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Jonathan Taylor has more rushing yards on the season than these NFL teams

The Badger legend has had a remarkable 2021

Jonathan Taylor has taken over as not only the best running back in the NFL, but arguably the MVP of the league in 2021. The Badger legend has a legitimate chance at reaching 2,000 rushing yards on the season, and currently sits at 1,626 yards on the ground on 297 carries.

The New Jersey native has averaged 5.5 yards per carry, and has a chance to carry the Indianapolis Colts into the playoffs.

It turns out that Taylor by himself has been better than a handful of NFL teams on the ground. According to Pro Football Focus, the former Badger has more rushing yards than 13 NFL teams:

One of those teams is the Las Vegas Raiders, who Taylor’s Colts will see on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium.

WATCH: Jonathan Taylor’s longest touchdown runs as a Badger

A look back at Taylor’s longest runs as a Badger

Jonathan Taylor is in the midst of an incredible 2021 season that somehow seems to keep getting better. His meteoric rise continued in the Colts’ win over the Patriots on Saturday, as the former Badger reached the top recorded speed (22.13 mph) in the NFL this season on his 67-yard game-sealing touchdown scamper.

Taylor’s success this season looks like a carbon copy of what Badger fans saw for three years in Madison. With Indianapolis, the two-time Doak Walker Award winner has a strong offensive line, a passing game that isn’t fully respected by defenses, and a massive workload as he looks to carry the Colts to the playoffs.

The Big Ten Network recently put together a clip of Taylor’s longest runs in Madison. For a back that wasn’t exactly sold as the fastest coming out of college in the 2020 NFL draft, he certainly reached blazing speeds at the college level: