A comparison 08-09 with DeAngelo and AP...

[CRA]

[quote=adallastiger;2356468

Also...according to my very solid, BUT NOT 100 GUARANTEED ACCURATE research, only DeAngelo Williams and Jim Brown, based on reasonable amounts of carries, have ever averaged 5.0 ypc for three years.

[panthers55]

first guy I thought of was Faulk and he has done it also, I am sure there are many, many others who have done that. Doesn't mean it isn't impressive though.

What I remember reading is that Brown was the only guy who averaged over 5 yards a carry for his career (5.2). And that Williams was on pace to match that at 5.1 for his career so far. There are several guys who have averaged 5 yards a carry for 3 years but I don't think anyone has averaged it 4 years in a row. I know Brown and Faulk didn't.

[CRA]

What I remember reading is that Brown was the only guy who averaged over 5 yards a carry for his career (5.2). And that Williams was on pace to match that at 5.1 for his career so far. There are several guys who have averaged 5 yards a carry for 3 years but I don't think anyone has averaged it 4 years in a row. I know Brown and Faulk didn't.

well, the poster in this thread said only 2 "have ever averaged 5.0 ypc for three years". That is what I responded to. Faulk did that.

[KillerKat]

Here: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_per_att_career.htm

shalom

[KillerKat]

well, the poster in this thread said only 2 "have ever averaged 5.0 ypc for three years". That is what I responded to. Faulk did that.

Also Marion Motley, Joe Perry, Mercury Morris, Dan Towler, and Michael Turner (if people are going to be silly and count Williams 2nd year, then Turner's first 3 should be counted too).

[panthers55]

well, the poster in this thread said only 2 "have ever averaged 5.0 ypc for three years". That is what I responded to. Faulk did that.

You were right. It was also interesting that many of our big name guys like Walter Payton, Tony Dorsett, Emmitt Smith, OJ Simpson, Eric Dickerson not only didn't average 5 yards per attempt for their career but didn't average it more than one year in their career.

BTW in doing some research I noticed that actually there were 3 runners who averaged 5 yards per carry for their career and ran for more than 5000. Jim Brown (5.2) and Barry Sanders (5.0), and Joe Perry (5.0). Interestingly Barry didn't average 5 yards a carry for 3 years in a row. He did average 5 yards a carry 2 years in a row two seperate times.

I didn't know about Joe Perry before looking at KillerKats list.

[KillerKat]

5 YPC for career:

Marion Motley

Bobby Mitchell

Bo Jackson

Jim Brown

Mercury Morris

Joe Perry

Gale Sayers

Barry Sanders

Dan Towler

[panthers55]

Also Marion Motley, Joe Perry, Mercury Morris, and Michael Turner (if people are going to be silly and count Williams 2nd year, then Turner's first 3 should be counted too).

I don't know if there is a limit on it but I think it may be that you have to have at least 100 attempts per year. Otherwise there are guys who run the ball less than 10 or 20 times a year and always average over 5 yards a carry. That would negate Turner's first 3 years and include Williams 2nd year. On the other hand if you want to count Vick as a running back he would make the list as well.

[KillerKat]

I just mostly put Turner in there 'cause I dont think Williams 2nd year should be counted.

[panthers55]

5 YPC for career:

Marion Motley

Bobby Mitchell

Bo Jackson

Jim Brown

Mercury Morris

Joe Perry

Gale Sayers

Barry Sanders

Dan Towler

That list doesn't account for how many rushes they made in a year. Surely someone rushing 200 times a year is far different from someone averaging 50 carries one year and 200 the next. Plus to make it meaningful I would think you would want to have someone average more than 5000 yards in a career. Otherwise it is pretty meaningless.

Still I didn't know about Joe Perry so I learned something today.