Since Jim Brown led the NFL in rushing for the eighth time in the 1965 season, then retired to become a movie star, only one NFL rushing champion has changed teams during the offseason.

Could Josh Jacobs be No. 2?

Las Vegas Raiders coach Josh McDaniels hopes not.

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Jacobs led the NFL with 1,653 rushing yards in the 2022 regular season for the Raiders. He caught 53 passes for 400 yards to lead the league with 2,053 yards from scrimmage, too.

But Jacobs achieved that in the final season of the $11.933 million contract that he signed after leaving Alabama as the 24th selection in the 2019 NFL Draft. When that contract expires on March 15, Jacobs will be unrestricted free agent.

Las Vegas general manager Dave Ziegler is trying to head that off by working out a long-term contract extension for Jacobs.

“What we said at the end of the year is the same as it is now: Love for J.J. to continue being a Raider,” McDaniels said during a press conference at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Tuesday. “I know Dave and his representatives have been in contact. They’re working through that process together. And that’s the hope and the goal is that he’s here for a while. We’ll see how that all plays out. But again, Dave and Josh’s representatives have been in contact, and that’s the goal. That’s what we’re working towards.”

The Raiders could have prevented the need for that last offseason, but Las Vegas declined to pick up its fifth-year option on Jacobs’ contract. If the Raiders had done that, Jacobs would be under contract for the 2023 season for a guaranteed salary of $8.034 million.

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If Las Vegas fails to reach an agreement on a contract extension with Jacobs, the Raiders have a final card they could play. Las Vegas could use its franchise tag on Jacobs.

If the Raiders use their franchise tag on Jacobs, they would guarantee the running back $10.091 million for the 2023 season. They also would prevent Jacobs from reaching free agency and extend their window to reach a long-term contract agreement with the running back to July 15.

Las Vegas prefers reaching a contract agreement with Jacobs, McDaniels said, rather than have the running back play on the franchise tag.

“If we can do something longer than that, that’s the goal,” McDaniels said during an appearance on Peacock Network’s “Pro Football Talk” on Tuesday. “There’s no question about it. He’s a great football player. He’s still young. Everybody’s like, ‘Well, he’s played a lot.’ He has played a lot of football, but he’s a young player. He’s still 24 years old, and so going forward here in the next week, hopefully, we can do that. I know that that’s what our goal is.”

The NFL rushing leader who changed teams in the offseason was DeMarco Murray. After running for 1,845 yards and 13 touchdowns on 392 carries for the Dallas Cowboys in 2014, Murray signed a five-year, $40 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles in free agency. Murray ran for 702 yards and six touchdowns on 193 carries in 2015, his only season with the Eagles.

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