Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones has accomplished something this season that only two running backs have ever produced in the franchise’s 100-year history.
Jones, who created 192 total yards and a touchdown against the Washington Redskins on Sunday, now has 1,204 total yards and 15 touchdowns through 13 games this season. He’s just the third running back in team history to get to 1,200 total yards and 15 scores in a single season, joining Ahman Green and Jim Taylor.
Green hit both marks in 2003 when he produced 2,250 total yards and 20 touchdowns during a first-team All-Pro season.
Taylor accomplished the feat three different times: in 1961 (1,482 yards, 16 touchdowns), in 1962 (1,580, 16) and 1964 (1,523, 15). Like Green, he was an All-Pro all three seasons.
At his current pace, Jones will end the 2019 season with 1,481 total yards and 18 touchdowns. Only 31 players in NFL history have a season with at least 1,450 total yards and 18 touchdowns.
Green and Taylor are currently No. 1 and No. 2 in the team’s history in rushing yards, respectively. Taylor is a Pro Football Hall of Famer, while Green was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame.
Jones currently has 779 rushing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, 425 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns this season. All four marks are career-highs.
Only three running backs produced at least 1,200 total yards and 15 touchdowns last season: Todd Gurley, Alvin Kamara and Saquon Barkley. Jones, Christian McCaffrey and Derrick Henry are the only three to do it this season.
