{"id":206191,"date":"2024-12-27T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=206191"},"modified":"2024-12-26T17:35:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T22:35:11","slug":"colts-qb-anthony-richardson-can-be-among-top-rushing-qbs-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/27\/colts-qb-anthony-richardson-can-be-among-top-rushing-qbs-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts QB Anthony Richardson Can Be Among Top Rushing QBs Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Richardson<\/a> is far from an elite passer right now. His impressive running ability is his biggest strength. Can the Indianapolis Colts youngster become one of the greatest rushing quarterbacks of all time?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s going to take time for that to happen. But Richardson is certainly on the right track. He showcased his running ability during Indy\u2019s Week 16 win<\/a> over the Tennessee Titans<\/a>. The former fourth overall pick rushed for a career-high 70 yards in the game as the Colts ran for a franchise-record<\/a> 335 yards.<\/p>\n

With 499 yards this year, Richardson passed Mike Pagel (441 in 1983) for the most single-season rushing yards by a quarterback in Colts history. And his six rushing touchdowns passed Andrew Luck (five in 2012) for the most by a quarterback in franchise history.<\/p>\n

Richardson has also produced a rushing touchdown in each of his last three games. That\u2019s the NFL\u2019s second-longest active streak by a quarterback (Josh Allen<\/a>, five).<\/p>\n

Anthony Richardson is only in his second NFL season. But he has the potential to emerge as a legendary rushing quarterback down the road.<\/p>\n

Colts\u2019 Anthony Richardson Can Become One of the Greatest Rushing QBs Ever<\/h2>\n

The Greatest Rushing Quarterbacks in NFL History<\/h3>\n

You can\u2019t have a \u201cGreatest Rushing Quarterback\u201d list without the name Michael Vick. The new Norfolk State coach is one of the most exciting players of all time. Back in 2006, Vick became the first quarterback to ever rush for over 1,000 yards in a season. He ran for 6,109 yards and 36 touchdowns during his illustrious career.<\/p>\n

Speaking of 1,000-yard quarterbacks, Lamar Jackson<\/a> has accomplished the feat twice: in 2019 and 2020. And with 852 rushing yards this season, he just might do it again this year. The current Baltimore Ravens<\/a> star recently surpassed Vick<\/a> for the most rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history. Jackson now has a whopping 6,110 career rushing yards.<\/p>\n

Other notable rushers include Randall Cunningham, Fran Tarkenton, and Steve Young. And you can forget about guys like Cam Newton, Russell Wilson, and Josh Allen.<\/p>\n

Anthony Richardson Has Accuracy Issues But Serves as Dynamic Rusher<\/h3>\n

Again, Anthony Richardson isn\u2019t a great passer by any stretch of the imagination. This season, he has completed just 47.7% of his passes<\/a>. He has also thrown more interceptions (12) than touchdowns (eight). No, that\u2019s not very good at all. However, he\u2019s only 22 years old. That means he still has much time to develop into a solid passer.<\/p>\n

Josh Allen struggled early on in his career as well. He completed only 52.8% of his passes as a rookie in 2018. But now, he\u2019s one of the league\u2019s top quarterbacks and will likely win his first MVP award this season.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether Richardson\u2019s accuracy will ever improve. In the meantime, he\u2019ll continue to be a fantastic rusher. He\u2019s super-athletic, fast and strong. At 6-foot-4 and 244 pounds, he\u2019s electric in the open field, capable of making tacklers miss. He has a knack for breaking off long scrambles and then bulldozing through tackles for extra yardage. If Anthony Richardson can stay healthy, he could one day join Vick and Jackson as one of the greatest rushing QBs of all time.<\/p>\n

Main Photo:Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Anthony Richardson has struggled as a passer thus far, he has the potential to be one of the best rushing quarterbacks in NFL history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4890,"featured_media":206537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[9564,56,2599,1056],"class_list":["post-206191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colts","tag-anthony-richardson","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-josh-allen","tag-lamar-jackson"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206540,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206191\/revisions\/206540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}