Duke Johnson broke a 36-year-old record for the Miami Hurricanes Saturday night when he passed Ottis Anderson for the career rushing lead.
Miami Hurricanes running back Duke Johnson did in three years what no other Miami running back had done before, even in four.
With a nine-yard run against the Pitt Panthers early in the second half Saturday night, Johnson moved past Ottis Anderson on Miami’s career rushing list.
Anderson had held the career rushing mark since finishing his career with 3,331 yards from 1975-78.
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Johnson, a junior, needed 34 yards to break Anderson’s mark. After the record-breaking run, Johnson had 3,339 career yards.
The Duke is loose! Hurricanes RB Duke Johnson passes Ottis Anderson for most career rushing yards in Miami history. pic.twitter.com/34yoZ2x9Ss
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 30, 2014
Entering the game, Johnson had rushed for 1,431 yards this season—323 yards shy of the single-season record set by Willis McGahee, who had 1,753 yards in 2002.
Johnson rushed for 947 yards on a 6.8-yard-per-carry average as a freshman in 2012 and followed that up with 920 yards and a 6.3-yard average last season.
He came into Saturday averaging 7.2 yards per carry this season to go with 10 rushing touchdowns. He has 26 rushing touchdowns in his career going into Saturday.
Steven McGuire has the career rushing touchdowns mark with 35 from 1989-92. The single-season record is the ridiculous 28 scores by McGahee in 2002.
With 13 career 100-yard games going into Saturday, Johnson was one away from tying the career record of 14 set by Clinton Portis from 1999-2001.
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