Eric dickerson
The Caucasian with the most rushing yards is John Riggins with 11,352 yards 16th on the all time list. He played from 1971-1985 with the New York Jets and Washington Redskins.
Career Record: Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys. He has five rushing touchdowns scored over three games. Single Game Record: Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos scored three rushing touchdowns in a single game.
There was a very good running back named Curt Warner who played college ball at Penn State and played 8 seasons (1983-1990) in the NFL for the Seahawks and Rams. He was a 3 time Pro Bowler and ended his career with 6844 rushing yards for 56 TDs and caught 193 passes for 1467 yards and 7 TDs.
Bo Jackson, an Auburn running back from 1982 through 1985 holds the school record for rushing yards. In his career he averaged 6.62 yards a carry, totalling up 4,303 yards in that time. He also won the Heisman Trophy in 1985.Carnell Williams is second with 3,831 yards. Auburn greats James Brooks, Joe Cribbs and Stephen Davis round out the top five.The current active rushing leader (mid-way through the 2009 season) is Ben Tate. He's eighth on the all time Auburn list after the sixth game of his senior year. He could conceivably break into the top five before his eligibility has expired.Trivia: Each of Auburn's previous top ten career rushers played in the NFL.
Running back Willis McGahee finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting in 2000.
The Caucasian with the most rushing yards is John Riggins with 11,352 yards 16th on the all time list. He played from 1971-1985 with the New York Jets and Washington Redskins.
Emmit Smith
Tiki Barber
At the start of the 2011 season, Gore ranks 61st in career rushing yards (6,414), 86th in career rushing attempts (1,371), and tied for 137th in career rushing TDs (35).
Emmitt Smith, with 18,355 career rushing yards.
On October 27, 2002, Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith broke the National Football League's career rushing record in a game against the Seattle Seahawks at Texas Stadium.
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).
L.T. ended his career in the National Football League with 13,684 lifetime rushing yards. He surpassed Jerome Bettis for fifth place on the all-time list.
Career Record: Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys. He has five rushing touchdowns scored over three games. Single Game Record: Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos scored three rushing touchdowns in a single game.
On October 7, 1984, Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton broke the NFLâ??s all-time rushing record set by Clevelandâ??s Jim Brown in 1965. Walter Payton's career rushing record is 12,400 yards, 88 more than Jim Brown.
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.
barry sanders was the best running back of all time. he was fast, strong, and elusive i agree