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Derrick Henry is only RB to rush for over 2,000 yards in NFL, college and high school
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:22 am
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:22 am
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Tennessee Titans star Derrick Henry is the only running back in football history to rush for over 2,000 yards in high school, college and the NFL.
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This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 2:25 pm
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Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:24 am to MontyFranklyn
Why not? The list of NFL RBs who hit 2k is small
The list of CFB RBs who hit 2k is also small
The list of CFB RBs who hit 2k is also small
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:24 am to MontyFranklyn
Barry Sanders had a very late start in HS otherwise he'd have done it. That's still incredibly impressive.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:27 am to WaterLink
Yeah, this is crazy to imagine:
Did he just start playing his senior year?
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Born in Wichita, Kansas, Sanders attended Wichita North High, where he did not become the starting tailback until the fourth game of his 1985 senior season. He rushed for 1,417 yards and averaged 10.2 yards per carry in the final seven games of the season, which earned him all-state honors.
Did he just start playing his senior year?
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:28 am to ATLTiger
That's why Jaxon had to switch travel teams. The coach's son played SS.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:28 am to SlowFlowPro
Yea, like 5 players have run for 2000 in the NFL.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:30 am to ATLTiger
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Born in Wichita, Kansas, Sanders attended Wichita North High, where he did not become the starting tailback until the fourth game of his 1985 senior season. He rushed for 1,417 yards and averaged 10.2 yards per carry in the final seven games of the season, which earned him all-state honors.
Did he just start playing his senior year?
Crazy to even type this. Sanders High School coach said he was too small to be competitive and refused to play him until their starter got hurt in the 4th game and he didn't have another choice.
Talk about a poor evaluator of talent.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:31 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:Very true, but on that list you'd have to imagine that the vast majority would have gotten 2k yards in college and in high school especially considering how run heavy football was on both of those levels pre 2000s. Definitely would have thought OJ and Dickerson would have done it
Why not? The list of NFL RBs who hit 2k is small
The list of CFB RBs who hit 2k is also small
This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 10:34 am
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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The list of CFB RBs who hit 2k is also small
Not really. There have been twenty-eight 2,000+ yard rushers in college since 1981.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:35 am to Tornado Alley
28 out of how many thousands of players? 
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:41 am to RolltidePA
Has to be one of the worst talent evaluators of all time.
Guy had an all-time great just sitting on the bench.
At least in college, he was behind a Hall of Famer.
Guy had an all-time great just sitting on the bench.
At least in college, he was behind a Hall of Famer.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:41 am to ATLTiger
If north high was anything like it is now back then it’s slightly less surprising.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:46 am to MontyFranklyn
Looks like Adrian Peterson came up 75 yards short his freshman season at OU (1925)
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:46 am to DBG
So 133 Division 1 teams and 42 years.
That’s roughly 5,500 starting running backs in that span.
28/ 5,500= .005%
Pretty wild for teams scoring 60+ points and getting close to 1,000 yards of offense some games.
That’s roughly 5,500 starting running backs in that span.
28/ 5,500= .005%
Pretty wild for teams scoring 60+ points and getting close to 1,000 yards of offense some games.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:47 am to DBG
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28 out of how many thousands of players?
Sure, there have been a lot more rushers who didn't make the 2,000 yard mark in college, but the list for the pros is even smaller (6).
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:59 am to MontyFranklyn
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you'd have to imagine that the vast majority would have gotten 2k yards in college and in high school especially considering how run heavy football was on both of those levels pre 2000s.
First of all only 8 players have rushed for 2000 in the NFL. They also played fewer games in the past
OJ was the first to rush for 2000 in the NFL. His Sr year at USC he ran for 1709 in 10 games, that would be 2563 if he played the 15 games Henry played in 2015.
Eric Dickerson ran for 1617 in 11 games his best year in college that’s 2205 in 15 games.
Adrian Peterson had 1925 in 13 games that’s 2221 in 15
Besides Sanders who was already discussed the other 3 that ran for 2000 Terrell Davis hardly played in college. Jamal Lewis played with Peyton Manning/ was hurt. Chris Johnson went to ECU he didn’t do anything until his last year but he had far fewer carries
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:02 am to Keys Open Doors
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At least in college, he was behind a Hall of Fam
Tom Osborn passed in Sanders too because of his size, supposedly he told Sanders after getting torched by him that he made a mistake passing on Sanders.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:04 am to MontyFranklyn
Add this to the list of records to probably never be achieved again
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:06 am to MontyFranklyn
It is an impressive stat, without question. But you also have to take into account his 2,000 yard season at Alabama was over the course of 15 games.
OJ Simpson had ~1700 yards in 10 games at USC
Eric Dickerson had ~1600 yards in 11 games at SMU
If they played 15 (or even just 13) games in a college season they would be on the list as well. That's not to take anything away from Henry. But that is a big reason he is the only guy on the list.
OJ Simpson had ~1700 yards in 10 games at USC
Eric Dickerson had ~1600 yards in 11 games at SMU
If they played 15 (or even just 13) games in a college season they would be on the list as well. That's not to take anything away from Henry. But that is a big reason he is the only guy on the list.
This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 11:06 am
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:08 am to MontyFranklyn
Considering there have only been 36 instances in the history of major football (FBS and NFL) where a RB rushed for 2,000+ in a season, it isn't all that surprising that only one has done it at all three levels.
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