CLEMSON in the NFL

C.J. Spiller Continuing Historic Pace


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From Buffalo Rumbling:

While Buffalo Bills running back C.J. Spiller C.J. Spiller
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got less carries against the Arizona Cardinals than his backfield counterpart Fred Jackson, Spiller had more yards and has overtaken the elder statesman as the driving force behind the team's offense. He's putting up numbers the NFL hasn't seen in two generations.

Spiller's big Week 1 has propelled him into the stratosphere in yards per rushing attempt. He finished the game against the New York Jets with over 12 yards per carry and has maintained a blistering 7.55 yards per attempt throughout the season on 60 carries. Only two running backs in NFL history have had more than 60 attempts and maintained a per-rush average better than 7.6 - and the last one was during the first Eisenhower administration.

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