Eli Manning just had the Giants’ longest rushing touchdown since 2015
Eli got wheels, yo.
Eli Manning had a 14-yard rushing touchdown on Sunday, which is kind of a big deal.
It trimmed the Buccaneers’ lead over the Giants to 13-10, but there’s greater significance behind this score.
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The touchdown made Manning the team’s rushing touchdown leader on the season (yes, it was his first of the year). It was also the longest touchdown rush by a Giants quarterback in a while:
Eli Manning: 14-yard rush TD is longest by Giant since Jeff Hostetler on Oct 11, 1992 vs Cardinals.
— Katie Sharp (@ktsharp) October 1, 2017
The touchdown also broke a streak of 21 games without a 10-plus yard rushing touchdown for the Giants. The last one they had was a 38-yarder by Rashad Jennings in Week 15 of the 2015 season.
Manning came into Sunday’s game with -1 rushing yards. He finished the 2016 season with -9. Throughout his career, he’s had just five seasons in which he scored a rushing touchdown. One more and he would have set a single season high for himself.
Get that next rushing touchdown, Eli.