October 18, 2018 - National Football Post
What to Look For – Week 7 Running Backs
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PACE SETTER: Los Angeles Rams running back TODD GURLEY leads the NFL with 870 scrimmage yards and nine rushing touchdowns through the first six weeks of the 2018 season.
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With 130 scrimmage yards and a touchdown on Sunday at San Francisco (4:25 PM ET, CBS), Gurley can become the fifth different player in NFL history with at least 1,000 scrimmage yards and 10 rushing touchdowns in his team’s first seven games of a season.
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The players with at least 1,000 scrimmage yards and 10 rushing touchdowns in his team’s first seven games of a season in NFL history:
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PLAYER
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TEAM
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SEASON
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SCRIMMAGE YARDS
|
RUSH TDS
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Priest Holmes
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Kansas City
|
2004
|
1,017
|
13
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Priest Holmes
|
Kansas City
|
2002
|
1,113
|
12
|
Terrell Davis*
|
Denver
|
1998
|
1,099
|
12
|
Eric Dickerson*
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
1983
|
1,045
|
12
|
Jim Brown*
|
Cleveland
|
1958
|
1,060
|
14
|
Todd Gurley
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
2018
|
870**
|
9**
|
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*Pro Football Hall of Famer
**Through first six games of season
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TOUCHDOWN DAVID: Arizona running back DAVID JOHNSON has 3,678 scrimmage yards and 39 total touchdowns in 39 career games.
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With a touchdown on Thursday against Denver (8:20 PM ET, FOX/NFLN/Amazon Prime), Johnson can become the seventh player since 1970 with at least 40 total touchdowns in his first 40 career games.
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The players with the most total touchdowns in their first 40 career games since 1970:
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PLAYER
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TEAM
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TOUCHDOWNS
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Chuck Foreman
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Minnesota
|
45
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Marcus Allen*
|
Los Angeles Raiders
|
44
|
Larry Johnson
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Kansas City
|
44
|
Eric Dickerson*
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
42
|
Earl Campbell*
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Houston Oilers
|
41
|
Barry Sanders*
|
Detroit
|
40
|
David Johnson
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Arizona
|
  39**
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*Pro Football Hall of Famer
**In 39 career games
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KEEP IT 100: New York Giants rookie running back SAQUON BARKLEY had a career-high 229 scrimmage yards (130 rushing, 99 receiving) in Week 6. Barkley has totaled at least 100 scrimmage yards in each of his first six career games.
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With 100 scrimmage yards on Monday at Atlanta (8:20 PM ET, ESPN), Barkley would join KAREEM HUNT (2017) as the only players in league annals with at least 100 scrimmage yards in seven consecutive games to begin their career.
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Additionally, with 100 scrimmage yards in Week 7, Barkley would become the seventh rookie in NFL history to record seven consecutive games at any point in a season with at least 100 scrimmage yards.
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The rookies with the most consecutive games of at least 100 scrimmage yards in NFL history:
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PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
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CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH 100+ SCRIMMAGE YARDS
|
Eric Dickerson*
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
1983
|
10
|
Edgerrin James
|
Indianapolis
|
1999
|
9
|
Kareem Hunt
|
Kansas City
|
2017
|
7
|
Kevin Jones
|
Detroit
|
2004
|
7
|
Jamal Lewis
|
Baltimore
|
2000
|
7
|
Clark Gaines
|
New York Jets
|
1976
|
7
|
Saquon Barkley
|
New York Giants
|
2018
|
6**
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*Pro Football Hall of Famer
**Active streak
Courtesy of NFL Communications