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re: Derrick Henry is only RB to rush for over 2,000 yards in NFL, college and high school
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:13 am to MontyFranklyn
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:13 am to MontyFranklyn
After looking at it only Sanders and Henry rushed for 2000 in both college and the pros. OJ, Dickerson and Peterson all easily get 2000 in college with more games
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Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:30 am to MontyFranklyn
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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.
Only he and Barry Sanders accomplished that feat in college and the NFL
2000 yard rushers in NFL history and their season high in college
Derrick Henry - 2219
Adrian Peterson - 1925
Eric Dickerson - 1617
Jamal Lewis - 1364
Barry Sanders - 2628
Terrell Davis - 824
Chris Johnson - 1423
OJ Simpson - 1709
This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 11:31 am
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:50 am to lsufball19
Derrick Henry - 2219 *15 games
Adrian Peterson - 1925 *13 games
Eric Dickerson - 1617 *11 games
OJ Simpson - 1709 *10 games
Adrian Peterson - 1925 *13 games
Eric Dickerson - 1617 *11 games
OJ Simpson - 1709 *10 games
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:55 am to RolltidePA
Why is that so hard to believe?
Coaches and fans and people in general have not given short or smaller players opportunities in all sports since the beginning of time. And it still happens today. Even though there are several examples of smaller players being absolute studs and some even all time greats in all sports
Coaches and fans and people in general have not given short or smaller players opportunities in all sports since the beginning of time. And it still happens today. Even though there are several examples of smaller players being absolute studs and some even all time greats in all sports
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:57 am to lsufball19
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Chris Johnson - 1423
Best running back in Titans history
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:16 pm to DirtyE
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Looks like Adrian Peterson came up 75 yards short his freshman season at OU (1925)
I knew he was old but wow!
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:23 pm to H-Town Tiger
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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.
OJ also had about 200 yards rushing in the Rose Bowl, but those stats still don’t count towards his official total that season.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:24 pm to auisssa
Reality is that while still impressive, statistics like this are not near as meaningful as many believe.
College records overall have been made meaningless with the significant number of added games and the NCAA's idiotic stance to change what counts into stats (Bowl games now) and what didn't in the past.
Either count them the same way for everyone or the stats are meaningless to compare.
College records overall have been made meaningless with the significant number of added games and the NCAA's idiotic stance to change what counts into stats (Bowl games now) and what didn't in the past.
Either count them the same way for everyone or the stats are meaningless to compare.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:26 pm 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?
I dug into this.
Barry Sanders in high school was
5 ft tall , 105 lb 9th grader
5'3 125 lb sophmore
5'6 160 jr, (but had 270 lb bench and 4.45 40, 34 inch vertical. Started on defense but played sparingly on offense)
(Got a new coach his senior year)
5'8 175 sr, with 36 inch vertical, benched 300.
2.4 GPA
This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:36 pm to Finkle is Einhorn
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Why is that so hard to believe?
I guess it isn't hard to believe. Just stuns me that someone would absolutely carve up a team in practice and the coach thinks to themself, "I'm playing someone else". Especially when someone like Sanders was already showing that he was a generational talent.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:45 pm to Finkle is Einhorn
quote:Because if they are able to do it on the professional level, you'd think it would have been easier for them to do it on the collegiate level, and definitely easier to do it on a high school level. They were so much better than their peers. But i didn't take into account the number of games in college as to why it is far more difficult to do it in college pre CFB playoff
Why is that so hard to believe?
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:49 pm to MontyFranklyn
Marcus Allen played QB and Safety in high school...
Then in 1981 rushed for 2,342 yards in College becoming only the second player in NCAA history to rush for over 2,000 yards in one season.
In the Pros, he was about 200 yards why of 2000 one year.
Back in the day, your superstar athlete played QB in high school..so it would be highly unusual to have the trifecta.
Then in 1981 rushed for 2,342 yards in College becoming only the second player in NCAA history to rush for over 2,000 yards in one season.
In the Pros, he was about 200 yards why of 2000 one year.
Back in the day, your superstar athlete played QB in high school..so it would be highly unusual to have the trifecta.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:58 pm to H-Town Tiger
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Derrick Henry - 2219 *15 games
Adrian Peterson - 1925 *13 games
Eric Dickerson - 1617 *11 games
OJ Simpson - 1709 *10 games
I know Henry's success chaps LSU asses (it's time to let that go, by the way), but he was at 1986 yards through 13 games and 1797 through 12.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 1:10 pm to Dantheman504
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Best running back in Titans history
Pathetic troll attempt. Be better
Posted on 8/30/23 at 1:10 pm to MontyFranklyn
Very awesome accomplishment
Posted on 8/30/23 at 1:14 pm to RolltidePA
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Just stuns me that someone would absolutely carve up a team in practice and the coach thinks to themself, "I'm playing someone else". Especially when someone like Sanders was already showing that he was a generational talent.
If you're talking about when he was at Oklahoma St, because the starter was consensus AA Thurman Thomas. If we're talking high school, as someone else pointed out, he weighed 125 pounds or less until his junior year. Pretty tough to manage two running backs on the same team who would end up being in the Pro Football HOF
This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 8/30/23 at 1:14 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Back in the day, your superstar athlete played QB in high school
That's still the case a whole lot of places
Posted on 8/30/23 at 1:36 pm to Dantheman504
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Pretty wild for teams scoring 60+ points and getting close to 1,000 yards of offense some games.
Those are pass happy offenses
Posted on 8/30/23 at 1:58 pm to Tornado Alley
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I know Henry's success chaps LSU asses (it's time to let that go, by the way), but he was at 1986 yards through 13 games and 1797 through 12.
Context matters, with a cumulative total like yards rushing and a threshold like 2000 yds the number of games played is relevant. Pointing out the number of games is in no way taking anything away from Henry nor is it lingering “chapped arse” which I never had regarding Henry.
Both Eric Dickerson 147 and Adrian Peterson 148.07 had roughly the same ypg as Henry 147.93, all spectacular seasons, Henry playing more games is why he broke the 2000 threshold and ED and AD did not.
OJ (also the only guy to rush for 2000 in a 14 NFL games) ran for 1709 in 10 games. He clearly hits 2000 if he played 11 regular season games (the norm less than a decade after his college career) and they counted bowl. Saying he had a better season has nothing to do with Henry going to Alabama and everything to do with the actual stats.
This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 8/30/23 at 2:23 pm to MontyFranklyn
Well I meant why is it hard to believe his high school coach didn’t give him a chance until he had no other choice
I mean smaller players get overlooked and aren’t even given an opportunity to show what they can do in high school and/or college. And if they are given an opportunity they only get one or maybe two to be absolutely dominant from the word go. Whereas someone who has the right size can suck and keep getting opportunity after opportunity after opportunity
I mean smaller players get overlooked and aren’t even given an opportunity to show what they can do in high school and/or college. And if they are given an opportunity they only get one or maybe two to be absolutely dominant from the word go. Whereas someone who has the right size can suck and keep getting opportunity after opportunity after opportunity
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