JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS WEEKLY GAME RELEASE

OFFENSIVE NOTES
YELDON’S WORKLOAD
• Among all NFL rookies in 2015, RB T.J. Yeldon ranks
third in rushing attempts (182) and rushing yards (740).
Yeldon’s 740 rushing yards are the most by a Jaguars
rookie in a single season since Maurice Jones-Drew
(941) in 2006. Yeldon also ranks third among all NFL
rookies with 1,019 scrimmage yards (740 rushing, 279
receiving) this season.
T.J. YELDON CAREER STATISTICS
G/GS ATT YDS TD LG Y/A Y/G
2015 12/12 182 740 2 45 4.1 61.7
Career 12/12 182 740 2 45 4.1 61.7
SETTING THE STAGE
• For his NFL career, rookie RB T.J. Yeldon has twice surpassed the
100-yard rushing mark, last doing so in Week 7 vs. Buffalo (20 carries,
115 yards, one TD) at Wembley Stadium in London.
T.J. YELDON’S CAREER 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES
Game Att. Yds Avg. TD Result
10/25/15 vs. Buf. 20 115 5.75 1 W, 34-31
10/4/15 at Ind. 22 105 4.77 0 L, 13-16 (OT)
CARRYING THE LOAD
• RB T.J. Yeldon ranks third among all NFL rookies (second in the AFC)
with 182 rushing attempts in 2015, trailing only STL’s Todd Gurley (229)
and SD’s Melvin Gordon (184).
MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS
(NFL rookie RBs in 2015)
Rk. Player (Team) Rushes Yards Avg. TDs
1. Todd Gurley (STL) 229 1,108 4.84 10
2. Melvin Gordon (SD)* 184 641 3.48 0
3. T.J. Yeldon (Jax.)* 182 740 4.07 2
4. Thomas Rawls (Sea.) 147 830 5.65 4
5. Matt Jones (Was.) 144 490 3.40 3
* AFC running back
GROUND GAME GRIT
• RB T.J. Yeldon’s 740 rushing yards in 2015 rank third among all NFL
rookies (first in the AFC), trailing only STL’s Todd Gurley (1,023) and
SEA’s Thomas Rawls (830).
MOST RUSHING YARDS
(NFL rookie RBs in 2015)
Rk. Player (Team) Rushes Yards Avg. TDs
1. Todd Gurley (STL) 229 1,108 4.84 10
2. Thomas Rawls (Sea.) 147 830 5.65 4
3. T.J. Yeldon (Jax.)* 182 740 4.07 2
4. Melvin Gordon (SD)* 184 641 3.48 0
5. David Johnson (Ari.) 114 556 4.88 8
* AFC running back
YELDON QUICK HITS
• RB T.J. Yeldon’s 740 rushing yards are the most by a Jaguars rookie
in a single season since Maurice Jones-Drew (940) in 2006.
• Impressively, Yeldon has produced 655 of his 1,019 scrimmage
yards in his last seven games (since Week 7), averaging 93.6 scrimmage
yards per game in that span.
ROOKIE RBs RECEIVING
• RB T.J. Yeldon has recorded 279 receiving yards in 2015, which is tied
for the fifth-highest total among NFL rookie RBs this season.
MOST RECEIVING YARDS
(NFL rookie RBs in 2015)
Rk. Player (Team) Yds
1. Duke Johnson (Cle.) ................500
2. David Johnson (Ari.) ...............423
3. Javorius Allen (Bal.)................321
4. Matt Jones (Was.) ...................304
5. T.J. Yeldon (Jax.) ..................279
Jeremy Langford (Chi.) ............279
MOST RECEIVING YARDS BY
JAGUARS RUNNING BACK
(Single-season franchise history)
Rk. Player (Year) Yds
1. Fred Taylor (2002)...................408
2. Maurice-Jones Drew (2011) ......374
Maurice Jones-Drew (2009) ......374
4. Fred Taylor (2003)...................370
5. Fred Taylor (2004)...................345
6. Maurice Jones-Drew (2010) ......317
7. Maurice Jones-Drew (2013) ......314
8. T.J. Yeldon (2015)*...............279
SCRIMMAGE YARDS
• RB T.J. Yeldon has produced 1,019 scrimmage yards (740 rushing, 279
receiving) in 2015, trailing only STL’s Todd Gurley (1,204) and OAK’s
Amari Cooper (1,037) among all NFL rookies.
MOST SCRIMMAGE YARDS
(NFL rookies in 2015)
Rk. Player (Team) Rush Rec. Total
1. Todd Gurley (STL) 1,108 188 1,296
2. Amari Cooper (Oak.) -3 1,050 1,047
3. T.J. Yeldon (Jax.) 740 279 1,019
DENARD DASHING
• RB Denard Robinson has rushed 62 times for 257 yards
and one TD in 2015, averaging 20.3 yards per game and
3.9 yards per carry. Robinson ranks third among Jaguars
players in rushing this season, trailing only rookie RB
T.J. Yeldon (740) and QB Blake Bortles (310). With one
game remaining, Robinson is only 108 rushing yards shy
of reaching 1,000 for his NFL career.
DENARD ROBINSON CAREER STATISTICS
G/GS ATT YDS TD LG Y/A Y/G
2015 12/2 62 244 1 31 3.9 20.3
Career 41/11 217 892 5 41 4.1 21.8
SHOELACE TAKES CHARGE
• For his NFL career, RB Denard Robinson has posted two 100-yard
rushing games, doing so on Oct. 26, 2014 vs. MIA (108 yards) and
Oct. 19, 2014 vs. CLE (127 yards, one TD).
DENARD ROBINSON’S CAREER 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES
Game Att. Yds Avg. TD Result
10/26/14 vs. MIA 18 108 6.0 0 L, 13-27
10/19/14 vs. CLE 22 127 5.8 1 W, 24-6