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2. Brian Mitchell. Running back. Punt returner. Kick returner. Washington Redskins (1990 – 1999) Philadelphia Eagles (2000 – 2002) New York Giants (2003) 23,330.
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.
Highest average gain per attempt, rookie season (qualifiers): 8.44 yards (1,004 yards/119 attempts), Beattie Feathers, 1934 Highest average gain per attempt, game (minimum 10 attempts) : 17.3 yards, Michael Vick December 1, 2002, vs. Minnesota Vikings [ 1 ] : s-6
Most seasons leading league yards gained, 12; Chicago Bears: 1932, 1934–35, 1939, 1941–1944, ... NFL.com – NFL History This page was last edited on 29 ...
Marvin Harrison was the NFL's receiving yards leader twice over his career. Calvin Johnson led the league in receiving yards in 2011 and followed it up by setting the league record for receiving yards in 2012. Antonio Brown led the league with 1,698 receiving yards in 2014. Julio Jones led the league in 2015 with 1,871 yards and again in 2018 ...
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 NFL history, [ 2 ] and reaching the 2,000-yard mark is considered a significant achievement for running backs. [ 3 ]
NFL annual passing yards leaders. [edit] Johnny Unitas, who led the league in passing four times, passed for 3,099 yards in 1960. This marked the first time that a player passed for over 3,000 in a season. [ 11 ] Joe Namath was the first player to pass for over 4,000 yards in a season, doing so in the 1967 AFL season.
The 1950 Los Angeles Rams, the best offensive team in NFL history in terms of average points (466 in 12 games, 38.8 PPG), scored 70 points, one of only three teams to ever do so. The following week, they beat the Detroit Lions 65–24, including an NFL record 41 points in one quarter. They are the only team in NFL history to score 60-or-more ...