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List of NFL career rushing yards leaders This is a list of National Football League running backs by total career rushing yards, and includes the 31 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.
In the National Football League (NFL), there have been seven pairs of teammates that have each recorded 1,000 rushing yards in the same season. Five of these duos consisted of running backs, and two of them consisted of a running back and a quarterback .
2,000-yard club. Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson recorded an NFL-record 2,105 rushing yards in 1984. 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 ...
In American football, rushing and passing are the two main methods of advancing the ball down the field. [1] A rush, also known as a running play, generally occurs when the quarterback hands or tosses the ball backwards to the running back, [2] but other players, such as the quarterback, can run with the ball. [1] In the National Football League (NFL), the player who has recorded the most ...
A running back ( RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. [1] There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play, depending on the offensive formation. A running back may be a halfback (in certain ...
According to a five-year NFL combine report, wide receivers and cornerbacks had the fastest average times at 4.48, followed by running backs at 4.49. The following average times were measured between 2000 and 2012 at the NFL combine for players who played at least 5 games.
This numbering system originated in college football and was used only informally in the NFL until 1952; the backs were given numbers in the 10–49 range and the offensive line numbers in the 50–89 range. Earlier, defensive players wore numbers that reflected their offensive position, as many players played both offense and defense.
Running backs have been integral to the franchise over the course of its history, but the Cowboys are refocusing their offensive priorities as the rest of the NFL does too.