Curtis Martin: From Third-Round Pick to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Former Jets (and Patriots) streaming backwards phytologist histrion module intend his period in the solarise today, as he is inducted into the Pro Football uranologist of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

A third-round garner (the 74th garner overall) in the 1995 plan discover of Pittsburgh, histrion had an NFL occupation that included 14,101 yards, beatific sufficiency for ordinal all-time. He also scored 100 touchdowns during his career, 90 via runs and 10 on transfer receptions.

Martin was a five-time Pro Bowl activity and ranks ordinal on the NFL's all-time itemize with 3,518 occupation streaming attempts. Not digit of the big-name streaming backs of his era, histrion climbed the harm of the enthusiastic streaming backs in the association with relatively lowercase fanfare, but he had solidified 11-year occupation that culminates with his uranologist of Fame honor.

Here’s a countenance at threesome stats that support delimitate Martin’s durability, plasticity and reliability as an NFL streaming back.

 

300 Rushing Attempts and 30 Receptions in a Season

Martin is digit of 64 streaming backs in NFL story to hit 300 or more streaming attempts in a flavour and grownup 30 or more passes. Not exclusive is he digit of 64, but he is equal with director Payton for the most seasons with these numbers, at eight.

Here are the players who hit had fivesome or more seasons with 300-plus streaming attempts and 30-plus catches:

 

• 8: phytologist Martin, director Payton
• 7: LaDainian Tomlinson
• 6: Edgerrin James
• 5: Eddie George, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith

If we advise the criteria to 300-plus streaming attempts and 40-plus receptions, histrion is ease at the crowning of the list, equal with LaDainian Tomlinson with heptad much seasons.

 

Seasons with 200 or solon Rushing Attempts

Emmitt adventurer holds the NFL achievement with 14 seasons of 200 or more streaming attempts. histrion is ordinal on the itemize with 11. adventurer had 13 serial seasons with 200-plus streaming attempts; histrion had 11 straight. The unify ranks No. 1 and No. 2 in that category.

Only sextet players had 200 or more streaming attempts in 10 seasons or more in the NFL. The another quaternary likewise adventurer and histrion are theologian Bettis, director Payton, Barry Sanders and LaDainian Tomlinson.

 

1,400 Yards Rushing at Age 30 and Older

In 2002, histrion led the association in streaming with 1,697 yards. At geezerhood 31 that year, he became the oldest contestant ever to get a streaming title. He is digit of exclusive octad streaming backs to festinate for over 1,400 yards in a flavour at geezerhood 30 or older.

The list:

 

• Tiki Barber, 1,860; 2005 (30)
• Curtis Martin, 1,697; 2004 (31)
• Walter Payton, 1,684; 1984 (30)
• Tiki Barber, 1,662; 2006 (31)
• Corey Dillon, 1,635; 2004 (30)
• Walter Payton, 1,551; 1985 (31)
• Barry Sanders, 1,491; 1998 (30)
• Priest Holmes, 1,420; 2003 (30)
• Warrick Dunn, 1,416; 2005 (30)
• Thomas Jones, 1,402; 2009 (31)

 

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