![]() ![]() Photo credit should read DOUG COLLIER/AFP via Getty ImagesĮmmitt Smith was the 17th overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft. Oh, and he had a perfect passer rating for his career (158.3) with his lone pass attempt resulting in a 21-yard touchdown.Įmmitt Smith was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2010. Surprisingly underrated as a receiver - Smith had 515 receptions over his career (an average of 34.3 per season) on 545 career targets (81.1% catch rate) with 11 touchdowns. #1 all-time in rushing touchdowns with 164 (19 more than #2 LaDainian Tomlinson).Īlso #1 in playoff rushing touchdowns (19) 3 more than Franco Harris and Thurman Thomas 7 more than Terrell Davis and Marshawn Lynch. The NFL’s all-time leading rusher with 18,355 yards (which is 1,629 more than Walter Payton who is #2 all-time). The only running back to ever win a Super Bowl championship, the league’s MVP award, the NFL rushing crown, and the Super Bowl MVP award in the same season (1993). Marshawn Lynch was the 12th overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. The most hilarious pre-Super Bowl moment ever.Arguably the best trade that John Schneider ever made (R4 + conditional R6).Tied for the 4th-most rushing touchdowns in the playoffs (12). ![]() 10,413 career rushing yards ( #29 all-time).And a game-changing, field-tilting Seahawk of the highest order.īeast Quake (the original) | Beast Quake 2.0 | Career Highlights Marshawn Lynch may have been drafted by the Buffalo Bills, but he’ll forever be knowns as a Seahawk. Shaun Alexander was the 19th overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft. the Vikings in 2002), a then- record 27 rushing touchdowns in 2005, and the aforementioned MVP award (in 2005). In addition to his Seahawks records, Shaun’s career highlights include an NFL record 5 TDs in a single half (vs. ‘I wanted to be like the Michael Jordan of touchdowns’: An oral history of Shaun Alexander’s MVP season Shaun’s 100 rushing touchdowns has him tied for #8 all-time, one spot behind John Riggins (104), 2 spots behind Jim Brown (106), and 3 spots behind Walter Payton (110). The next five guys on the list are: Curt Warner (55), Chris Warren (44), Sherman Smith (28), Chris Carson (24), and Russell Wilson (23). On the rushing touchdowns list, Marshawn Lynch is #2 with 58 (reminder: Shaun Alexander had 100!). * Lynch’s late-season return in 2019 officially counts as a season. Chris Carson, #8 with 3,502 (5 seasons).Russell Wilson, #5 with 4,689 (10 seasons).Marshawn Lynch, #4 with 6,381 (7 seasons*).Other notable names on the Seahawks’ all-time list: Shaun Alexander played 8 seasons in Seattle (2000-2007) and holds the team records for yards (9,429) and touchdowns (100).Ĭhris Warren is #2 in rushing yards with 6,706 (2,723 fewer than Shaun Alexander) across the same number of seasons (8). A close second is Shaun Alexander - the only Seahawk to win the league MVP award and the only Seahawk whose jersey I wear on game days. My favorite player in Seahawks history is Steve Largent. Hint: It will be spelled out in bold letters as we go along. Imagine what Prisco would have said if he’d realized that we took KW3 in the second round and not the third.Īdmittedly, what follows is an overly-simplistic analysis that focuses on one specific thing that almost all of the game-changing, field-tilting running backs throughout the last 30 or so years of NFL history have in common. ![]() taking a running back early is weird as they need to transition from a run-heavy offense. ![]() When will this team get away from the importance of running backs? Walker is a good player, but they had so many other needs. Taking running back Ken Walker in the third round makes no sense. That said, I think most people would agree that KW3 at least has the potential to become the league’s next game-changing, field-tilting back. Obviously, there is no way at this point to definitively know if Walker’s college performance(s) will translate to the NFL. ![]()
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