what is the most broken tackles in a season by a running back

Jerald Sowell has made the most tackles by a running back in a season, with 20 tackles in 2002.

	NAME	TKL	SEASON	TM	GP	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Jerald Sowell J. Sowell	20	2002	NYJ	16	1	21	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	19	2004	NO	11	1	20	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Rabih Abdullah R. Abdullah	19	2001	TB	16	1	20	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
4	LaRod Stephens-Howling L. Stephens-Howling	18	2009	ARI	16	4	22	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	18	2005	SEA	16	6	24	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	Rabih Abdullah R. Abdullah	18	2002	CHI	16	2	20	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
7	Jason Snelling J. Snelling	17	2008	ATL	16	3	20	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	17	2005	NO	16	7	24	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Mike Tolbert M. Tolbert	16	2009	SD	16	6	22	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	Earnest Graham E. Graham	16	2006	TB	16	2	18	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Terry Jackson T. Jackson	16	2005	SF	16	3	19	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	16	2004	CHI	14	5	21	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	Jesse Chatman J. Chatman	16	2003	SD	16	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	Terry Jackson T. Jackson	16	2003	SF	16	4	20	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Rod Smart R. Smart	16	2002	CAR	16	2	18	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	15	2017	LAC	16	4	19	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Cedric Peerman C. Peerman	15	2015	CIN	16	4	19	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	Rock Cartwright R. Cartwright	15	2010	OAK	16	2	17	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
19	Garrett Wolfe G. Wolfe	15	2008	CHI	13	1	16	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	15	2006	CHI	16	4	19	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
21	Rabih Abdullah R. Abdullah	15	2003	CHI	15	4	19	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Michael Bates M. Bates	15	2001	WAS	16	2	17	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
23	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	14	2017	ATL	16	2	16	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Cedric Peerman C. Peerman	14	2014	CIN	16	1	15	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Chase Reynolds C. Reynolds	14	2014	STL	15	2	16	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Jerald Sowell has made the most tackles by a running back in a season, with 20 tackles in 2002.

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