Last season Clinton Portis ran for one thousand two hundred and twelve yards, while averaging just 3.9 yards per carry. This year, half way through the season he already has nine hundred and forty four yards and is on pace for one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight yards, fourteen touchdowns and an average of five yards per carry.
Last season, Portis' sixth in the league, the twenty-six year old back appeared to be slowing down. There was talk of the Redskins drafting another running back to groom as Portis's replacement down the road.
Portis, now twenty-seven and in his seventh year, has all but silenced that talk of drafting another back. Not only is he leading the league in rushing. He has more rushes of twenty yards or more than any other back (8). He also rushed for over 120 yards in five straight games, tying an NFL record set by OJ Simpson.
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