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More stats, courtesy of the NFL Network’s Total Access.

400+ rush attempts in a season - rushes per season, rest of career.
Year
Player
ATT
After
2006
Larry Johnson
416
?
1998
Jamal Anderson
410
118.6
1984
James Wilder
407
118.2
1986
Eric Dickerson
404
218.7
2000
Eddie George
403
275.5


And for Eddie George, we all know that even though he still got carries, his yard per attempt plummeted.

On the 1,102 carries George had in the four seasons following his 2000 Pro Bowl, 403 carry year, he averaged just 3.23 per attempt. That number was 3.90 across the first part of his career.

Jamal Anderson saw a similar thing happen to his ypc average. It was 4.18 up to and including his Pro Bowl, 410 carry season in 1998. For the rest of his career, not only were his total carries down, but his ypc fell to 3.58.

Eric Dickerson is probably the one example on this list who didn’t completely see his career fall apart after his 400 carry season. Perhaps that’s because it came in just his fourth year in the league.

ED had a 4.78 ypc before and up to his 1986, 404 carry season. He played 7 more years in the league (including three more Pro Bowl seasons from 1987-89), and his ypc average fell a bit off, down to 4.56.

Since Larry Johnson’s 416 carry season also came during his 4th NFL season, there is precedence showing LJ will continue to run well throughout his career, especially considering that ED was a little more physical runner than LJ has been so far.

Still, a hold out for anyone usually ends up in an injury-riddled season, so if you add that into trying to come off a 400+ carry season, I’d be staying clear of Johnson in 2007 fantasy leagues. Michael Bennett looks good though.

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