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Who is the best running quarterback of 2022? When it comes to the best quarterbacks in the league, most fans think about long, deep spiral passes shot out of rocket arms from the best quarterbacks of all time. However, as the league constantly evolves, the fastest quarterbacks who can run and pick up extra first downs with their legs add so much value to their teams. NFL Running QBs become more common each year. Who are the best running quarterbacks in the NFL in 2022? Which of the best rushing quarterbacks do you love?
When it comes to the best rushing QBs of 2022, the Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has a resume up there with anyone. He's won an NFL MVP, after all. The best rushing quarterbacks in 2022 could also be Daniel Jones, Trey Lance, or Russell Wilson, who all add so much to the offense with their legs. Then there's still Aaron Rodgers to contend with, as one of the greatest rushing quarterbacks of all time.
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Lamar Jackson isn't only one of two players to active quarterbacks to rush for 1,000 yards, he is the only quarterback in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons, and Jackson is on pace to obliterate his own record this season yet again! Averaging the second-most rushing yards at 72.9 per game seven weeks into the season, we are witnessing another masterclass from Big Truzz.
After a rather lackluster rookie season, Jalen Hurts redefined his game and realized that he could utilize his legs to be one of his most deadly weapons. Averaging 48.8 yards per game seven weeks into the season, Hurts is on pace to repeat his incredible nearly-800 yard rushing season he had in 2022, and with the Eagles having a chance to have their best record in franchise history, the sky is the limit for this young man and his team to fly high!
Josh Allen may not be the flashiest runner, he may not have the eye-popping stats or drives of his contemporaries, and he may not even look the part of one of the NFL's best rushing quarterbacks, but Allen is one of the grittiest, most hard nose runners there is in the league, and when he is coming defenses way, he has nothing but cruel intentions in mind. That is what makes him a devastating force on the football field, and separates him from good, to great.
Justin Fields is having an incredibly sophomore outing for the Chicago Bears as he is on pace to more than double both his passing and rushing yards from his rookie season. Seven weeks into the 2022 season, Fields is only 56 yards away from his 420 total of his rookie season, and averaging 52 rushing yards per game with thirteen games left in the season, he has the potential to reach rarified air and join the 1,000 rushing yard club for quarterbacks.
Kyler Murray has shown the world that he has the potential to be an absolutely devastating rusher of the football, and while he may have had an incredibly down year by his standards in the 2021 season, it appears Murray and the Arizona Cardinals have brushed it off, and are ready to continue their rushing dominance yet again. Averaging the highest rushing yards per game since his phenomenal sophomore season, Murray looks to be back to the magnificent runner he was drafted to be.
The NFL world knows that Patrick Mahomes is one of the best throwers of the football to ever play the game, but what truly separates him from the pack is the ability to both throw, and run the football. Mahomes' ground work has always been incredibly underrated, and while he doesn't have the flashiest numbers, averaging between 15-22 rushing yards per game, he consistently makes the big plays when they matter, and while the 2022 season may be his worst running season since his third year in the league, there is no doubt that if and when the time comes to make a play with his legs, Mahomes will come through.
