History of the Detroit Lions that feat was Buddy Parker, in 1952–53 during his second and third seasons at the helm. In 1997, Barry Sanders ran for 2,053 rushing yards. At the time, his career total rushing 15,269 yards was second only to Walter Payton's 16,726 yards and he joined Jim Brown as the only players among the NFL's 50 all-time rushing leaders to average 5 yards a carry, but he retired abruptly after the 1998 season. Emmitt Smith has since broken Payton's record, accumulating 18,355 career rushing yards, which bumped down Sanders to the #3 spot on the list of total career rushing yards.
C. J. Brown (American football) quarterback. The record was previously held by Jack Scarbath, who rushed for 132 yards against in 1950. Brown missed the 2012 season with a ACL injury. He returned to be the starting quarterback in the 2013 season. For the season he passed for 2,242 yards with 13 passing touchdowns and rushed for 576 yards with 12 rushing touchdowns. Brown remained the starter his senior season in 2014, passing for 2,288 yards and 13 touchdowns. Through the end of the 2014 regular season, Brown's statistics are as follows: C. J. Brown (American football) Clark "C. J." Brown, Jr. (born June 1991)