most rushing touchdowns from a day 3 draft pick

Barry Sanders has the most career rushing touchdowns by a #3 overall pick, with 99 touchdowns.

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Data note: Rushing Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	99	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
2	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	71	110	6,702	1,561	4.3	60.9	2,323	263		8.8	21.1	3
3	Curt Warner C. Warner	56	100	6,844	1,698	4.0	68.4	1,467	193		7.6	14.7	7
4	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	40	70	4,045	964	4.2	57.8	733	101		7.3	10.5	4
5	Ollie Matson O. Matson	40	169	5,173	1,170	4.4	30.6	3,285	222		14.8	19.4	23
6	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	38	144	8,074	1,798	4.5	56.1	2,961	295		10.0	20.6	12
7	Steve McNair S. McNair	37	161	3,590	669	5.4	22.3	4	1	1	4.0	0.0	0
8	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	30	126	7,966	1,831	4.4	63.2	2,065	229	165	9.0	16.4	9
9	Bobby Layne B. Layne	25	175	2,451	611	4.0	14.0	0	0			0.0	0
10	John Brodie J. Brodie	22	201	1,167	235	5.0	5.8	0	0			0.0	0
11	Trent Richardson T. Richardson	17	46	2,032	614	3.3	44.2	912	113	156	8.1	19.8	2
12	Bobby Humphrey B. Humphrey	15	51	2,857	695	4.1	56.0	815	100		8.2	16.0	2
13	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	14	107	1,139	321	3.5	10.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	13	234	1,539	514	3.0	6.6	5	1	1	5.0	0.0	1
15	Mike Phipps M. Phipps	13	119	1,278	254	5.0	10.7	0	0			0.0	0
16	Vince Young V. Young	12	60	1,459	282	5.2	24.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Doak Walker D. Walker	12	67	1,520	309	4.9	22.7	2,539	152		16.7	37.9	21
18	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	11	165	1,488	442	3.4	9.0	9,110	649		14.0	55.2	79
19	Drake Maye D. Maye	9	40	1,101	205	5.4	27.5	2	1	1	2.0	0.1	0
20	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	8	78	1,766	283	6.2	22.6	20	1	1	20.0	0.3	1
21	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	8	140	685	216	3.2	4.9	0	0			0.0	0
22	Alonzo Highsmith A. Highsmith	7	65	1,195	283	4.2	18.4	428	42		10.2	6.6	3
23	Jack Thompson J. Thompson	6	51	262	70	3.7	5.1	0	0			0.0	0
24	Johnny Robinson J. Robinson	6	164	658	150	4.4	4.0	1,228	77		15.9	7.5	9
25	Howard Cassady H. Cassady	6	84	1,229	316	3.9	14.6	1,601	111		14.4	19.1	18

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,437

Goff

RUSH

1,000

Gibbs

REC

755

St. Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

28.6

5th

OPP PPG

22.1

15th

RUSH YDS/G

134.8

7th

PASS YDS/G

272.8

4th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bears	7	2	.778
Lions	7	2	.778
Vikings	7	2	.778
Packers	6	4	.600

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/22	TB	@	DET	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	CHI	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	DET	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	TEN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 12/20	DET	@	MIN	8:20 PM

Last Game

Patriots

5 - 5

Final

Lions

7 - 2

Sun 15 Nov 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,838

Love

2,547

Cousins

2,462

Stroud

Rush Yards Leaders

1,000

Gibbs

971

Cook

951

Robinson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,036

Smith-Njigba

916

Watson

904

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

23

Burrow

22

Cousins

21

Lawrence

Rush TD Leaders

11

Gibbs

11

Allen

10

Swift

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

7

Likely

7

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

114.8

Burrow

112.8

Lawrence

109.8

Purdy

Sack Leaders

10.5

Anderson

8.5

Granderson

8.5

Van Ginkel

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.9

30.0

29.9

29.4

28.6

27.3

Opp PPG Rankings

14.0

16.0

17.3

18.0

19.5

Total Yards Rankings

392.7

392.4

386.7

383.0

379.8

376.8

Rush Yards Rankings

163.9

152.7

142.0

137.8

136.0

135.3

Pass Yards Rankings

298.3

284.1

274.3

272.8

271.6

266.8

Sack Leaders

37.0

33.0

32.0

29.0

27.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

212.4

Gibbs

170.4

Walker

162.7

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

161.1

Smith-Njigba

131.8

Lamb

131.6

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

101.5

Likely

98

Bowers

89.8

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

114

Shrader

103

Reichard

103

Sanders

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

7-2

6-2

7-3

6-3

Worst Record ATS

0-7-1

1-8

2-7

3-7

3-6

NFL 2026 Standings

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	8	1	0	.889
Patriots	5	5	0	.500
Jets	2	8	0	.200
Dolphins	1	8	0	.111
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	6	4	0	.600
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	7	2	0	.778
Texans	3	6	0	.333
Colts	3	7	0	.300
Titans	1	8	0	.111
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	7	2	0	.778
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	3	1	.611
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	3	5	1	.389
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Lions	7	2	0	.778
Vikings	7	2	0	.778
Bears	7	2	0	.778
Packers	6	4	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	4	5	0	.444
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Saints	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	7	0	.300
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	7	1	0	.875
Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	PIT	@	CIN	8:20 PM
Mon 11/16	LAC	@	BAL	8:15 PM
Thu 11/19	IND	@	HOU	8:15 PM
Sun 11/22	ARI	@	KC	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM

Barry Sanders has the most career rushing touchdowns by a #3 overall pick, with 99 touchdowns.

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NFL 2026 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2026

212.4

170.4

162.7

161.1

131.8

131.6

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98

89.8

114

103

103

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