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Adrian Peterson -- following up greatness

Adrian Peterson had the big season last year, coming within 6 yards of Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record. Now what?

It isn't realistic to expect him to crank out another 2,000. Heck, another 1,800 would be very impressive. Only one back in league history has gone over 1,800 two years in a row - Dickerson.

Here's the list of the 19 guys who've run for 1,800 yards in a season. Rather, it's the rundown of how they did the next year.

Only four ran for 1,500 yards again the following year - Dickerson, O.J., Barry Sanders and Tiki Barber.

The overall average, when you include guys getting hurt and whatnot, is 1,237 yards.

So about 1,400 yards. That may seem low, but it seems like a fair over-under for Peterson.


RUNNING FOR OVER 1,800 YARDS -- THE NEXT YEAR
    Run    Rec  Total  TD   Year

   1446   340   1786    9    1963Jim Brown
   1125   189   1314    4    1973O.J. Simpson
   1503   259   1762    9    1975O.J. Simpson
   1359   480   1839   11   1977Walter Payton
   2105   139   2244   14   1983Eric Dickerson
   1234   126   1360   12   1984Eric Dickerson
   1288   171   1459    6    1986Eric Dickerson
   1500   398   1898   12   1994Barry Sanders
   1491   289   1780    4    1997Barry Sanders
    211     26     237     2    1998Terrell Davis
     59      34      93      0    1998Jamal Anderson
   1372   351   1723   10   2002Ricky Williams
   1163   275   1438    8    2003Ahman Green
   1006   116   1122    7    2003Jamal Lewis
    896     48     944     7    2005Shaun Alexander
   1662   465   2127    5    2005Tiki Barber
   1474   389   1863   18   2006LaDainian Tomlinson
   1364   245   1609   12   2009Chris Johnson
   ????   ???   ????   ??   2012Adrian Peterson

^aEUR"Ian Allan


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