Vols In NFL Wrap Up (10/9)

Week five of the NFL Regular Season is officially done after Arian Foster put up 152 yards against the NY Jets to help the Texans remain undefeated with a 23-17 win on Monday Night Football.

Foster's 168 all-purpose yards (152 rushing, 16 receiving) helped him become the third fastest player in NFL history to reach 5,000 yards from scrimmage, netting the milestone in 40 games. Only Edgerrin James (36 games) and Eric Dickerson (39 games) reached the milestone faster.

Foster hit 5,000 yards from scrimmage mark on an 8-yard rush in the fourth quarter. Foster also recorded a rushing TD in the game, and has now recorded at least one TD in each game this season. He leads the league in rushing TDs (5) and ranks second in total rushing yards (532) and yards/game (106.4) behind Jamaal Charles.

Fastest to 5,000 yards from Scrimmage
Player	Team(s)	Year (Gms)	Rush Yds.	Rec. Yds.
Edgerrin James	Indianapolis	2001 (36)	3,677	1,323
Eric Dickerson	Los Angeles	1985 (39)	4,355	645
*Arian Foster*	*Houston*	*2012 (40)*	*3,626*	*1,374*

Now let's look at the rest of the NFL Vols.

Player	Pos.	Team	Opponent	Score	Stats
Jason Allen	CB	Cincinnati	vs. Miami	L, 13-17	Not Active
Robert Ayers	DE	Denver	at New England	L, 21-31	Played, no stats
Eric Berry	DB	Kansas City	vs. Baltimore	L, 6-9	Started at SS, 5 tackles
Kevin Burnett	LB	Miami	at Cincinnati	W, 17-13	Started at LB, 7 tackles, 0.5 sack for 3.5 yards, QB Hit
Britton Colquitt	P	Denver	at New England	L, 21-31	3 punts, 45.7 avg. 2 I-20
Dustin Colquitt	P	Kansas City	vs. Miami	L, 6-9	5 punts, 47.2 avg. 3 I-20
Morgan Cox	LS	Baltimore	at Kansas City	W, 9-6	Snapped on all punts and kicks including Ravens' GW FG
Arian Foster	RB	Houston	at NY Jets	W, 23-17	Started at RB, 29-152 yds. 1 TD
Ramon Foster	OT	Pittsburgh	vs. Philadelphia	W, 16-14	Started at RG
Aubrayo Franklin	DT	San Diego	at New Orleans	L, 24-31	3 tackles
Jabari Greer	CB	New Orleans	vs. San Diego	W, 31-24	Started at LCB, 1 Pass. Def.
Nick Guess	LS	Oakland
Parys Haralson	LB	San Francisco	vs. Buffalo	W, 45-3	Injured Reserve
Montario Hardesty	RB	Cleveland	at NY Giants	L, 27-41	Did not play
Malik Jackson	DE	Denver	at New England	L, 21-31	1 tackle
Peyton Manning	QB	Denver	at New England	L, 21-31	31-for-44 345 yds. 3 TDs 0 INT
Jerod Mayo	LB	New England	vs. Denver	W, 31-21	Started at LB, game-high 13 tackles, 1 sack for 7 yard loss
Turk McBride	DE	New Orleans	vs. San Diego	W, 31-24	Not Active
Tony McDaniel	DE	Miami	at Cincinnati	W, 17-13	Made return with 2 tackles, FR
Robert Meachem	WR	San Diego	at New Orleans	L, 24-31	Started at WR, 3 rec. 67 yds. 2 TDs
Marvin Mitchell	LB	Minnesota	vs. Tennessee	W, 30-7	Not Active
Denarius Moore	WR	Oakland	Bye Week
Tauren Poole	RB	Carolina	vs. Seattle	L, 12-16	Injured Reserve
Chris Scott	OL	Green Bay	at Indianapolis	L, 27-30	Practice Squad
Jarrod Shaw	OL	Cleveland	at NY Giants	L, 27-41	Practice Squad
Luke Stocker	TE	Tampa Bay	Bye Week
Scott Wells	C	St. Louis	vs. Arizona	W, 17-3	Injured Reserve
Dan Williams	DT	Arizona	at St. Louis	L, 3-17	Started at NT, 3 tackles
Jason Witten	TE	Dallas	Bye Week