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Chris Carson knew he could rush for 1,000 yards if healthy. His new offseason workout paid off.

Chris Carson joined a rather exclusive Seahawk fraternity Sunday when he topped the 1,000-yard mark, becoming just the sixth player in team history to do so.

The other five are basically a who’s who of Seattle running backs — Curt Warner, Chris Warren, Ricky Watters, Shaun Alexander and Marshawn Lynch.

Carson now has 1,029 yards, the first to top the 1,000-yard mark since Lynch in 2014 and just the 21st 1,000-yard season in team history.

It’s heady territory for a second-year player who was a seventh-round pick in 2017 out of Oklahoma State, more of a “who’s he?