most rushing yards by a afc south running back in a game

Jonathan Taylor has rushed for the most yards in the AFC South by a running back in a game, with 253 yards against the Jaguars on January 3, 2021.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	253	1/3/2021	IND	vs	JAX	30	8.4	2	1	1	2	1.0	0
2	Derrick Henry D. Henry	250	1/3/2021	TEN	@	HOU	34	7.4	2	0	0	0		0
3	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	244	11/9/2025	IND	vs	ATL	32	7.6	3	42	3	3	14.0	0
4	Derrick Henry D. Henry	238	12/6/2018	TEN	vs	JAX	17	14.0	4	0	0	0		0
5	Arian Foster A. Foster	231	9/12/2010	HOU	vs	IND	33	7.0	3	7	1	1	7.0	0
6	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	228	11/1/2009	TEN	vs	JAX	24	9.5	2	11	2	3	5.5	0
7	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	225	9/29/2019	JAX	@	DEN	29	7.8	0	20	2	3	10.0	0
8	Derrick Henry D. Henry	219	10/30/2022	TEN	@	HOU	32	6.8	2	9	1	1	9.0	0
9	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	218	12/22/2024	IND	vs	TEN	29	7.5	3	0	0	0		0
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	215	12/13/2020	TEN	@	JAX	26	8.3	2	7	2	2	3.5	0
11	Derrick Henry D. Henry	212	10/18/2020	TEN	vs	HOU	22	9.6	2	52	2	5	26.0	0
12	Derrick Henry D. Henry	211	12/29/2019	TEN	@	HOU	32	6.6	3	0	0	0		0
13	Edgerrin James E. James	204	11/21/2004	IND	@	CHI	23	8.9	1	11	1	1	11.0	0
14	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	197	9/20/2009	TEN	vs	HOU	16	12.3	2	87	9	11	9.7	1
15	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	195	10/21/2012	TEN	@	BUF	18	10.8	2	3	1	2	3.0	0
16	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	194	12/21/2003	JAX	vs	NO	34	5.7	1	31	2	2	15.5	0
17	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	190	11/27/2011	TEN	vs	TB	23	8.3	0	3	1	2	3.0	0
18	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	188	1/6/2024	IND	vs	HOU	30	6.3	1	8	2	2	4.0	0
19	Derrick Henry D. Henry	188	11/10/2019	TEN	vs	KC	23	8.2	2	3	2	2	1.5	0
20	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	186	12/5/2010	JAX	@	TEN	31	6.0	0	4	1	1	4.0	0
21	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	185	11/21/2021	IND	@	BUF	32	5.8	4	19	3	3	6.3	1
22	Derrick Henry D. Henry	182	9/19/2021	TEN	@	SEA	35	5.2	3	55	6	6	9.2	0
23	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	181	10/8/2017	JAX	@	PIT	28	6.5	2	3	1	1	3.0	0
24	Arian Foster A. Foster	180	1/2/2011	HOU	vs	JAX	31	5.8	2	10	2	2	5.0	0
25	Derrick Henry D. Henry	178	11/29/2020	TEN	@	IND	27	6.6	3	7	2	4	3.5	0

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Jaguars	3	1	.750
Colts	2	2	.500
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Sun 10/11	IND	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	TEN	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	IND	@	JAX	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM

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Sack Leaders

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000

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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
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Sun 10/11	PHI	@	JAX	9:30 AM
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