Eagles RB LeSean McCoy Breaks Rookie Rushing Record
Shady is no longer in the shadows.
Although he struggled in the last two games with a chance to break the Eagles’ rookie rushing record, LeSean McCoy bounced back and set the club mark today in the Eagles’ 27-13 victory against the 49ers today at Lincoln Financial Field.
With his 6-yard run just before halftime, McCoy reached 590 yards for the season, eclipsing Correll Buckhalter’s previous mark of 586 yards, he set in 2001. The running back finished the game with 48 yards on nine carries. His two-yard TD run in the fourth quarter sealed the game. He also had three catches for 8 yards.
“I wasn’t focused on it that much,” McCoy said of the record. “I knew I was in the race. I think every player kind of looks up at who’s [ahead] of him. I looked at that, but not too much the record. It’s quite an accomplishment, I think.”
McCoy not only passed Buckhalter, who will come to town this Sunday with the Denver Broncos, but he jumped ahead of Keith Byars (577), Po James (565) and Mike Hogan (561) on the Eagles’ rookie rushing list.
His biggest carry of the day was his touchdown run on third down. The Eagles haven’t used McCoy that often in their goal-line package, instead favoring fullback Leonard Weaver, quarterback Michael Vick or third-string running back Eldra Buckley. But they went to the rookie as they clung to a 20-13 lead.
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