Ian Allan
The Jaguars have gotten nice mileage out of the tag-team combination of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew over the last two years. Since drafting Jones-Drew in 2006, Jacksonville leads the league in rushing at 154 yards per game.
And using those backs as a one-two punch has helped to keep both healthy, effective and explosive. The below chart shows each of the 35 running backs who’ve carried the ball at least 300 times in the past two years. But rather than being ordered by yards of production, the players are in order by average yards per rushing attempt. The two Jacksonville running backs come out on top.
Run Yds Avg
454 2348 5.2 Fred Taylor
333 1709 5.1 Maurice Jones-Drew
327 1662 5.1 Tiki Barber
663 3289 5.0 LaDainian Tomlinson
518 2550 4.9 Brian Westbrook
572 2797 4.9 Frank Gore
339 1629 4.8 Marion Barber
460 2060 4.5 Chester Taylor
360 1610 4.5 Ronnie Brown
487 2153 4.4 Joseph Addai
338 1489 4.4 Ladell Betts
360 1580 4.4 Laurence Maroney
437 1902 4.4 Travis Henry
583 2530 4.3 Steven Jackson
658 2810 4.3 Willie Parker
400 1668 4.2 Justin Fargas
301 1232 4.1 Maurice Morris
574 2348 4.1 Larry Johnson
345 1385 4.0 Ron Dayne
612 2436 4.0 Jamal Lewis
553 2197 4.0 Willis McGahee
452 1785 3.9 Clinton Portis
336 1319 3.9 Ahman Green
431 1672 3.9 Julius Jones
606 2329 3.8 Thomas Jones
334 1270 3.8 Kevin Jones
353 1321 3.7 Cedric Benson
474 1773 3.7 DeShaun Foster
364 1354 3.7 LenDale White
312 1146 3.7 Reggie Bush
513 1860 3.6 Warrick Dunn
661 2381 3.6 Edgerrin James
511 1806 3.5 Rudi Johnson
459 1612 3.5 Shaun Alexander
305 1033 3.4 Reuben Droughns
—Ian Allan
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