Miles Sanders. Kenny Golladay. Cole Kmet. You guys are going to score a touchdown, right? There’s less than a week left in the calendar year, and none of those guys has yet gotten into the end zone.
It seems to be happening more often this year. We’re 14 games in, and there are seven different players who’ve gained at least 400 rushing/receiving yards, but without scoring any touchdowns. And there’s a pair of other notable receivers who don’t have quite 400 yards but are certainly talented guys (who also haven’t scored): Jerry Jeudy and Kadarius Toney.
Sanders leads the way. He’s been on top of his game recently, with 120-plus rushing yards in back-to-back games. He’s closing in on 1,000 total yards, but he hasn’t scored any of Philadelphia’s 21 rushing touchdowns. He missed a few games with injuries, but that hardly seems possible.
Golladay is the highest priced player in this group, with a contract averaging $18 million.
(And yes, I am in a TD-only league.)
YARDS BUT NOT TOUCHDOWNS (last 10 years) | |||
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Year | Player | Tm | Yards |
2013 | Hakeem Nicks | NYG | 896 |
2021 | Miles Sanders | PHI | 864 |
2015 | Melvin Gordon | SDG | 833 |
2014 | Dwayne Bowe | KAN | 754 |
2020 | Jakobi Meyers | NWE | 738 |
2014 | Jerick McKinnon | MIN | 673 |
2012 | Jason Avant | PHI | 648 |
2012 | Daryl Richardson | STL | 638 |
2016 | Paul Perkins | NYG | 618 |
2020 | Danny Amendola | DET | 604 |
2012 | Ronnie Brown | SDG | 591 |
2012 | Alex Green | GNB | 589 |
2021 | Laviska Shenault Jr. | JAX | 585 |
2017 | Terrance Williams | DAL | 583 |
2013 | Chris Givens | STL | 577 |
2019 | Alex Erickson | CIN | 562 |
2018 | Theo Riddick | DET | 555 |
2012 | Robert Turbin | SEA | 535 |
2016 | Chris Conley | KAN | 530 |
2015 | Brandon LaFell | NWE | 524 |
2019 | Chris Thompson | WAS | 516 |
2021 | Quez Watkins | PHI | 508 |
2017 | Pierre Garcon | SFO | 500 |
2016 | Fozzy Whittaker | CAR | 491 |
2021 | Cole Kmet | CHI | 490 |
2013 | Robert Griffin III | WAS | 489 |
2015 | Jared Cook | STL | 481 |
2021 | Kenny Golladay | NYG | 477 |
2015 | Jarius Wright | MIN | 471 |
2019 | Jalen Richard | OAK | 468 |
2014 | Jordan Reed | WAS | 465 |
2020 | Justin Jackson | LAC | 443 |
2020 | Michael Thomas | NOR | 439 |
2014 | Donald Brown | SDG | 434 |
2014 | Blake Bortles | JAX | 419 |
2017 | Shane Vereen | NYG | 417 |
2012 | Rob Housler | ARI | 417 |
2021 | Rashod Bateman | BAL | 409 |
2021 | Dan Arnold | 2TM | 408 |
2016 | Quinton Patton | SFO | 408 |
2019 | Giovani Bernard | CIN | 404 |
—Ian Allan