zeke career high rushing yards in a game

Ezekiel Elliott had his most rushing yards in a game against the Buccaneers on December 18, 2016, with 159 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	159	12/18/2016	DAL	vs	TB	23	6.9	1	29	3	3	9.7	0
2	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	157	10/16/2016	DAL	@	GB	28	5.6	0	17	2	4	8.5	0
3	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	152	9/30/2018	DAL	vs	DET	25	6.1	0	88	4	4	22.0	1
4	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	151	11/11/2018	DAL	@	PHI	19	7.9	1	36	6	7	6.0	1
5	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	150	10/29/2017	DAL	@	WAS	33	4.5	2	4	1	2	4.0	0
6	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	147	10/22/2017	DAL	@	SF	26	5.7	2	72	1	3	72.0	1
7	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	143	10/3/2021	DAL	vs	CAR	20	7.2	1	0	0	1		0
8	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	140	9/25/2016	DAL	vs	CHI	30	4.7	0	20	2	2	10.0	0
9	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	139	11/4/2019	DAL	@	NYG	23	6.0	0	0	0	0		0
10	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	138	10/2/2016	DAL	@	SF	23	6.0	1	19	1	1	19.0	0
11	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	134	10/9/2016	DAL	vs	CIN	15	8.9	2	37	3	4	12.3	0
12	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	127	9/23/2018	DAL	@	SEA	16	7.9	0	11	3	8	3.7	0
13	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	125	9/22/2019	DAL	vs	MIA	19	6.6	0	14	2	3	7.0	0
14	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	122	12/29/2019	DAL	vs	WAS	18	6.8	1	2	3	5	0.7	1
15	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	122	11/18/2018	DAL	@	ATL	23	5.3	1	79	7	8	11.3	0
16	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	121	11/22/2018	DAL	vs	WAS	26	4.7	1	22	5	6	4.4	0
17	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	117	12/15/2019	DAL	vs	LAR	24	4.9	2	43	3	4	14.3	0
18	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	116	10/8/2017	DAL	vs	GB	29	4.0	0	16	1	2	16.0	0
19	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	114	11/13/2016	DAL	@	PIT	21	5.4	2	95	2	2	47.5	1
20	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	113	12/9/2018	DAL	vs	PHI	28	4.0	0	79	12	13	6.6	0
21	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	111	10/20/2019	DAL	vs	PHI	22	5.0	1	36	6	7	6.0	0
22	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	111	9/15/2019	DAL	@	WAS	23	4.8	1	9	2	2	4.5	0
23	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	110	10/10/2021	DAL	vs	NYG	21	5.2	1	2	2	3	1.0	1
24	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	107	12/11/2016	DAL	@	NYG	24	4.5	0	0	0	2		0
25	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	106	10/14/2018	DAL	vs	JAX	24	4.4	1	11	1	1	11.0	0

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