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Browns
running back Trent Richardson tied two rookie records held by Pro
Football Hall
of Famer, Jim Brown, in Sunday’s 30-7 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
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courtesy of browns.com
Cleveland
Browns
Richardson
ties Brown's records
CLEVELAND-
Cleveland Browns rookie running back
Trent Richardson put himself into elite company during Sunday’s 30-7
win over
the Kansas City Chiefs at Cleveland Browns Stadium, joining Pro
Football Hall
of Famer Jim Brown and Browns legend Eric Metcalf in the team’s record
book.
Richardson
carried 18 times for 42 yards, but
scored the team’s two offensive touchdowns with a pair of one-yard
runs. The
two rushing touchdowns gave Richardson nine on the season, and 10 total
offensive scores in 13 games. He is tied with Brown for the most
rushing
touchdowns by a Browns rookie. Richardson also equaled Brown and
Metcalf for
the most combined scores for a Browns rookie.
“Something
like that, that’s an honor,”
Richardson said. “Jim Brown is an icon. He’s one of those guys you want
to
follow in his footsteps any which way you go in the football division.
To be a
rookie and do the same thing he did, I don’t have the yards that he
had, but
just to tie a record like that, it’s big.
“That
says a lot and it says a lot about our
offensive line. The line is playing excellent. We only had one or two
runs for
loss and that was about it. Other than that, the O-line is protecting
the
quarterback and doing whatever they can. Downfield, they are making
sure no one
is jumping on my ribs or hitting me late. They are protecting me at all
times.
They are fighting for us the whole time and those are the types of guys
you
need to build a dynasty and a successful team.”
Richardson
has rushed for 869 yards and nine
touchdowns on 247 carries this season. He also leads the team with 45
catches.
He has gained 348 yards and scored one touchdown on those catches out
of the
backfield.
“When
you have a running back that has a nose
for the goal line, then, you want him to have his opportunities and I
think he
does,” Browns coach Pat Shurmur said. “Now, there was some big-boy
blocking
going on out there, too, because they were packed in there pretty tight
and
found a way to get in.”
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