{"id":62,"date":"2021-01-04T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2021-01-07T23:30:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T03:30:04","slug":"players-to-rush-for-2000-yards-in-a-season-derrick-henry-becomes-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/players-to-rush-for-2000-yards-in-a-season-derrick-henry-becomes-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Players To Rush For 2,000+ Yards In A Season &#8211; Derrick Henry Becomes 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Henry made history Sunday becoming just the eighth different player in NFL history to rush for 2,000+ yards in a single regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old from Yulee, FL romped for 250 yards to led the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/game\/70200.php\">Tennessee Titans to a 41-38 win over the Houston Texans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Henry becomes the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/ps\/rush\/most\/yards\/season\/all\/all\/all\/tennessee-titans.php\">second Titan to rush for 2,000+ yards in a season<\/a> after burner Chris Johnson ran for 2,006 in 2009 (Earl Campbell reached that mark with a playoff game in 1980).<\/p>\n<p>Henry&#8217;s also the first to do it since Adrian Peterson in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFL PLAYERS TO RUSH FOR 2000+ YARDS IN A SEASON<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\t\tfont-size: 12px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; \n\t\tfont-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\t} \n\t.tableizer-table td {\n\t\tpadding: 4px;\n\t\tmargin: 3px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC;\n\t}\n\t.tableizer-table th {\n\t\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\t\tcolor: #FFF;\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>PLAYER<\/th>\n<th>SEASON<\/th>\n<th>TEAM<\/th>\n<th>YARDS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Derrick Henry<\/td>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>TEN<\/td>\n<td> 2,027 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Adrian Peterson<\/td>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<td>MIN<\/td>\n<td> 2,097 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chris Johnson<\/td>\n<td>2009<\/td>\n<td>TEN<\/td>\n<td> 2,006 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jamal Lewis<\/td>\n<td>2003<\/td>\n<td>BAL<\/td>\n<td> 2,066 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Terrell Davis<\/td>\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td>DEN<\/td>\n<td> 2,008 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Barry Sanders<\/td>\n<td>1997<\/td>\n<td>DET<\/td>\n<td> 2,053 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eric Dickerson<\/td>\n<td>1984<\/td>\n<td>RAM<\/td>\n<td> 2,105 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>O.J. Simpson<\/td>\n<td>1973<\/td>\n<td>BUF<\/td>\n<td> 2,003 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Henry made history Sunday becoming just the eighth different player in NFL history to rush for 2,000+ yards in a single regular season. The 27-year-old from Yulee, FL romped for 250 yards to led the Tennessee Titans to a 41-38 win over the Houston Texans. 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