Tampa Bay working again Rachaad White is aiming to exceed 1,000 speeding yards this season, after ending simply shy of the mark final yr by 10 yards.
Rachaad White’s Excessive Hopes For 2024
Rachaad White completed final season on 990 speeding yards for the Buccaneers, however subsequent season he’s aiming to simply get ‘nicely over’ over the 1,000 speeding yard line.
Talking forward of the upcoming 2024 season, White highlighted the poor speeding stats in Tampa Bay during the last decade, even when the Buccaneers made the Tremendous Bowl.
“Clearly, my objective is to do no matter I can to assist the crew win,” White mentioned.
“We’ve been final, or twenty fifth to final [in rushing yards] the previous 5 or 6 years — I imply, even with the Tremendous Bowl. In terms of speeding, Tampa Bay has been down dangerous. My objective, and what I anticipate me to do, is flip that round, and that’s to be top-10 to top-15, top-12, on the minimal.”
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“Clearly, there’s not been a 1,000-yard rusher right here in, like, what, 9 years, and clearly, I used to be 10 yards in need of that final yr. So I’m a be certain that I’m not close by in need of that this yr and go nicely over that 1,000 yards.”
The final Tampa Bay working again to attain 1,000 speeding yards in a single season was Doug Martin, however since his spectacular 2015 marketing campaign, no person has received close to his 1,402 yards.
Rachaad White has improved in every of his two years within the NFL, after choosing up simply 481 yards in his first season within the league adopted by 990 in 2023.
With extra enchancment on the playing cards heading into his third yr, there’s undoubtedly an opportunity White can get near Doug Martin’s excessive mark from 2015, and even to the franchise report which is presently held by James Wilder at 1,544 yards.
