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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 876854"><p>I guess I could have looked that up. I've taken a much closer look now and have come up with an all-time list of "Shocking Running Back Performances", regular season or playoffs, at least among runners with 220 ground yards or more in a single game. First the preliminaries:</p><p></p><p>Mostert's 220 yards ranks tied for 49th. all-time in any NFL game, regular season or playoffs. The record book includes AFL and AAFC games that that have been rolled into NFL records (see Cookie Gilchrist and Spec Sanders in the following list).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_single_game.htm" target="_blank">https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_single_game.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Here are some fun facts about those 54 players who have rushed for 220 yards or more in a game as we work our way to the "shocking" list:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">30 of the 54 games were by players who were 1st. round picks. The list is chock-o-block with All-Pros and HOFers.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">4 of the 54 games were by players who were drafted below the 3rd. round (Dillon, Anderson, Mitchell, Jackson and Turner). Dillon was an established star when he did it. Anderson was well on his way to a 1,400 yard season when he did it. Mitchell was a college star and a world record holder in hurdles who's draft status was diminished by segregation in 1958. Bo Jackson requires no explanation. <strong>Turner makes the "most shocking" list.</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">6 of the 54 games were by players who had gone undrafted (Gilchrist, Foster, Holmes, Parker, Wilson, Mostert). Gilchrist had already been an AFL All-Pro. Holmes was on his way to a 1,000 yard season. Parker ran for 1,200 yards in the previous season. <strong>Foster, Wilson and Mostert make the shocking list.</strong></li> </ul><p>So, we're down to four finalists for Most Shocking 220+ Yard Rushing Performance of All-Time.</p><p></p><p>4. Turner, a 5th. round pick, moved on to Atlanta after 4 years backing up Tomlinson in San Diego. He went off for 220 yds in week 1 of 2008 in his first game with the Falcons. He's only 4th. on this list because he had run for for 1,257 yards on 228 carries for a 5.5 average in San Diego, stuck behind Tomlinson in his prime.</p><p></p><p>3. Foster was an undrafted rookie who went off in week 1 of his his second season after starting his rookie year on the practice squad. He finished his rookie year with 257 yards. However, he took over the starting role in the last two games of his rookie season with a combined stat line that looks like this: 39 carries, 216 yards, 5.6 YPC, 3 TDs. That was an early indication of a possible diamond in the rough.</p><p></p><p>2. Mostert was undrafted in 2015 after an undistinguished college career. He landed with SF in 2016 after camps and PS stints with 6 other teams. Going into 2019, he had run the ball 36 times. At least he had a decent 2019 going into the fateful game. In 2018 he had a warm-up against Pettine, rushing for 86 yards on 12 carries in week 6. Since this was a conference championship game, Mostert earns a solid #2 on the list. Note Turner and Foster had their games in week 1's where play is typically shabby.</p><p></p><p>1. And the winner is Tommy Wilson, 223 yards for the LA Rams vs. the Green Bay Packers on December 16th, 1956. That was the NFL single game record at the time. Wilson did not play college football and was a 24 year old undrafted rookie when he performed the feat. He had played football on an Air Force team where he earned the name "Touchdown Tommy". Interestingly, Pete Rozelle had scouted him as an executive with the Rams. As a side note, he was a black player in the largely segregted NFL at that time. Whether segregation in college ball was a factor in his going into the Air Force instead I could not say.</p><p></p><p>He'd done little prior to that rookie breakout game. Here are his game logs for that season:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WilsTo00/gamelog/1956/" target="_blank">https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WilsTo00/gamelog/1956/</a></p><p></p><p>So, if there's any cold comfort it may be that Mostert's performance was not the most shocking rushing performance in NFL history, or even the most shocking against the Green Bay Packers, at least among those with at least 220 yds. Whether Kaepernick's romp-a-thon or some other sub-220 yard game should be on the list I'll leave that for others to research or judge. Well, not quite. Kaepernick's was just a shocking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 876854"] I guess I could have looked that up. I've taken a much closer look now and have come up with an all-time list of "Shocking Running Back Performances", regular season or playoffs, at least among runners with 220 ground yards or more in a single game. First the preliminaries: Mostert's 220 yards ranks tied for 49th. all-time in any NFL game, regular season or playoffs. The record book includes AFL and AAFC games that that have been rolled into NFL records (see Cookie Gilchrist and Spec Sanders in the following list). [URL]https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_single_game.htm[/URL] Here are some fun facts about those 54 players who have rushed for 220 yards or more in a game as we work our way to the "shocking" list: [LIST] [*]30 of the 54 games were by players who were 1st. round picks. The list is chock-o-block with All-Pros and HOFers. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]4 of the 54 games were by players who were drafted below the 3rd. round (Dillon, Anderson, Mitchell, Jackson and Turner). Dillon was an established star when he did it. Anderson was well on his way to a 1,400 yard season when he did it. Mitchell was a college star and a world record holder in hurdles who's draft status was diminished by segregation in 1958. Bo Jackson requires no explanation. [B]Turner makes the "most shocking" list.[/B] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]6 of the 54 games were by players who had gone undrafted (Gilchrist, Foster, Holmes, Parker, Wilson, Mostert). Gilchrist had already been an AFL All-Pro. Holmes was on his way to a 1,000 yard season. Parker ran for 1,200 yards in the previous season. [B]Foster, Wilson and Mostert make the shocking list.[/B] [/LIST] So, we're down to four finalists for Most Shocking 220+ Yard Rushing Performance of All-Time. 4. Turner, a 5th. round pick, moved on to Atlanta after 4 years backing up Tomlinson in San Diego. He went off for 220 yds in week 1 of 2008 in his first game with the Falcons. He's only 4th. on this list because he had run for for 1,257 yards on 228 carries for a 5.5 average in San Diego, stuck behind Tomlinson in his prime. 3. Foster was an undrafted rookie who went off in week 1 of his his second season after starting his rookie year on the practice squad. He finished his rookie year with 257 yards. However, he took over the starting role in the last two games of his rookie season with a combined stat line that looks like this: 39 carries, 216 yards, 5.6 YPC, 3 TDs. That was an early indication of a possible diamond in the rough. 2. Mostert was undrafted in 2015 after an undistinguished college career. He landed with SF in 2016 after camps and PS stints with 6 other teams. Going into 2019, he had run the ball 36 times. At least he had a decent 2019 going into the fateful game. In 2018 he had a warm-up against Pettine, rushing for 86 yards on 12 carries in week 6. Since this was a conference championship game, Mostert earns a solid #2 on the list. Note Turner and Foster had their games in week 1's where play is typically shabby. 1. And the winner is Tommy Wilson, 223 yards for the LA Rams vs. the Green Bay Packers on December 16th, 1956. That was the NFL single game record at the time. Wilson did not play college football and was a 24 year old undrafted rookie when he performed the feat. He had played football on an Air Force team where he earned the name "Touchdown Tommy". Interestingly, Pete Rozelle had scouted him as an executive with the Rams. As a side note, he was a black player in the largely segregted NFL at that time. Whether segregation in college ball was a factor in his going into the Air Force instead I could not say. He'd done little prior to that rookie breakout game. Here are his game logs for that season: [URL]https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WilsTo00/gamelog/1956/[/URL] So, if there's any cold comfort it may be that Mostert's performance was not the most shocking rushing performance in NFL history, or even the most shocking against the Green Bay Packers, at least among those with at least 220 yds. Whether Kaepernick's romp-a-thon or some other sub-220 yard game should be on the list I'll leave that for others to research or judge. Well, not quite. Kaepernick's was just a shocking. [/QUOTE]
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