What to Look For - Week 7 Running Backs

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.

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:

PLAYER	TEAM	SEASON	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

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