Question How Many Players Have Averaged 5.0 Yards Per Carry Or More Each Of The Last 6 Years In The NFL? (1 Viewer)

[Artifactual]

5.0 yards per carry or more is the golden standard in the NFL.

Not many players complete a season with an average of 5.0 yards per carry or more.

Can you name which players have done so each season since 2018, the last 6 years in a row?

 

[Kegger]

Is there a minimum number of carries required? Just RBs, or are you counting QBs too?

 

[SWJJ]

Taysom Hill, Nick Chubb, maybe Jonathan Taylor (actually I dont think he's been in the league 6 years) Thats probably it.

 

[SWJJ]

Is there a minimum number of carries required? Just RBs, or are you counting QBs too?

good question!

I am gonna add Lamar Jackson to my guess list.

 

[Artifactual]

Is there a minimum number of carries required? Just RBs, or are you counting QBs too?

No minimum. All players. Six years in a row. Since 2018.

 

[sleepingbunch]

I don't think any other rbs would make the list.

Josh Allen? Other running QBs? Agree on taysom and Lamar

 

[Bill]

I can only think of one who might have, Lamar Jackson. But I don't think he did that for the last 6 years.

 

[LiterOCola]

5.0 yards per carry or more is the golden standard in the NFL.

Not many players complete a season with an average of 5.0 yards per carry or more.

Can you name which players have done so each season since 2018, the last 6 years in a row?

Obviously I pulled from a stats website, the qualifying stat was a minimum of 100 attempts. Adding QBs is kind of a controversial point because QBs get to choose when they take off running, so have a much better chance at running in favorable situations. QBs also generally have an outlet pass option on designed runs they can go to if the defense sniffs out their run.

Looks like Lamar Jackson is the only one that made the list every year, except in 2018 when he averaged 4.7 yards a carry.

Looks like Taysom Hill averaged 5 yards a carry every year since 2018, but only averaged around 85 or so attempts for the last 4 years, and had less than 40 the first two. I don't feel like trying to go through the whole NFL allowing basically any amount of attempts.

Mark Ingram appears on the list the same number of times that Kamara has.

2023:
Lamar Jackson
Christian McCaffrey
Jaylen Warren
Justin Fields
Jahmyr Gibbs
Kyren Williams
James Conner
2022:
Justin Fields
Lamar Jackson
Josh Allen
Daniel Jones
Khalil Herbert
Aaron Jones
Tony Pollard
Travis Etienne
Nick Chubb
Rhamondre Stevenson
2021:
Josh Allen
Rashaad Penny
Lamar Jackson
Jalen Hurts
Jonathan Taylor
Nick Chubb
Miles Sanders
Tony Pollard
Chase Edmonds
2020:
Lamar Jackson
Kyler Murray
J.K. Dobbins
Nick Chubb
Aaron Jones
Derrick Henry
Miles Sanders
Ronald Jones II
Dalvin Cook
Jonathan Taylor
Alvin Kamara
Gus Edwards
Damien Harris
Raheem Mostert
2019:
Lamar Jackson
Raheem Mostert
Gus Edwards
Derrick Henry
Devin Singletary
Matt Breida
Nick Chubb
Mark Ingram
2018:
Aaron Jones
Phillip Lindsay
Kerryon Johnson
Matt Breida
Nick Chubb
Gus Edwards
Austin Ekeler
Melvin Gordon
Saquon Barkley
Christian McCaffrey

 

[gavinj]

Patrick Mahomes has done it for the last 5 seasons, but in 2018 he avg 4.5 yards a carry

 

[Wisco Steve]

For RBs this past year, De'Von Achane had an awesome YPC--7.8 on 103 attempts.
No back was better than UDFA from BAL, Keaton Mitchell at 8.4 YPC.

 

[Kegger]

Deebo almost made it, as did Mostert

So is the answer just Taysom and Chubb?

 

[boutte]

Hill's runs from the QB position are really just a direct snap to a RB. They know what's coming and they still can't stop it.

 

[Bill]

Deebo almost made it, as did Mostert

So is the answer just Taysom and Chubb?

Chubb only had 28 attempts this year, so his rushing average this year is not an official stat.

 

[SWJJ]

Chubb only had 28 attempts this year, so his rushing average this year is not an official stat.

OP did not list any minimum requirements, I suspect Hill doesn't have any seasons over 100 attempts either

 

[Artifactual]

Taysom Hill, Nick Chubb, maybe Jonathan Taylor (actually I dont think he's been in the league 6 years) Thats probably it.

I am gonna add Lamar Jackson to my guess list.

Had you stuck with your first answer you had it.

Deebo almost made it, as did Mostert

So is the answer just Taysom and Chubb?

We have a winner! Come get your chicken dinner!

Rushing Stats For Taysom Hill 2018-2023​

YEAR	TEAM	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st	1st%	20+	40+	FUM
TOTAL	Career	97	398	2159	5.4	60	27	145	36.4	14	4	11
2023	New Orleans Saints	16	81	401	5.0	27	4	26	32.1	3	0	1
2022	New Orleans Saints	16	96	575	6.0	60	7	34	35.4	3	2	1
2021	New Orleans Saints	12	70	374	5.3	44	5	26	37.1	3	1	1
2020	New Orleans Saints	16	87	457	5.2	43	8	34	39.1	2	1	7
2019	New Orleans Saints	16	27	156	5.8	30	1	10	37	2	0	0
2018	New Orleans Saints	16	37	196	5.3	35	2	15	40.5	1	0	1

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Rushing Stats For Nick Chubb 2018 - 2023​

	TM	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
2018	CLE	16	192	12.0	996	5.2	62.3	8	92	20	29	1.3	149	7.5	9.3	2	24	1,145	10	0	0
2019	CLE	16	298	18.6	1,494	5.0	93.4	8	88	36	49	2.3	278	7.7	17.4	0	32	1,772	8	3	3
2020	CLE	12	190	15.8	1,067	5.6	88.9	12	59	16	18	1.3	150	9.4	12.5	0	26	1,217	12	1	1
2021	CLE	14	228	16.3	1,259	5.5	89.9	8	70	20	25	1.4	174	8.7	12.4	1	40	1,433	9	2	1
2022	CLE	17	302	17.8	1,525	5.0	89.7	12	41	27	37	1.6	239	8.9	14.1	1	26	1,764	13	1	1
2023	CLE	2	28	14.0	170	6.1	85.0	0	20	4	4	2.0	21	5.3	10.5	0	10	191	0	0	0
Career		77	1,238	16.1	6,511	5.3	84.6	48	92	123	162	1.6	1,011	8.2	13.1	4	40	7,522	52	7	6