Running back Frank Gore, who turns 37 next week, has rushed for 15,347 yards in 15 NFL seasons. Philip G. Pavely-USA TODAY Sports

NFL world reacts with wonder as RB Frank Gore returns for 16th season

Originally posted on Sportsnaut | By Vincent Frank | Last updated 5/5/20

The “Inconvenient Truth” is returning for yet another go at it. The New York Jets reportedly signed running back Frank Gore on Tuesday. Gore will return for his 16th NFL season.

It really is something to behold. Running backs tend to have about six or seven good seasons in them. A third-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 2005, Gore put up 1,200-plus total yards every season from 2006-17.

Ranked third on the all-time list in rushing yards (15,347) behind Emmitt Smith and Walter Payton, Gore’s career has been among the most-astonishing in modern sports history. He turns 37 next week.

Needless to say, Gore's return in 2020 had the NFL world buzzing.

Frank Gore pic.twitter.com/EzGFISNNVA
— kyle/Free agent nba fan (@knicks_tape99) May 5, 2020

Frank Gore rushed for 1,695 yards when Patrick Mahomes was in fifth grade.
— Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) May 5, 2020

Frank Gore:
* 15 straight seasons with 500+ rushing yards (NFL record)
* 15 straight seasons with 125+ rushing attempts (NFL record)
* Needs 1,380 rushing yards to move into second on the NFL's all-time rushing list.

Frank Gore forever.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) May 5, 2020

Frank Gore is a Hall of Famer.
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) May 5, 2020

Frank Gore rushing for the Jets next year pic.twitter.com/GltzmgcNtV
— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) May 5, 2020

Frank Gore Jr. is in college and we need to begin entertaining the possibility that father and son may be in the NFL at the same time. Even though Frank Gore told us at the Super Bowl that it won’t happen, I’m not sure I fully buy it https://t.co/V8wqonufO2
— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) May 5, 2020

Here’s what Adam Gase said earlier this year on Frank Gore. #Jets HC loves him. Not surprised he’s bringing him to New York. pic.twitter.com/ATsGtMGZuF
— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) May 5, 2020

The year is 2045. Murder hornets have claimed the state of South Dakota. Half the country is underwater. Frank Gore, 61, gets a one-year deal to steal goal-line work from a starting running back. https://t.co/VW3109HRaY
— JJ Zachariason (@LateRoundQB) May 5, 2020