Josh Allen has run for 5,000 yards in the NFL. For a guy whose primary job is throwing the football, that’s a lot of ground covered.
The Buffalo Bills quarterback became just the fifth quarterback in NFL history to reach that total during Buffalo’s Week 9 game against the Minnesota Vikings. Allen crossed the 5k mark in the third quarter on a series of designed runs.
He entered the game at 4991 then had a 7-yard run in the first quarter to get to 4998. He lost one yard on the kneel down to end the first half
to fall back to 4997. A 5-yard scramble from the Minnesota 21 was followed by a 3-yard run to make sure he was over.
Allen joins Lamar Jackson, Michael Vick, Cam Newton, and Russell Wilson in the 5,000-yard group. That’s the entire list, and Allen has put himself on it in his ninth NFL season.
Bills fans have watched those yards come a few different ways. There have been scrambles after the protection breaks down, designed runs, and more than a few plays where Allen decides the best way to get a first down is to go through whoever is standing in front of him. They all count. Of course, if he slid more often, like we all keep screaming for him to do, it would have taken a few more carries to get there.
Allen already owns the NFL record for career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. Now he has another number to go with it, and another reminder of how much of Buffalo’s offense has come from his legs.
