![]() With all that in mind, Razorbacks Wire celebrates the greatest running backs in Arkansas history - and one quarterback with exceptionally quick feet - with a photo gallery of the program’s top 10 leaders in career rushing yards. Knile Davis was identified in the third round by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2013, and two Razorbacks rushers were drafted in the fifth round in 2016: Alex Collins by the Seattle Seahawks and Jonathan Williams by the Buffalo Bills. 22 overall by the Dallas Cowboys the same year. 4 overall by the Oakland Raiders in 2008, and teammate Felix Jones was tabbed No. Several Razorbacks running backs have been selected in the NFL draft in recent years. ĭeMarco Murray and Marshawn Lynch are the most recent leaders in rushing touchdowns, co-leading in 2014.The Arkansas Razorbacks have a reputation for playing hard-nosed football, so it’s no surprise that the program has produced myriad running backs with the ability to push the pile and pound the opposition in the ground game. All-Time Rushing Touchdowns Leaders Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football. ![]() Emmitt Smith posted the first consecutive league-leading 20+ rushing touchdowns seasons in 19, an achievement later matched by Priest Holmes, in 20. Steve Van Buren was the first player to lead the league with consecutive 10+ rushing touchdowns seasons, in 19, and would add a third consecutive in 1949. 40 seasons later, in 1983, John Riggins, posted the league's first 20+ rushing touchdowns season. In 1943, Bill Paschal became the first NFL player to post a 10+ rushing touchdowns season, when playing for the New York Giants. Marcus Allen is the only player in NFL history to lead the league in rushing touchdowns while playing with 2 different teams in 1982, Allen led the league while playing with the Oakland Raiders, and in 1993, he led the league while playing with the Kansas City Chiefs. Steve Van Buren was the first to lead the league in 3 consecutive seasons, from 1947 to 1949, a figure later matched by Jim Brown (1957 to 1959) and Leroy Kelly (1966 to 1968). The first sole rushing touchdowns leader in consecutive seasons was Johnny Drake, when he led in 19. Dutch Clark became the first player to lead the league in consecutive seasons (19), although in 1937 he co-led the league. Jim Brown holds the record for most league-leading seasons in rushing touchdowns, with 5 (1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, and 1965). Prior to Tomlinson's setting of the record, Priest Holmes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Shaun Alexander of the Seattle Seahawks, jointly held the record with 27, reaching that mark in 20, respectively. Since then, LaDainian Tomlinson has set the record for rushing touchdowns in a season, when he led the league in 2006, with 28 rushing touchdowns, while playing with the San Diego Chargers. ![]() Record-keeping for rushing touchdowns began in 1932, when Bronko Nagurski of the Chicago Bears led the league with 4 rushing touchdowns. Although rushing has both an offensive and a defensive meaning, this list charts offensive rushing touchdowns, usually scored by a running back, either a halfback or a fullback. ![]() This is a season-by-season list of National Football League players who have led the regular season in rushing touchdowns. LaDainian Tomlinson, led the league in 2006, and set the NFL record for most rushing touchdowns in a season, with 28 ![]()
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