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Barkley passed Barry Sanders today by 1 yard

BSIMatt : 12/10/2018 12:43 am
On the all time rookie total yards from scrimmage list. 1753 yards for Barkley to Barry’s 1752. He also passed some other notable names like Adrian Peterson, Ladanian Tomlinson, Curtis Martin,Jerome Bettis and Fred Taylor. He will likely surpass Marshall Faulk’s 1800+ yards this week.

460 yards in the final 3 games to break Dickerson’s record, that’s 153 total yards per game to close it out. He is averaging 135 per game on the season, and over 147 yards per game since the bye.

Witnessing one of the finest rookie seasons of all time.
Have you found a list of the top rookies' yards from scrimmage  
BlueLou'sBack : 12/10/2018 12:50 am : link
all time?

I was a little bit pissed PS didn't keep him in a bit more, at least until he cracked the 200 yards from scrimmage benchmark today.

He had 197, right?
RE: Have you found a list of the top rookies' yards from scrimmage  
Banks : 12/10/2018 1:16 am : link
In comment 14212204 BlueLou'sBack said:
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all time?

I was a little bit pissed PS didn't keep him in a bit more, at least until he cracked the 200 yards from scrimmage benchmark today.

He had 197, right?

He's #12 after today. He's projected to have 2.157 yards which will place him at #2 behind Dickerson
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Yes, you can do a custom query on pro football reference  
BSIMatt : 12/10/2018 1:24 am : link
Filter by stat(yards from scrimmage), seasons(rookie seasons from 1920 to 2018), positions(RBs/we/te). The results don’t generate a shareable link, I can post a pick of it, but it’s proving difficult from my phone right now as I have to downsize the image.

He had 197 today yes. He is at 12 all time right now behind Curt Warner in 1983 and Kareem Hunt last year.
And there is the shared link I somehow missed  
BSIMatt : 12/10/2018 1:26 am : link
Thanks for posting.
RE: RE: Have you found a list of the top rookies' yards from scrimmage  
BlueLou'sBack : 12/10/2018 1:37 am : link
In comment 14212213 Banks said:
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He's #12 after today. He's projected to have 2.157 yards which will place him at #2 behind Dickerson Link - ( New Window )


Thanks Banks for that list, which is great especially since you can re-sort (or parse it differently) by clicking on whatever stat column you want as the rank determiner.

For fun and to validate my own long held opinion I resorted on the APY (all purpose yards) column at the far right. Which resorts the list and makes Gayle Sayers #1 all time, from 1965, with 2272 All Purpose Yards. Almost 900 of them were returning punts and kickoffs.
Over only 14 games, of course.

Maybe PS should let Saquon return KOs the last 3 games and go for it?
Sayers has held that record, obviously,  
BlueLou'sBack : 12/10/2018 1:39 am : link
for over 50 years now, wow.
It’s better that he get rested when  
mattyblue : 12/10/2018 2:33 am : link
Possible in blowouts like today. However, the game was so much less interesting when they took him out. In a pretty brutal season it’s fun to have something silly to cheer for. I think he is gonna break it.
Yeah, I don't think PS  
BlackLight : 12/10/2018 3:50 am : link
is all that interested in guys breaking records. He's trying to save wear and tear on their bodies.
RE: Have you found a list of the top rookies' yards from scrimmage  
djstat : 12/10/2018 6:36 am : link
In comment 14212204 BlueLou'sBack said:
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all time?

I was a little bit pissed PS didn't keep him in a bit more, at least until he cracked the 200 yards from scrimmage benchmark today.

He had 197, right?
Wouldn’t be shocked if Shurmer didn’t know this until after Barkley was out
The thing about Barkley is he  
Simms11 : 12/10/2018 10:18 am : link
has done a vast majority of it on his own. He's just amazing given a gap in the line or getting the ball to him in space.
It’s not a fair comparison,  
Daniel in MI : 12/10/2018 11:04 am : link
The other players did not get to play behind our road grader OL....
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