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In 2006, halfback Warrick Dunn and quarterback Michael Vick became the fourth duo with 1,000 rushing yards in the same season, and the first NFC team with such a duo. Vick also became the first quarterback to rush for over 1,000 yards in a single season, [6] while Dunn's 1,140 yards are the most by any player in a 1,000-yard duo. [7]
Buffalo Bills running back O. J. Simpson, who rushed for 2,003 yards in 1973, the first NFL player to exceed 2,000 yards in a season and the only player to do so in a 14-game season Eric Dickerson, a Los Angeles Rams running back and the all-time NFL season rushing leader with 2,105 yards in 1984 Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley, the newest member of the 2,000-yard club with ...
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 ...
That year, Thomas and his brother Julius became the first brother tandem in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in the same season. [citation needed] During the 2006 playoffs, Jones rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries en route to a 27–24 Bears’ victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
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 ...
Csonka's 1,117 yards that season combined with Mercury Morris contributing exactly 1,000 yards made them the first 1,000 yard rushing duo in NFL history. That rushing attack led the Dolphins to Super Bowls VI, VII, and VIII, with victories in the last two. Csonka's powerful running style set the tone for the ball-control Dolphins. He chose to ...
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.
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 ...