That was the 1997 season. He also scored 14 TDs and had 33 pass receptions for 305 yards.
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Barry Sanders. He ran 2,056 yards in 1998 with the Detroit Lions and he ran for 2,850 yards in 1988 at Oklahoma State.
Sanders had 76 career 100+ yard rushing games, one behind all time leader Walter Payton who had 77. Sanders also holds the NFL record with 14 consecutive 100+ rushing yard games in the 1997 season.
Barry Sanders was the youngest player to rush for 10,000 regular season yards in a career in the NFL. On December 10, 1995 against the Houston Oilers he rushed for 54 yards putting his career total at 10,048. He was 27 years, 147 days old at the time. Emmitt Smith was second youngest when he rushed for 155 yards on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1996 against the Washington Redskins. His career total after that game was 10,075. He was 27 years, 197 days old at the time.
As of the 2009 season, there have been six 2,000 yard rushers in the NFL: 1973 - O.J. Simpson - 2,003 yards 1984 - Eric Dickerson - 2,105 yards 1997 - Barry Sanders - 2,053 yards 1998 - Terrell Davis - 2,008 yards 2003 - Jamal Lewis - 2,066 yards 2009 - Chris Johnson - 2,006 yards
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