Bucky Irving joined a really choose group of gamers with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The rookie working again ran for 113 yards throughout the Buccaneers’ 48-14 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Irving has now rushed for 1,033 yards throughout the 2024 season, changing into the primary Tampa Bay working again to achieve the quantity since Doug Martin in 2015 and the primary rookie working again to hurry for no less than 1,000 yards since Martin in 2012.
Irving is the ninth participant in franchise historical past to attain the feat.
“I’ll at all times give credit score to these guys [offensive line],” Irving instructed reporters after the sport. “They do a implausible job going on the market and executing and creating the holes for me. I simply do my job and belief my observe and good issues occur.”
Irving eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark on a 6-yard run late within the second quarter, however the 2024 fourth-round draft (No. 125) select of Oregon posted a few explosive performs earlier within the sport.
Irving ran round proper finish for 34 yards to arrange the Buccaneers’ second landing.
“We had a counter play and we had two pullers,” Irving instructed reporters after the sport. “I needed to belief the pullers and browse all of it out after which my instincts kicked in.”
Irving can also be vastly improved catching passes, he caught 4 passes for 72 yards within the sport, with the bulk approaching a 42-yard acquire on a display move.
“On the second, we had a sluggish display and we had to have the ability to promote the motion after which keep away from if it was a blitz and I needed to get out in house and do what I do,” Irving instructed reporters.
The back-to-back performs prompted Buccaneers’ followers to start out chanting, “Bucky! Bucky!”
Irving began for the primary time for the reason that season started and he rewarded coach Todd Bowles’ choice by dashing for no less than 100 yards for the third time this season and he reached the mark for the third time in his final 5 video games.
“The fellows belief me to go on the market and have the ball in my palms,” Irving instructed reporters after the sport. “I’ve simply bought to go on the market and make performs when the ball is in my palms and go on the market and execute at a excessive stage.”
