Fred Taylor Moves Over 10,000 Career Rushing Yards as Jaguars Beat Titans

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Sixteen carries for 45 yards isn’t anything to get excited about, but in Fred Taylor’s case today, it was. First and foremost, his Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Tennessee Titans 28-13 to improve to 6-3 and tie the Titans for second place in the AFC South behind the Indianapolis Colts. Secondly, he became the 21st player in NFL history to rush for more than 10,000 yards in his career in the process. Pretty impressive for a guy who has never made the Pro Bowl and holds franchise rushing records for a career, season and game. After the game, Fred said he was shocked the Titans announced it and added:

“Look at the smile on my face. I’m thankful. It’s been a roller-coaster ride, ups and downs. I probably questioned myself once or twice along the ride whether I could do it.”

I can’t believe Fred’s never made a Pro Bowl. The guy was made to run the football. Sure, he’s had his share of injury problems throughout his NFL career, but that makes this 10,000-yard achievement all the more impressive considering he’s only played 16 games twice in his first nine seasons. Six of those nine seasons he’s gone over 1,000 yards and he’s on-pace to do so this year as well. With Maurice Jones-Drew taking some of the load off Fred (and thus prolonging his career), he’s not getting as many carries, but he’s productive with the ones he does get, averaging 4.2/run.