Factoid

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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