Ameer Abdullah's in the Nebraska football record book.
Here's a sampling of the records Ameer Abdullah holds:
Rushing: First in attempts (813), second in career yards (4,588) and 100-yard games (24), as well as the fourth- and sixth-most rushing yards in a season.
Receiving: Most career TD receptions by a running back (7).
All-purpose yards: Most in a game (341 vs Rutgers in 2014), most in a career (7,186), and the second-, fourth- and eighth-best seasons in school history. Ameer holds the career record by 1,600 yards over Johnny Rodgers. He has the second-most all-purpose yards in Big Ten history.
Kickoff returns: Tied for the longest return (100 yards), most return yards in a game (211), fourth-best single season, and third most in a career.
Scoring: Tied for second with 22 touchdowns scored in a season. Seventh all-time in scoring, and third among non-kickers.
Abdullah made an early splash as a kick returner. In his second career game, Abdullah returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and set his first school record: Most kickoff return yards (211) in a game. He finished his true-freshman season with 1,020 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns.
A knee injury to Burkhead pushed Abdullah into the starting lineup early in the 2012 season. Abdullah seized the opportunity with 1,137 rushing yards and eight touchdowns. Ameer had over 100 yards in each of his first five starts, something that had not been done since Lawrence Phillips in 1994.
Abdullah kept getting better and better. In 2013, he was one yard shy of 2,000 all-purpose yards, including 1,690 rush yards. Ameer returned for his senior season, stating "my chances of long-term success in life will be greatly enhanced by completing my college education."
Ameer was a force of nature in 2014. 232 rushing yards against Florida Atlantic. 229 yards and two touchdowns against Miami. 208 and three TDs against Illinois. Four touchdowns (and 146 yards) versus Northwestern. A school-record 341 all-purpose yards against Rutgers, including his fourth 200-yard rushing game of the season.
