2000 Yard Rushers In The Nfl. In 2003 Jamal Lewis didnt get it and in 2009 Chris Johnson missed out. The 2000-yard NFL rushers club has added the Titans Derrick Henry as its 8th member. Derrick Henry reaches milestone Skip to main content. Simpson was the first back to rush for 2000-plus yards in NFL history and the only one to do it in 14 games.
Henry also joined Chris Johnson who tallied 2006 rushing yards in 2009 and the two have made the Titans the first and only NFL franchise to house two 2000-yard rushers in their history. NFL photos of the most dramatic events of the season league history. 1000 yards rushing is considered a solid season which means that youre doing a good job as a running back if you run a little over half a mile in sixteen weeks combined. Jamal Lewis Chris Johnson Barry Sanders Terrell Davis OJ. The 2000-yard club is a group of eight National Football League NFL running backs who have rushed for 2000 yards 1800 meters or more in a regular season. In the best individual seasons in history these guys ran a little over a mile spread across sixteen weeks.
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That made Henry the eighth running back in NFL history to. The 2000-yard club is a group of eight National Football League NFL running backs who have rushed for 2000 yards 1800 meters or more in a regular season. A big reason for that is because the Titans are the only franchise in NFL history to have two 2000-yard rushers. 2000-Yard Runners Click on image of player or rushing total for game-by-game stats. NFL 2000 Yard Rushersstateexpanded to show the template expanded ie fully visible stateautocollapse. Simpson had 12 touchdowns and averaged 603 yards per carry and 1431 yards per game.