Right here’s a have a look at the opposite eight:
O.J. Simpson | Buffalo Payments | 1973
The previous Heisman winner acquired 1973 off to a scorching begin with 250 yards and two scores towards the New England Patriots in Week 1. He’d go on to hurry for over 100 yards eight occasions that 12 months with a pair of 200-yard video games to finish the 14-game common season with 2,003 yards. His common of 143.07 yards per recreation stays an NFL document.
Eric Dickerson | Los Angeles Rams | 1984
Dickerson set the NFL’s single-season dashing document with 2,105 yards in 1984 and practically hit the mark the 12 months earlier than with 1,808 yards and 18 touchdowns as a rookie out of Southern Methodist College. He performed 11 years for the Rams, Colts, Raiders and Falcons, ending his profession with 13,259 yards, ninth-most in NFL historical past.
Barry Sanders | Detroit Lions | 1997
Sanders joined the Lions because the third-overall choose within the 1989 NFL Draft and spent his total 10-year profession with Detroit. Not like Simpson, Sanders’ profession acquired off to a gradual begin with simply 53 yards in his first two begins and no touchdowns in his first six video games. He made up for it with 2,053 yards in 1997 and, regardless of his comparatively quick profession, he’s nonetheless the NFL’s all-time fourth-leading rusher with 15,269 yards.
Terrell Davis | Denver Broncos | 1998
One 12 months after being named MVP of Tremendous Bowl XXXII and setting a postseason document with eight dashing touchdowns, Davis outdid himself by working for two,008 yards en path to a second-straight Tremendous Bowl title in 1998. Sadly, a knee damage restricted the Corridor of Famer to simply 17 video games over the following three seasons earlier than retiring in 2002.
Jamal Lewis | Baltimore Ravens | 2003
Not solely did Lewis break the NFL’s single-game dashing document with 295 yards towards the Browns in Week 2 of the 2003 season, he completed the 12 months with 2,066 yards. Lewis had 7,801 yards and 45 touchdowns in six years with the Ravens and stays Baltimore’s all-time dashing chief over Ray Rice (6,180), who additionally performed six years for the workforce.
