Clem Daniels
Yes. He led the league in rushing 8 out of 9 seasons. Retired as the NFL all time rusher and still holds records for yards per carry and yards per game.
Nebraska
Emmitt Smith with 18,355 yards
Ron Dayne
That would be running back Ron Burton out of Northwestern University. Burton played 5 seasons with the Patriots and had career totals of 1536 rushing yards on 439 attempts and 111 pass receptions for 1205 yards. He scored 8 career rushing TDs, 9 career pass reception TDs, and 1 TD on a return of a missed field goal. He still holds the Patriots record for the longest return of a missed field goal (91 yards).
Eric Dickerson, Los Angeles Rams, 1984. 2105 yards.
Michael Dickerson While Eric (Michael is a basketball player) Dickerson holds the record for the most yards rushed in a season with 2105, it is Emmitt Smith who holds the record for most rushing yards in a career with 18,355. Emmit Smith. Followed by Walter Payton who is the best running back ever to play the game. Rest in Peace Walter.
On January 5, 1983, Tony Dorsett of the Dallas Cowboys ran 99 yards for a touchdown in a Monday night game against the Minnesota Vikings.
The obvious choice is Emmitt Smith, who played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1990 to 2002. He is the all-time rushing leader in the history of the National Football League with 18,355 yards, and the Cowboys' career record holder with 17,162. He also won four league rushing titles (in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1995), and was both a league Most Valuable Player (in 1993) and a Super Bowl MVP (for Super Bowl XXVIII).
No
LaDainian Tomlinson holds the NCAA single-game rushing record with 406 yards for Texas Christian against Texas El Paso in 1999. I'm an alum of TCU, and I believe that this record still holds strong. That record has long since be broken, last year in fact a kid from Southern Connecticut State university, Jarom Freeman rush for 418 yards. Forth most in NCAA history.
This is an opinion question. Add yours at the bottom.Emmitt Smith (1990's) or Jim Brown (1960's).---Or Gayle Sayers, in the late sixties.---Barry Sanders, who left football in 1997 just before he could set the all-time NFL rushing record.---Walter "Sweetness" Payton with the 1985 Bears.---Adrian Peterson (2010's?)---Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns-1950's & 1960's- He departed as the NFL record holder for both single-season (1,863 in 1963) and career rushing (12,312 yards), as well as the all-time leader in rushing touchdowns (106), total touchdowns (126), and all-purpose yards (15,549). He was the first player ever to reach the 100-rushing-touchdowns milestone and is the only rusher in NFL history to average over 100 yards per game for a career