BY GEORGE DICKIE
Over the last 75 years, Cleveland
Browns fans have been treated to
the performances of some pretty
special running backs like Leroy
Kelly, Mike Pruitt, Marion Motley
and Jim Brown. Now, enter into that
conversation Nick Chubb.
Indeed, in the five year veteran, the
Browns have a potential Hall of Famer
who has rushed for more than 1,000
yards in every season except one (his rookie year of 2018,
when he had 996) and been the linchpin of the Cleveland
offense.
He's just finished arguably the best year of his career,
rushing for 1,525 yards (third in the NFL) on 302 carries (a
5.1 yards-per-carry average) and 12 touchdowns and caught
27 passes for 239 yards and one TD. His 1,525 yards puts
him behind only Brown's superhuman single-season club
record of 1,863 in 1963, accomplished in an era when teams
played 14 regular season games compared to today's 17.
For his career, Chubb's 6,340 yards on the ground rank
him fourth among Browns runners behind only Brown
(12,312), Kelly (7,274) and Pruitt (6,560). With health,
Chubb should be able to eclipse Kelly and Pruitt's totals
next year and take up the pursuit of Brown's all-time Browns
mark.
Pro Bowler Chubb on a Hall of
Fame trajectory for Browns
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