{"id":181488,"date":"2023-01-09T10:03:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T10:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/detroit-lions-jamaal-williams-breaks-barry-sanders-td-mark\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T10:03:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T10:03:06","slug":"detroit-lions-jamaal-williams-breaks-barry-sanders-td-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/detroit-lions-jamaal-williams-breaks-barry-sanders-td-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions’ Jamaal Williams breaks Barry Sanders’ TD mark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For the first time in a while, the Detroit Lions have a 1,000-yard rusher.<\/p>\n

But it’s not the guy you would have predicted at the start of the season.<\/p>\n

Lions running back Jamaal Williams finished the first half of Sunday night’s season finale at Green Bay with 15 yards, giving him 1,009 on the season. He is the first Lions running back since Reggie Bush in 2013 to rush for over a grand.<\/p>\n

Williams also stormed into the end zone with 8:05 left in the third quarter to tie Barry Sanders’ franchise record of 16 rushing touchdowns in a season. Then, with 5:55 remaining in the game, Williams marched into the end zone from 1 yard out to break Sanders’ mark, set in 1991. Williams, in his second year with the Lions, was supposed to be the change-of- pace back behind D’Andre Swift, but due to injury and production, Williams has emerged as the starter for Detroit. He’s a free agent after this season.<\/p>\n