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The Top 10 Greatest NFL Rushing Performances of All Time

By Erik Lambert

NASHVILLE, TN - DECEMBER 6: Derrick Henry #22 of the Tennessee Titans runs downfield with the ball against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the fourth quarter at Nissan Stadium on December 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - DECEMBER 6: Derrick Henry #22 of the Tennessee Titans runs downfield with the ball against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the fourth quarter at Nissan Stadium on December 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images) /
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25 Nov 1990: Running back Bo Jackson of the Los Angeles Raiders moves the ball during a game against the Kansas City Chiefs at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The Chiefs won the game, 27-24.
25 Nov 1990: Running back Bo Jackson of the Los Angeles Raiders moves the ball during a game against the Kansas City Chiefs at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The Chiefs won the game, 27-24. /

#6: Bo Jackson vs. Seattle Seahawks (1987)

His time in the NFL was far too short. Football fans were cheated from the start on Bo Jackson when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sabotaged his initial entry into the league by tricking him into an NCAA violation that cost him his final year of baseball at Auburn. So he decided to strike back, refusing to play for them when they selected him #1 overall in 1986, going to play baseball instead. However, the Raiders decided to take a flier on him a year later when his rights were made available again.

Jackson agreed. He only played seven games that first season as he used the early part of the schedule to finish up baseball. It didn’t take him long to make a statement though. Just five games into his NFL career, he ran into a Seahawks team that would end up making the playoffs that year. Their defense was led by a cocky young linebacker named Brian Bosworth who vowed that his team would stop Jackson without any issue.

Bo took note of that as he rampaged through Seattle for 221 yards including a 91-yard touchdown and a second one where he ran right through Bosworth for the score. It was as big a statement game as there’s ever been for a running back.

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