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No Leading Super Bowl Rusher Has Made More Than $2.5 Million Since 2009

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David Hookstead Sports And Entertainment Editor
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No leading rusher in the Super Bowl has earned more than $2.5 million for the season in more than a decade.

According to a graphic shared by Marcus Mosher, the highest paid Super Bowl leading rusher since 2009 was wide receiver Percy Harvin at $2.5 million in 2013. The lowest paid leading rusher was James Stark for the Packers in 2010 with a salary of $320,000. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)

Leonard Fournette was the leading rusher in Super Bowl LV, and his salary for the 2020 season was $2 million. You can check out the whole list below.

There’s been a belief for a longtime that pouring money into a running back is a really foolish decision in the modern day NFL.

All the graphic above proves is that you absolutely don’t need a highly paid RB in order to win the Super Bowl.

 

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Only five total leading rushers in the Super Bowl have earned north of $1 million since 2009. That’s simply a jarring statistic.

Again, you 100% don’t need to spend big on an RB in order to have a dominant team. It’s a passing league. Load up the offensive line, get a solid quarterback and put weapons around him.

 

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This isn’t 1980. Throw the damn ball and save money at the RB position.