Bears' Fields includes himself in top 5 running QBs in NFL history
Justin Fields only has two NFL seasons under his belt, but the Chicago Bears star already sees himself as one of the league's greatest running quarterbacks ever.
"I'm definitely in the top five," Fields said on the "All Things Covered" podcast. "No order, but I gotta go with my boy Mike Vick, gotta go with Cam (Newton), Lamar (Jackson) of course, me, and then final, Steve Young, too."
Despite missing two games in 2022, Fields finished the season with 1,143 yards on the ground - the second-most for a quarterback in NFL history, only behind Jackson's 1,206 rushing yards in 2019. Fields also led the league with 7.1 yards per carry last year and set the NFL single-game QB record in the regular season with 178 rushing yards in Week 9.
A first-round pick in 2021, the Ohio State product racked up 420 yards (5.8 per attempt) and two rushing touchdowns in 12 appearances as a rookie.
Vick became the NFL's first quarterback to top 1,000 yards on the ground, rushing for 1,039 in 2006. The retired signal-caller, who played 13 seasons in the league, leads all QBs in career rushing yards with 6,109. He's followed by Newton and Russell Wilson, per Pro Football Reference.
| QB | Rush yards | Y/A | TD runs | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vick | 6109 | 7 | 36 | 143 |
| Newton | 5628 | 5 | 75 | 148 |
| Wilson | 4966 | 5.5 | 26 | 173 |
| Randall Cunningham | 4928 | 6.4 | 35 | 161 |
| Jackson | 4437 | 6.1 | 24 | 70 |
Fields scored eight rushing touchdowns in 2022, including three scores of 50-plus yards.