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The 'NFL yards-from-scrimmage leaders' quiz
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The 'NFL yards-from-scrimmage leaders' quiz

Happy birthday to five-time Pro Bowler, 1969 first-team All-Pro and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010, Floyd Little!

Little was drafted sixth-overall by the Denver Broncos out of Syracuse in the first combined AFL/NFL draft in 1967. By the time the league’s actually merged in 1970, Little had established himself as a productive player with three-consecutive Pro Bowl nods. In 1971 he was  the bell-cow back of the league, leading the NFL in carries (284), rushing yards (1,133) and total yards-from-scrimmage (1,388).

Little retired after the 1975 season as (at the time), the league’s sixth-leading rusher all-time and will always own the distinction of being the first Bronco ever to rush for at least 1,000 yards in a single season. He passed away on January 1, 2021 at the age of 78.

Which brings us to today’s quiz. How many of the players to lead the NFL in yards-from-scrimmage since the AFL/NFL merger in 1970 can you name in seven minutes? 

Good luck!

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2025 / ATL / 2,298
Bijan Robinson
2024 / PHI / 2,283
Saquon Barkley
2023 / SF / 2,023
Christian McCaffrey
2022 / LVR / 2,053
Josh Jacobs
2021 / IND / 2,171
Jonathan Taylor
2020 / TEN / 2,141
Derrick Henry
2019 / CAR / 2,392
Christian McCaffrey
2018 / NYG / 2,028
Saquon Barkley
2017 / LAR / 2,093
Todd Gurley
2016 / ARZ / 2,118
David Johnson
2015 / ATL / 1,871
Julio Jones
2014 / DAL / 2,261
DeMarco Murray
2013 / PHI / 2,146
LeSean McCoy
2012 / MIN / 2,314
Adrian Peterson
2011 / BAL / 2,068
Ray Rice
2010 / HOU / 2,220
Arian Foster
2009 / TEN / 2,509
Chris Johnson
2008 / MIN / 1,885
Adrian Peterson
2007 / PHI / 2,104
Brian Westbrook
2006 / STL / 2,334
Steven Jackson
2005 / NYG / 2,390
Tiki Barber
2004 / NYG / 2,096
Tiki Barber
2003 / SD / 2,370
LaDainian Tomlinson
2002 / KC / 2,287
Priest Holmes
2001 / KC / 2,169
Priest Holmes
2000 / IND / 2,303
Edgerrin James
1999 / STL / 2,429
Marshall Faulk
1998 / IND / 2,227
Marshall Faulk
1997 / DET / 2,358
Barry Sanders
1996 / PHI / 1,855
Ricky Watters
1995 / DAL / 2,148
Emmitt Smith
1994 / DET / 2,166
Barry Sanders
1993 / DAL / 1,900
Emmitt Smith
1992 / BUF / 2,113
Thurman Thomas
1991 / BUF / 2,038
Thurman Thomas
1990 / BUF / 1,829
Thurman Thomas
1989 / BUF / 1,913
Thurman Thomas
1988 / SF / 2,036
Roger Craig
1988 / IND / 2,036
Eric Dickerson
1987 / DAL / 1,606
Herschel Walker
1986 / LAR / 2,026
Eric Dickerson
1985 / RAI / 2,314
Marcus Allen
1984 / LAR / 2,244
Eric Dickerson
1983 / LAR / 2,212
Eric Dickerson
1982 / RAI / 1,098
Marcus Allen
1981 / ATL / 2,036
William Andrews
1980 / HOU / 1,981
Earl Campbell
1979 / PHI / 2,006
Wilbert Montgomery
1978 / CHI / 1,875
Walter Payton
1977 / CHI / 2,121
Walter Payton
1976 / BUF / 1,762
O.J. Simpson
1975 / BUF / 2,243
O.J. Simpson
1974 / DEN / 1,812
Otis Armstrong
1973 / BUF / 2,073
O.J. Simpson
1972 / WAS / 1,689
Larry Brown
1971 / DEN / 1,388
Floyd Little
1970 / NYG / 1,514
Ron Johnson

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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