Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Carson had 116 yards on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, bringing his season total to 1,029 yards. While the 1,000-yard barrier is arbitrary and has lost some meaning for receivers in a passing era, Carson is only the eighth back this season to hit the mark, with two more likely to join him this Sunday. He’s also done this despite a number of factors working against him:
- Two games missed with injury
- A broken ankle in 2017
- Playing for a team that a year ago had the least productive backs in the league
- Team drafted a running back in the first round
Carson is also the first seventh round pick to rush for 1,000 yards in a season since 2008, when two players went on to accomplish the feat: Peyton Hillis, who was selected by the Denver Broncos and then hit 1,000 yards with the Cleveland Browns three years later, and Justin Forsett, who you of course know was drafted by the Seahawks and then had 1,266 yards with the Baltimore Ravens in his seventh season.