Saturday’s 69-27 blowout at Oregon State was enormous for Bishop Sankey‘s quest to break the Husky single-season rushing record. With 169 yards on 27 carries during his abbreviated evening — two backups, Deontae Cooper and Dwayne Washington, cracked the century mark in relief — Sankey moved into second place on the UW single-season list behind Corey Dillon:
Player Year Yards YPG -------------------------------------- Corey Dillon 1996 1695 141.3 BISHOP SANKEY 2013 1575 143.2 Chris Polk 2011 1488 114.5 Bishop Sankey 2012 1439 110.7 Greg Lewis 1990 1407 117.3 Napoleon Kaufman 1994 1390 126.4 Napoleon Kaufman 1993 1299 118.1
But Sankey is now all alone on top through 11 games, the traditional NCAA regular season:
Player Year Yards YPG -------------------------------------- BISHOP SANKEY 2013 1575 143.2 Corey Dillon 1996 1555 141.4 Napoleon Kaufman 1994 1390 126.4 Napoleon Kaufman 1993 1299 118.1 Greg Lewis 1990 1279 116.3 Chris Polk 2011 1241 112.8 Bishop Sankey 2012 1150 104.5
The chart shows Sankey (in purple) ahead of the pace set by Dillon (the top gray line) and anyone else in UW history.
With a bowl game likely on tap, having rushed for at least 189 yards in every two-game stretch this season, Sankey is a near-lock to break Dillon’s record. The more interesting question is whether he can get there in next Friday’s Apple Cup and match Dillon in an equivalent number of games. He’ll need 120 yards to do so, a mark he’s surpassed eight times in 11 outings this season.