Chasing History: Justice Hill Passes Barry Sanders in Number of 100-Yard Games

Justice Hill was let off the leash Saturday.

Hill, OSU’s junior running back, had a season-high 31 touches in the Cowboys’ 48-28 victory against Kansas.

Hill’s 189 yards moved him to eighth all-time in OSU’s career rushing yards list, ahead of Joseph Randle. Depending on touches, Hill might still be a few weeks away from moving ahead of seventh-place Tatum Bell, but if Hill continues to get the ball like he did Saturday, he could start chewing up this list.

Despite his high touches and yards, Hill only added one touchdown to his all-time stats. He’s tied for ninth on OSU’s all-time leaderboard. The three other players Hill is tied with played four seasons at OSU where as Hill is two seasons and five games into his career.

Despite his high number of carries, Hill gained some ground on Vernand Morency. With his number of career carries, it’s difficult to get this number to move too much, but Hill has moved this stat up .28 yards since the start of the year.

If he keeps touching the ball 30 something times a game, Hill will also start moving up the yards per game list. Saturday was Hill’s 31st game. He’s now played more than Gerald Hudson and is one game behind Barry Sanders’ 32.

This might be the closest Barry and Justice ever are in carries, and through it, Sanders has averaged a little over a yard more per carry.

A commentor mentioned I should add the number of 100-yard games to this ongoing list, and what can I say, I’m a man of the people. But in all seriousness, it made a lot of sense to do so considering Hill passed Sanders in this with his performance in Lawrence.

If Hill has 100 yards in OSU’s remaining seven games plus a bowl game, he’ll share the top spot with Terry Miller despite having played a season less than Miller.