While we noted last Sunday Josh Jacobs had a career-best 144 yards rushing, there was another, less heralded milestone Jacobs reached. When Jacobs hit 90 yards in the game, he officially jumped past Justin Fargas and into the top ten rushing yards in Raiders history.
Josh Jacobs broke into the top ten as one of the #Raiders all-time leading rushers. This weekend he could surpass Clarence Davis for 9th on the list and maybe Ty Wheatley for 8th. #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/bP07oY4ysJ
— Raiders History (@Oaklraiders1976) October 6, 2022
Jacobs’s 336 yards in the first four games. Should he continue on his current pace, he would finish the season with 1428 yards, giving him 4515 career rushing yards, and moving him into the top five in franchise history.
Currently, Marv Hubbard sits in the fifth spot in franchise history with 4394 yards. Jacobs is 971 yards from surpassing that total, so he would need to average 75 yards per game the remainder of the season to reach it. He currently is rushing at an average of 84 yards per game, but much of that was due to his breakout game last week. Prior to that he was averaging 64 yards per game.
The odds of him threatening Napoleon Kaufman’s spot at 4th overall in the all-time rankings are very slim. Jacobs would have to average over 105 yards per game the rest of the way to finish the season with 1705 yards. Quite unlikely.
Still, top five would be impressive. What’s somewhat ironic about all this is if Jacobs is able to do it, he could reach it in his final games with the team. The Raiders didn’t pick up his fifth year option, which means he will hit free agency following the season unless they reverse field and give him an extension before that.