he entered the Super Bowl with 2,447 total rushing yards. Barkley had seven (postseason included) touchdown runs of 60-plus yards entering the Super Bowl and joined Davis as one of only two players in NFL history with at least ...
Jackson broke Vick's single season record for most rushing yards by a quarterback [10] as well as Dunn's record for the most rushing yards of a member of a 1,000-yard rushing duo. The 1978 Chicago Bears came the closest to having a 1000-yard duo without succeeding, when Walter Payton finished with 1,305 yards but Roland Harper fell 8 yards ...