Injuries took their toll his final three years with the Eagles, but he posted strong career numbers. Sproles played in games during his career and served as one of the best pass-catchers out of the backfield from on.
He totaled 4, receiving yards and 32 receiving TDs while racking up 3, rushing yards and 23 rushing TDs. He did all of that despite operating as a backup and third-down back during his career. Sproles last played in with the Eagles and bested Riggins by about 70 days. He saw action in just 15 games over his last three seasons but was a Pro Bowler in the previous three seasons.
Peterson is set to officially pass Sproles if he's active for the Titans against the Rams, as expected. Peterson will be 36 and days old on Sunday. Sproles retired from the league at 36 and days old following the season. Peterson has posted terrific numbers during his career. He has 14, rushing yards the fifth-most in NFL history and rushing touchdowns. Technically, Gore hasn't retired yet.
He's just not on a roster, so he could eventually earn the No. If not, he's still the second-oldest running back in the NFL's modern era. Gore last played in Week 16 of the season. He was 37 years and days old when he tallied 48 rushing yards on 14 attempts for the Jets. Gore has the third-most rushing yards in NFL history at an even 16, and also has an even 80 rushing touchdowns.
While Gore hasn't done much as a pass-catcher in recent years, he has nearly 4, career receiving yards and 18 TDs there as well. If he does return to the NFL, he will continue to inch closer toward being the oldest running back to ever play and will likely become the fourth player in NFL history to total more than 20, scrimmage yards.
OK, so Neal isn't technically a running back. He's a fullback. Neal played 16 seasons in the NFL and spent time with eight different teams. He had just 1, career scrimmage yards and 18 touchdowns, but he was one of the NFL's fiercest blockers during the s. His physical tools set the tone for what went down as one of the greatest freshman seasons in NCAA history. On his way to finishing as the runner up in the Heisman vote, the best finish ever by a freshman at that time, Peterson rushed times for 1, yards 5.
It started with a dislocated left shoulder in the fall of his freshman season. It was a nagging injury that Peterson played through and had surgery on in the offseason. As a sophomore, a sprained left ankle limited him in three games and cost him another altogether. The biggest bite came his junior season, when a broken collarbone suffered in the final play of an October affair cost him seven games. Despite the injuries, Peterson rushed for 1, yards on carries 5.
Peterson was fighting an uphill battle to become a top-five pick with talents like that but he was also fighting himself. He did right by posting a 4. This is not an easy thing for every running back to adapt to, but Lynch has excelled at it. Lynch is inextricably linked to Peterson in a small way -- he was the second running back chosen in the NFL Draft after an absolutely absurd career at Cal people tend to forget how sick Lynch was in college, before he faded into obscurity a bit in Buffalo for his first couple of NFL seasons , selected by the Bills five spots after Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson.
Spiller , Lesean McCoy and now maybe Doug Martin , among others -- but make no mistake, he's an "elite" running back. And I'm fine with that label. Numbers wise, though, Lynch had a career year to contend with his draft-classmate in Peterson, and finished the season third in the NFL in rushing with 1, yards on 5.
Want some perspective on how damn good Adrian Peterson is though? AP rushed for eight more than Lynch , 1, yards, over his team's final 10 games. Peterson came up nine yards short of breaking the NFL's single season rushing record last Sunday, a record that was set by Eric Dickerson back in and has held true for the past 28 years. Peterson becomes just the seventh player to break the 2, yard mark and now sits at No.
In a "passing league" whose rules changes and protections of the quarterback have helped to promote passing more and more over the last decade, coupled with the "running back by committee" approach that so many teams now favor, that's honestly a really remarkable accomplishment.
I haven't even mentioned something that you already knew -- Peterson did all this after returning to action about nine months after tearing his ACL. Most athletes can expect to recover from a torn ACL in about a year, and a lot of players have reported that full strength doesn't really return for up to two full years after the injury.
Peterson eclipsed the 2, yard rushing mark a little over a year to the date in which he crumpled to the turf in pain, two ligaments torn. Many pundits believed then that this injury could cost Peterson the entire season. Moreover, an injury like his costs some players their careers. The fact that he came back stronger and faster -- well, there's no way to explain how absurdly rare that is.
He's like the grown-man version of Rookie of the Year's Henry Rowengartner -- a freak mutant healing of an injury resulting in super-human power and strength. Any casual NFL observer or fantasy football owner can look at the stats and know that Peterson is a great running back. To really appreciate his brilliance though, I wanted to walk you through one play in particular that does a small part in illustrating how Peterson managed the second most prolific rushing season in NFL history.
Because I'm a Seahawks fan, and I happen to think that my team's defense is pretty decent, it makes sense to show you how badly he shredded up Seattle's D. This is a defense that, going into Week 17, was the 2nd ranked unit by Football Outsiders DVOA, and after the week's games, ended tops in the NFL in terms of opponent points surrendered.
Seattle went into the Week 9 game and in the need of a win. During NFL. Tackle Adrian Peterson and Percy Harvin. The second play from scrimmage, Peterson busted a run outside, breaking four or five tackles and making at least two other Seahawk defenders miss as he racked up 74 yards before being tackled at the 1-yard line.
After a week's preparation where the number one goal was tackling Adrian Peterson. Let's slow it down. The Vikings come out in a heavy two tight end, two running back formation -- 22 personnel -- with two tight ends set in-line right and Adrian Peterson the deep back in the I-formation.
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