According to PFF, Jacobs was the most elusive RB in football last year, with .30 missed tackles per touch and 3.5 yards after contact per run. He’s been a solid player the last two years, going over 900 yards in each of his first two NFL seasons.
He had 612 rushing yards and an average of 3.8, but still caught 42 passes. A: NAME: TEAM: COLLEGE: Abdullah, Ameer: Minnesota Vikings: Nebraska: Adams, Josh: New York Jets He’s going to be fun to watch with the Lions and has a chance to be wayyyy higher on the list going into 2021. This list of top NFL running backs of all time is ranked by football fans worldwide. And McCaffrey is entering Year 4.
When he’s healthy, Conner is a tough runner to bring down. Sanders got off to a slower start in his rookie season but helped carry the Eagles into the playoffs on his way to setting an Eagles rookie record for yards from scrimmage.
He missed three games because of injury but it was a really impressive rookie season for Jacobs, who rushed for 1,150 yards and 7 touchdowns.
Nothing against Kerryon Johnson, but he’s struggled to stay on the field and I expect Swift to take that lead back job from him.
His 1,558 yards from scrimmage ranked eighth in the league, and he tied with Christian McCaffrey for the NFL’s most total touchdowns with 19.Lost in the mess that was Jacksonville’s offense was a banner year for Fournette, who set career highs in rushing (1,152) and receiving (552) yards even as he struggled to find the end zone with just three total touchdowns. I definitely think his 3.2 yards per attempt last year isn’t indicative of how he played. While he’s not the type of receiving threat a lot of the guys on this list are, no one runs harder than Henry.
He’s just a well-rounded runner who is shifty but also breaks tackles.
He gained 772 yards on his 137 carries while Tevin Coleman also had 137 carries and picked up just 544 yards. But he’s back and healthy and Ben Roethlisberger is back and healthy.
2020 NFL Running Back Rankings 1. But where does he rank among the NFL’s best starting running backs? We’ll see.
There are three people in NFL history to have 1,000 rushing and receiving yards in a single season: Roger Craig, Marshall Faulk and McCaffrey last year.
In his first two NFL seasons, Chubb has averaged 5.1 yards per attempt and put up nearly 1,500 yards rushing in 2019. And running backs matter. Gurley averaged just 3.8 yards per carry and was as shell of his former self. The second-round pick from Florida State is a quick and athletic player with upside. If he can do that for a full season, he’s going to be a Pro Bowler in 2020. In his first two NFL seasons, Chubb has averaged 5.1 yards per attempt and put up nearly 1,500 yards rushing in 2019. Miles Sanders is coming off a great rookie season in which he set an Eagles rookie record in yards from scrimmage.
He also averaged 5.0 yards per carry in his first season in Baltimore. The Jaguars aren’t going to be very good in 2020 and I’d expect Fournette to continue to be a major part of their offense.
He’ll be joined in Tampa Bay by a couple of Hall of Famers in Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski so that offense will be better and more efficient in 2020.
Was it good? He’s an all-time great wasting away his last bit of football life with a hapless franchise.
No. Eagles’ top offensive seasons by position over last 10 years 2020 NFL schedule: The most intriguing players Eagles face each week this season With an improved offensive line, he has a chance to do some damage in 2020. He averaged 5.6 yards per carry last season but got just 137 carries on the season. After holding out until late September, Gordon returned and didn’t play particularly well in 12 games. After leading the NFL in yards per attempt in 2018, Jones had his first 1,000 yard season in 2019 and led the NFL in rushing touchdowns and also added 49 catches for 474 yards. Here’s how I’d rank the 32 starting running backs in the NFL: Entering his third season, Jones had an OK year in 2019.
In fact, his 2,392 yards from scrimmage last year is the third-highest total ever. Dillon so he probably won’t have 19 total touchdowns again in 2019 but he’s still a really good player. Where he didn’t quite measure up was in explosive plays — he had 28 carries of 15 yards or more in 2018, and only 12 in 2019.Not only did Henry lead the NFL in yards after contact in the regular season with 1,268, but he also led the NFL in postseason yards after contact with 337. But the Jets were a disaster too, so it’s hard to really tell what kind of season he had. He’s a true dual-threat running back who will also catch a lot of balls out of the backfield. Even though he was not at 100 percent for the duration of the season, Kamara was still a threat defenses had to account for and he was named to his third straight Pro Bowl.Running backs played a far more important part in Matt LaFleur’s offense than they did under Mike McCarthy in Green Bay’s offense, and Jones was the primary beneficiary. McCaffrey's versatility and ability to make something happen whenever he has the ball in his hands are two reasons why he leads Athlon Sports' list of the top 10 running backs entering the 2020 season.That doesn't mean that there's not room near the top of this list for the guys who prefer to take the handoff and run over and through defenders, as rushing champions Ezekiel Elliott (2016, '18) and Derrick Henry (2019) both land in the top five.But the emergence of the Chargers' Austin Ekeler (93 rec. He’ll need to stay healthy in 2020 but the Bills might have something in the second-year player who forced 42 missed tackles last year. He’s just a well-rounded runner who is shifty but also breaks tackles. He did gain 393 yards on 63 carries (6.2 yards per carry) with four rushing touchdowns in the Giants’ last three games of the season, which augurs well for his 2020 campaign.One season after he led the league in carries and rushing yards, Elliott was even more productive in some ways in 2019, with 12 rushing touchdowns to six the year before, 78 first downs (only Derrick Henry had more) and 972 yards after contact (fourth most in the league).