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Aaron Rodgers compares Jets running back to former Cornhusker

A former Nebraska running back was name-checked by NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Tuesday afternoon.

A former Nebraska running back was name-checked by New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Tuesday afternoon. Rodgers was asked about running back Breece Hall during his most recent media availability.

Hall is a second-year running back who is just getting back on the practice field after a knee injury during his rookie campaign. The quarterback says Hall reminds him most of former Cornhusker I-back Ahman Green.

“Now we had a guy in Green Bay who had a similar running style. As far as, he was super efficent, Ahman Green. When he was running it didn’t look like he was going that fast but no one could catch him. You watch Breece and it might not look like he’s going that fast but no one catches him.”

Green played at Nebraska from 1995-1997. In 33 career games, he ran for 3,880 yards and 42 touchdowns.

Green would declare for the NFL draft following his junior season. He would be selected in the third round by the Seattle Seahawks.

He would be traded to the Green Bay Packers prior to the 2000 campaign. The Omaha native would play for the Pack from 2000-2006 and 2009.

He was a first-team All-Pro and second-team All-Pro during his time in Green Bay. He’s also a 4x Pro Bowl selection and a member of the Packers Hall of Fame.

He holds the Packers All-Time career rushing record at 8,322 yards. Green and Rodgers played together during the 2005, 2006, and 2009 seasons.

Find a photo gallery of Ahman Green’s football career below.

Aaron Rodgers likens Breece Hall to Ahman Green

Aaron Rodgers has begun practicing with Breece Hall and he compared the second-year back for the Jets to Ahman Green.

Aaron Rodgers is finally getting an opportunity to practice with Breece Hall as the second-year back for the New York Jets returns from a knee injury, and he sees traits of a former running back in his new weapon. When speaking about what he’s seen from Hall thus far, Rodgers was quick to compare Hall to Ahman Green.

As a first-round pick by the Green Bay Packers in the 2005 NFL draft, Rodgers was joining the team just a year after Green produced five consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons for the Packers. While Rodgers wouldn’t become the starting quarterback for the Packers until 2008 (when Green was with the Houston Texans), he got an opportunity to watch the dynamic back in practice every day.

Hall and Green are similar-sized running backs, and they both have somewhat equivalent play styles at the position. The primary difference is that Rodgers is going to play alongside Hall early in his career, while he caught the back end of Green’s career in the NFL.

In seven games as a rookie in 2022, Hall produced 681 scrimmage yards and five touchdowns on 99 touches before suffering a season-ending knee injury. Hall has recently returned to practice and the Jets believe he’ll be ready to suit up in Week 1 versus the Buffalo Bills.

Along with having Dalvin Cook in the backfield, Rodgers appears to be excited to work with Hall in his debut season for the Jets.

Two Huskers named to ESPN’s top 100 running backs list

Two Nebraska Cornhuskers were recently named to ESPN’s Top 100 running backs of the last 60 years list, but which two?

Two Nebraska Cornhuskers were recently named to ESPN’s “Top 100 Running Backs of the Last 60 Years” list. ESPN author Bill Connelly took on the almost impossible task of trying to rank a position that has evolved as much as any over the last six decades. Just look at the impact of the position over that period of time. A running back won the Heisman Trophy every year from 1973 to 1983, and since the year 2000, only three running backs have won the award. It’s a stark reminder of just how much offenses have changed over that period of time.

The first Husker on the list is Ahman Green (No. 55). The running back, or I-back as Nebraska used to call them, played from 1995-97 and ran for 3,880 yards and 42 touchdowns in 33 games for Nebraska. However, his best season was in 1997, when Green ran for 1,877 yards and 22 touchdowns en route to the Cornhusker’s third national championship in four years. He was second in rushing that season behind Ricky Williams (No. 4).

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The second Husker on the list is Mike Rozier (No. 7). The New Jersey native played from 1981-83, running for 4,780 yards and 49 touchdowns. His best season was in 1983, when he ran for 2,148 yards and 29 touchdowns en route to the Heisman Trophy. The entire list can be found below, it has some interesting rankings, but if you were going to pick two running backs from Nebraska history, it would be Green and Rozier.

 

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When was it? Packers’ last 200-yard rushing game

It’s been nearly two decades since Ahman Green became the Packers first and only 200-yard rusher.

The next member of the Green Bay Packers to rush for 200 yards in a single game will become just the second player in team history to ever accomplish the feat.

The Packers have only one 200-yard rusher in the franchise’s long history.

In 2003, Ahman Green – the team’s all-time leading rusher – ran 20 times for a team-record 218 yards and two touchdowns during the Packers’ 31-3 win over the Denver Broncos in the season finale. One of Green’s touchdowns was a 98-yarder, another team record.

The game is more widely remembered as the day when the Arizona Cardinals used a wild ending to come back and beat the Minnesota Vikings, sending the Packers to the playoffs.

Green’s 218 rushing yards broke the record set by Dorsey Levens in 1997. He rushed for 190 yards in a 45-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Prior to Levens, Jim Taylor held the record at 186 rushing yards for almost 40 years.

Green holds four of the team’s eight most productive rushing games in team history. He also rushed for 192 yards during a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2003, a season in which Green finished with a team-record 1,883 rushing yards.

Only seven times since Green ran for 218 yards in 2003 have the Packers had a player rush for 150 or more yards in a game, including Aaron Jones’ career-high 154-yard game against the Minnesota Vikings last December. Najeh Davenport’s 178 rushing yards in 2004 are the most by a Packers player since Green’s record-setting performance.

Since 2004, there have been 56 different games with a 200-yard rusher in the NFL.

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When was it? Packers’ last 90-yard rushing touchdown

Ahman Green produced two of the Packers’ three touchdown runs over 90 yards during his time in Green Bay.

The leading rusher in Green Bay Packers history has two of the team’s three touchdown runs of at least 90 yards, including each of the last two and also the longest touchdown run in team history.

It’s been a decade and a half since the Packers saw a player race 90 yards or more on a run and score.

The Packers’ last touchdown run of at least 90 yards? Ahman Green’s 90-yard score during the Packers’ Week 7 win over the Dallas Cowboys in 2004.

The touchdown came just a year after Green produced a 98-yard touchdown run, which is still the longest in team history.

Green’s score gave the Packers a 41-13 lead over the Cowboys at Lambeau Field on Oct. 24, 2004.

Green caught a pitch from Brett Favre moving to his left, cut upfield through an alley and raced down the far sideline with several Cowboys defenders trailing helplessly behind. The run was Green’s second touchdown and the Packers’ fifth of the game.

Green made four straight Pro Bowls between 2001 and 2004. He rushed for 8,322 yards and 54 touchdowns over eight seasons with the Packers.

Long runs have been recently elusive for the Packers. The team’s last run of at least 70 yards was Brandon Jackson’s 71-yard scamper in 2010. The career-long run by Aaron Jones, the Packers’ best bet to rip off a 90-yard score in 2020, is 67 yards.

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Last punt return for touchdown
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