Is Todd Gurley Already the NFL’s Best Back?

November 3, 2015   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

At very few positions and in very few sports can a player become the best at his craft only weeks into his professional tenure. But if you're a truly special NFL running back, you often have an opportunity to make a pretty large statement in the infancy of your career. 
The last time that happened in a truly unforgettable way, Adrian Peterson rushed for 1,341 yards as a rookie with the 2007 Minnesota Vikings, averaging a league-high* 5.6 yards per carry and scoring 13 touchdowns in 14 games.
Despite starting only five of his first eight games that season, Peterson had a league-high 1,036 rushing yards at midseason, with a 268-yard edge on the NFL's second leading rusher, Willie Parker. He went over the 100-yard mark five times and the 200-yard mark twice during that stretch. And the 224 yards he put up in his third career start would have been the high watermark for the '07 season if not for the NFL-record—it still stands, by the way—296 yards he rushed for i...

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