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Factoid

GOLDEN AGE OF RUNNING BACKS

The NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978. Since that time, 17 of the 20 2,000 total yard seasons by running backs have come in the last 10 years. And 10 of the top 16 have come in the last five years. So for all the talk about teams going to running-back-by-committee approaches, there still seems to be room for franchise running backs to do their thing.

Year Name (rec-run-total yards, TD)

2006 LaDainian Tomlinson (508-1815-2323, 31)
2000 Marshall Faulk (830-1359-2189, 26)
2003 Priest Holmes (690-1420-2110, 27)
2002 Priest Holmes (672-1615-2287, 24)
1995 Emmitt Smith (375-1773-2148, 25)
2005 Shaun Alexander (78-1880-1958, 28)
1998 Terrell Davis (217-2008-2225, 23)
2003 Ahman Green (367-1883-2250, 20)
2003 LaDainian Tomlinson (725-1645-2370, 17)
2001 Marshall Faulk (765-1382-2147, 21)
1983 Eric Dickerson (404-1808-2212, 20)
2000 Edgerrin James (594-1709-2303, 18)
2005 Larry Johnson (343-1750-2093, 21)
2006 Larry Johnson (410-1789-2199, 19)
2006 Steven Jackson (806-1528-2334, 16)
2002 Ricky Williams (363-1853-2216, 17)
1997 Barry Sanders (305-2053-2358, 14)
1999 Marshall Faulk (1048-1381-2429, 12)
1999 Edgerrin James (586-1553-2139, 17)
1985 Marcus Allen (555-1759-2314, 14)

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