It’s not often the Lions get even one running back to top 100 total yards from scrimmage in a single game. It’s much rarer when two Lions RBs hit the century mark in the same game. But that’s what D’Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams did in Detroit’s Week 1 loss to San Francisco.
Swift logged 11 carries for 39 yards, but his eight receptions for 65 yards lifted him over the century mark. Williams posted 54 yards on nine carries and chipped in another 56 on eight receptions. Each scored once, Williams on the ground and Swift on a highlight-reel screen pass.
It was the first time the Lions had two RBs top 100 yards from scrimmage in almost exactly five years. In Detroit’s Week 1 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sept. 11, 2016, Theo Riddick and Ameer Abdullah were the last to do it. Riddick had 45 yards rushing and 63 receiving, while Abdullah ran for 63 and caught five passes for 57 yards.
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Riddick would have just one other game in his career topping 100 combined yards, in Week 8 of that 2016 season. Abdullah also hit the century mark in yards from scrimmage just one more time, in Week 4 of 2017.
Swift had two games last year accruing at least 100 total yards, including a Week 5 outing where he ran for 114 yards. Williams, making his Lions debut, had three such games while with the Packers in 2020.