October 18, 2018 - National Football Post
What to Look For – Week 7 Running Backs
PRESS RELEASE
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.
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.
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
|
TEAM
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SEASON
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SCRIMMAGE YARDS
|
RUSH TDS
|
|
Priest Holmes
|
Kansas City
|
2004
|
1,017
|
13
|
|
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**
|
*Pro Football Hall of Famer
**Through first six games of season
TOUCHDOWN DAVID: Arizona running back DAVID JOHNSON has 3,678 scrimmage yards and 39 total touchdowns in 39 career games.
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.
The players with the most total touchdowns in their first 40 career games since 1970:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
TOUCHDOWNS
|
|
Chuck Foreman
|
Minnesota
|
45
|
|
Marcus Allen*
|
Los Angeles Raiders
|
44
|
|
Larry Johnson
|
Kansas City
|
44
|
|
Eric Dickerson*
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
42
|
|
Earl Campbell*
|
Houston Oilers
|
41
|
|
Barry Sanders*
|
Detroit
|
40
|
|
David Johnson
|
Arizona
|
39**
|
*Pro Football Hall of Famer
**In 39 career games
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.
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.
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.
The rookies with the most consecutive games of at least 100 scrimmage yards in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
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**
|
*Pro Football Hall of Famer
**Active streak
Courtesy of NFL Communications
