Georgia football great Nick Chubb went over the 1,000 yard marker on Thursday night as the Cleveland Browns took down the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Chubb toted the rock 27 times and racked up 92 yards, putting him at 1,011 yards on the season and making him the first NFL running back of 2019 to reach that milestone.
Currently, he leads Minnesota Vikings back Dalvin Cook – the older brother of Georgia’s James Cook – by 20 yards and is tied for fifth in yards per carry with an average of 5.0 (Lamar Jackson is first with an average of 6.6 YPC).
Last year, Chubb finished his rookie season with 996 yards on 192 carries. He briefly was sitting on the other side of 1,000 before his final few carries saw him lose yards, bringing him back down 996.
Through ten games this season, Chubb has already amassed his total carries from last season and is currently sitting at 201, the second highest in the NFL behind Cook’s 203.
Nick Chubb is the only #Browns RB ever, other than Jim Brown, to rush for 1,000 yards in the first 10 games of a season. He just hit the mark tonight.
— 92.3 The Fan (@923TheFan) November 15, 2019
Nick Chubb is the first RB to reach 1,000 rushing yards in 2019. pic.twitter.com/K8AuKMliFl
— Everything Cleveland (@EverythingCLE_) November 15, 2019