With the same number of attempts — 81 — Harris has gained 320
more rushing yards than his bulkier, more imposing teammate.
With 451
more rushing yards, senior running back and four year starter Justin Jackson will surpass Archie Griffin as the second most prolific rusher in B1G history.
Mixon shared the backfield duties with Giovani Bernard for a majority of the season, though he was the premier back with 73 more carries and 168
more rushing yards.
Not exact matches
By
rushing for 218
yards on 28 carries, with TD runs of 44 and 28
yards, in the Bulldogs» 30 - 22 win over Virginia, Tate became the first Georgia back to
rush for
more than 200
yards in a game since Herschel Walker gained 219 against Florida in 1982.
The loosest of all may have been Williams, a 6» 2», 210 - pound glider who
rushed for 700
yards last year and caught 27 passes for 272
more.
«It was huge for us, it really is,» Rodgers said of his offense
rushing for 141
yards, of him throwing for 210
more and of the Packers scoring 35 points.
Alabama running backs Derrick Henry, Kenyan Drake, and T.J. Yeldon combined for 303
rushing yards and four touchdowns, quarterback A.J. McCarron threw for three
more scores, and Alabama rolled over SEC West rival Arkansas Saturday.
Michigan State once again beat Michigan in a monsoon, Alabama looked mortal for the first time in weeks, Clemson elected once again to pull its «look good when you have to, and not a moment
more» routine, and your Heisman favorite (Penn State's Saquon Barkley) had negative
rushing yards well into the second half of an easy win.
Bob Hightower, 17, and Joel Milligan, 17, seniors at Baker - Victory High School in Lackawanna, N.Y.,
rushed for
more than 100
yards apiece in each of this season's first three football games.
Halfway through this season he has
rushed for
more yards than Eric Dickerson had at the same point during his record - setting year.
The San Jose State - bound dual - threat, do - everything QB / RB / WR, logged
more than 3,100 total
yards (1,055
rush; 1,972 pass) and 39 total TDs for Serra team which won 10 straight (after an 0 - 4 start) to reach the CIF Div.
Last season, Elliott blew away the competition and finished with 1,631
rushing yards, which was
more than 300
yards clear of the next best
rusher, fellow standout rookie Jordan Howard.
Last season, Glasgow
rushed for 901
yards on 142 carries, averaging 6.3
yards with 10 touchdowns and had four games in which he
rushed for
more than 100
yards.
Mixon started for the Falcons as a sophomore,
rushing for
more than 1,100
yards and 13 TDs.
The Broncos mustered just 15
rushing yards, and the return of starting quarterback Brett Rypien from a head injury he suffered in a heartbreaking loss to Washington State did not lend the offense much
more consistency through the air.
Rams» blocker paved the way for
more than 3,000
rushing yards and is still weighing offers from multiple Pac - 12 and Big West schools.
Finally, the Browns allow 149.8
rushing yards per game,
more than any other team in the league.
Running the ball is key for the Bears, and they are averaging
more than 131
rushing yards per game on an average of 30.5 attempts.
He ranks both No. 5 in passer rating against Power 5 opponents (among QBs who've faced three or
more) and No. 1 in QB
rushing yards per game against the same.
Although Loville led the Niners in
rushing (he was also second on the team in receiving
yards), the team gained less than 100
yards rushing in eight of its last 10 games, forcing its quarterbacks to throw 40 or
more passes in nine of them.
Zaire was conservative but efficient, completing 12 of 15 passes (for just 96
yards) and
rushing 22 times for 96
more.
There are still opportunities to wager whether the Niners outscore Kobe or LeBron, but there are also wagers on whether Lionel Messi scores
more goals against Valencia than Frank Gore scores touchdowns; whether Sidney Crosby scores
more goals against the Capitals than Kaepernick throws touchdowns and whether Lee Westwood's final round score at the Phoenix Open is lower than Ray Rice's total
rushing yards.
Chris Warren III came out of nowhere to
rush for 276
yards and four touchdowns, quarterback Tyrone Swoopes added 104
more (minus two sacks), and Texas was able to keep up in a track meet... for a while.
In all, UCLA
rushed for a school record of 621
yards, with Johnson accounting for 168
yards in 11 carries and James McAlister for 117
more.
The run game was humming along pretty well against the Utes, producing 200
yards at 4.8
yards per carry, though it struggled
more against a Houston front that includes sensational nose tackle Ed Oliver,
rushing for 152
yards at 3.9
yards per carry.
He's
rushed for
more than 50
yards in a game just twice this season and for
more than 100
yards in a game just once.
He's also the only quarterback in history to have thrown for at least 4,000
yards and 30 touchdowns while
rushing for 500 or
more yards as well.
Jackson got 19
yards on his third end - around of the day, bringing his
rushing total to 136
yards, seven
more than the entire Nebraska offense at that point.
More intimidating, however, is fleet - footed junior Profail Grier, who
rushed for 947
yards in» 93, even though he didn't break into the starting lineup until Game 5.
His Badgers, who had been
rushing for
more than 300
yards a game, got just 104 against the Buckeyes, who cut off Wisconsin's favorite cut - back maneuvers.
The pass
rush still needs a little
more work, but holding ULM to 166
yards, 2.7 per play, is outstanding.)
David Ash was the story on Saturday evening, throwing for 343
yards and
rushing for 91
more.
It's unfair to suggest that coach Tom Osborne wouldn't have disciplined Phillips without a phenom like Green, who
rushed for 1,086
yards, on hand, but having another 1,000 -
yard rusher in the pantry must have made him
more comfortable about the decision.
He finishes with
more than 9,300 passing
yards and 2,400
rushing yards, and in his final two seasons, he led MSU to a 19 - 7 record and what will almost certainly be back - to - back top - 25 F / + rankings.
Gardner added seven
rushes for 54
yards and two
more scores.
The only running back to go
more than 100
yards all season on the Cardinals is Rams rookie Todd Gurley, but you look at some of the other games and the
rushing totals of the opposition are positively anemic.
The dude was one of the best runners in the NFL last year,
rushing for
more than 1,000
yards in just eight starts, but has just 359
yards this year in nine starts.
McCaffrey was certainly
more versatile — Derrick Henry led the country with 339
rushing attempts this season, but he only caught 10 passes for 97
yards compared to McCaffrey's 41 for 540 this season, to say nothing of punt and kick returns (McCaffrey also passed for 39
yards and a pair of touchdowns).
Now he has had a knee operation and is supposed to be his real self — which means he is
more than capable of topping last season's one - legged statistics: 36 completions, 335
yards rushing and a punting average of 42.5.
Watson's
rushed more than 10 times in a game only once since October (again, against Florida State), and he's being called on to tote the mail fewer times this season in general with only 4.1
yards per carry.
But with the Wolverines losing their entire starting linebacking corps this off - season, the do - it - player (he also
rushed for 4.0
yards per carry and caught eight passes) will be even
more valuable in his new position.
You have to understand that no matter how impressed you are with Rodgers» 560
rushing yards and 4.3
yards per carry average last season (both career highs for him), you ought to be even
more impressed by how he got them.
It is also why Saquon Barkley is so highly regarded despite
rushing for 1270
yards in a 13 game season on a loaded offensive team last year... folks are
more enamored with his work as a receiver and special teams than his ability as a pure runner, which they assume that he has because of his size / speed ratio.
The Falcons, I believe, are the
more dangerous and explosive all - around team, but let's not forget: The Patriots, who have a great quick - strike passing game, were also third in
rushing this season and led the league in 30 - plus -
yard completions.
Before cracking his left clavicle at the end of a 45 -
yard run against the Kansas City Chiefs on Nov. 30, Hearst became the first 49er to
rush for
more than 1,000
yards since Ricky Watters did so in 1992.
There are also prop bets on whether or not the Patriots will have
more passing
yards than
rushing yards, whether a game will go to overtime or whether or not there will be a two - point conversion in either game.
Hopefully we could address that in picks # 2 through 4, Dallas's Oline produced consecutive RB's that led the league in
rushing — by 500
yards more than # 2 in 2015 and 2016, with a rookie in 2016.
Fuente's urges usually drifted toward tempo and spacing, but while Lynch was
more mobile than his lanky frame suggested (not including sacks, he
rushed 70 times for 358
yards last year), the QB who starts for Tech in 2016 will probably carry a heavier
rushing load.
65.6 - percent completions, 3,200
yards, 20 TD, 5 INT, 8.1
yards per attempt and a QBR of 71.41 thanks in large part to 815
rushing yards and seven
more touchdowns.
Only seven of these
rushes gained
more than nine
yards — six of those came when the opponent was down double digits and Wisconsin was in defend - the - pass mode — and 32 gained four or fewer.