Teams
New Orleans Saints (2017-present)
Playoffs
Appearances - 4 (2017,2018,2019,2020)
Conf Champ Games - 1 (2018)
Super Bowls - 0
Championships - 0
Awards and Honors
Offensive Rookie of the Year - 2017
Pro Bowl - 5 (2017,2018,2019,2020,2021)
All-Pro Second Team - 2 (2017,2020)
All-Time Ranks
Yards per Rush - #64
Rushing Touchdowns - #68
Total Touchdowns - #76
League Leads
Rushing Touchdowns (#2-2018,2020, #6-2017)
Yards per Rush (#1-2017, #9-2020)
Rushing Yards per Game (#8-2021)
Total Touchdowns (#1-2020, #2-2017-2018)
Scrimmage Yards (#3-2020, #6-2017, #7-2018)
Yards per Touch (#7-2017)
Alvin Kamara played 2 seasons of college football for the Tennessee Volunteers after spending his freshman season at a community college, and he nearly reached 1000 scrimmage yards in each season with the Vols despite sharing the backfield the entire time. He decided to leave school a year early to enter the draft, where he was picked in the 3rd round with the 67th pick by the New Orleans Saints.
As a rookie, Kamara split time at running back with Mark Ingram, but still managed to accumulate 1554 total yards and 13 touchdowns, lead the league with 6.1 yards per carry, and win Offensive Rookie of the Year. It's still the best season of his career.
The following year he became the lead back in New Orleans, and while he gained more total yards and scored more touchdowns, he was less efficient, gaining only 4.6 yards per carry, but still a pretty good average. His yardage remained about the same in his third season, but his scoring production plummeted, as he ended the season with only 6 total touchdowns, down from 18 the year before.
He improved again in his fourth season, setting career highs in rushing yards with 932 and total touchdowns with 21, which led the entire league, earning him his second All-Pro Second Team berth and some votes for Offensive Player of the Year. He also tied the league record that year by scoring 6 rushing touchdowns in a single game.
His last 3 seasons have been a bit quieter. He has still surpassed 1000 total yards each year, but his rushing average has been at 4 yards per carry or less the entire time, and he hasn't reached 10 touchdowns in any of those seasons either.
He's still young, only 28 years old, but running backs tend to have shorter careers than most pro athletes, and they usually have their best seasons early in their career, so there is a chance that Kamara won't move up this list any more, but he is a skilled enough athlete that he may be able to see a few more good years, and either way, he is still one of the best to ever play the position.
No comments:
Post a Comment