In Walter Payton's first NFL season (1975) he had 196 rushing attempts for 679 yards and caught 33 passes for 213 yards.
Walter Payton
Walter payton has 16,726 rushing yards
16,727. Walter Payton ended his career with 16,726 yards rushing.
16,726.
Walter Payton has more rushing yards then Barry Sanders and Barry Sanders have the prettiest dang yards ever gained. All in all. Barry Sanders was the second best RB in the world according to stats. But Walter Payton was better.
Jack Mildren was the first college quarterback to rush more than 1,000 yards in a season. During his freshman season in 1971, Mildren rushed 1,140 yards.
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61 yards on 22 carries with his longest run being 7 yards
As of the start of the 2007 season, Walter Payton has the second most career rushing yards in NFL history with 16,726. Emmitt Smith is first with 18,355 and Barry Sanders is third with 15,269.
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The first Eagle to run for 1,500 yards in a season was Wilbert Montgomery who ran for 1,512 yards in 1979.
Aikman had 1749 passing yards his first year in Dallas.