Three former Alabama running backs surpassed 1,000 rushing yards during the 2022 NFL regular season, including the Las Vegas Raiders’ Josh Jacobs, who became the third Crimson Tide alumnus to lead the league in rushing.

With 1,653 rushing yards this season, Jacobs jumped from eighth to fourth for NFL career rushing yards among former Alabama players.

Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry had 1,538 rushing yards during the 2022 season. That allowed Henry to overtake second-place Mark Ingram on the Alabama all-time list.

The NFL’s rushing leader in 2019 and 2020, Henry would move to the top of the Tide chart with another such season in 2023. “King Henry” trails Alabama record-holder and NFL 2005 rushing leader Shaun Alexander by 1,118 yards.

With 1,034 rushing yards in his second NFL season, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris boosted his career total to 2,234, which dislodged George Gulyanics from the Tide’s top 10 for NFL career rushing yards.

Gulyanics played for Alabama briefly in 1941 before being drafted into the U.S. Army. After World War II, he joined the Chicago Bears and was the NFL’s best punter in 1947 and 1949. Gulyanics ran for 2,081 yards and 19 touchdowns on 509 carries playing for the Chicago Bears from 1947 through 1952.

With the addition of Harris, half of Alabama’s top 10 NFL rushers played in the league in 2022.

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The top 10 NFL ball-carriers among Alabama alumni (as measured by rushing yards):

1. Shaun Alexander: 9,453 rushing yards

Seattle Seahawks 2000-07, Washington Redskins 2008: Alexander averaged 4.3 yards on 2,187 carries and scored 100 rushing touchdowns during his NFL career. Alexander led the NFL with 1,880 rushing yards and 27 rushing touchdowns in 2005, when he won the league’s MVP Award. Alexander ran for at least 1,175 yards every season from 2001 through 2005.

2. Derrick Henry: 8,335 rushing yards

Tennessee Titans 2016-22: The 2015 Heisman Trophy winner has averaged 4.8 yards on 1,750 carries and scored 78 rushing touchdowns during his NFL career. Henry led the NFL with 1,540 rushing yards in 2019, then reached 2,027 in 2020 for the eighth 2,000-yard season in league history. Henry seemed on his way to a third straight rushing title when he broke his foot in the eighth game of the 2021 campaign and missed the remaining nine regular-season games. He still finished ninth in rushing yards for the season. In 2022, Henry finished as the runner-up to Jacobs.

3. Mark Ingram: 8,111 rushing yards

New Orleans Saints 2011-18, 2021-22 Baltimore Ravens 2019-20, Houston Texans 2021: The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner has averaged 4.5 yards on 1,817 carries and scored 65 rushing touchdowns during his NFL career. Ingram recorded 1,000-yard seasons in 2016, 2017 and 2019. In 2022, Ingram ran for 233 yards and one touchdown on 62 carries.

4. Josh Jacobs: 4,740 rushing yards

Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders 2019-22: Jacobs has averaged 4.4 yards on 1,072 carries and scored 40 rushing touchdowns during his NFL career. Jacobs has surpassed 1,000 rushing yards in three of his four seasons.

5. Kenyan Drake: 3,866 rushing yards

Miami Dolphins 2016-2019, Arizona Cardinals 2019-20, Las Vegas Raiders 2021, Baltimore Ravens 2022: Drake has averaged 4.5 yards on 867 carries and scored 33 rushing touchdowns during his NFL career. In 2022, Drake ran for 482 yards and four touchdowns on 109 carries.

6. Wilbur Jackson: 3,852 rushing yards

San Francisco 49ers 1974-79, Washington Redskins 1980-82: A prep standout at Carroll High School in Ozark, Jackson averaged 4.0 yards on 971 carries and scored 13 rushing touchdowns during his NFL career. Jackson ran for at least 700 yards in four seasons, reaching a high of 792 in 1976. His final game came in Washington’s 27-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII.

7. Eddie Lacy: 3,614 rushing yards

Green Bay Packers 2013-16, Seattle Seahawks 2017: Lacy averaged 4.2 yards on 857 carries and scored 23 rushing touchdowns during his NFL career. Lacy ran for 1,178 yards as a rookie and 1,139 yards the next season.

8. Tony Nathan: 3,543 rushing yards

Miami Dolphins 1979-87: The former Woodlawn High School standout averaged 4.8 yards on 732 carries and scored 16 rushing touchdowns during his NFL career. Nathan had more receiving yards than rushing yards in the NFL, with 383 receptions for 3,592 yards and 16 TDs, and was the All-Pro kickoff returner as a rookie. Nathan’s top rushing season came in 1981, when he had 782 yards.

9. Bobby Humphrey: 2,857 rushing yards

Denver Broncos 1989-91, Miami Dolphins 1992: The former Glenn standout averaged 4.1 yards on 695 carries and scored 15 rushing touchdowns during his NFL career. Humphrey had 2,353 rushing yards and 14 rushing TDs in his first two NFL seasons, eclipsing 1,000 yards in each.

10. Najee Harris: 2,234 rushing yards

Pittsburgh Steelers 2021-22: The former Crimson Tide All-American has averaged 3.9 yards on 579 carries and scored 14 touchdowns during his NFL career. Harris ran for 1,200 yards as a rookie before topping 1,000 yards again in his second season.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.