Achane's touchdown extends the Dolphins' lead over the Giants.
Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.
On his third carry of the game, the rookie found a seam up the left side of the field, beat Giants safetyto a spot and sprinted to the end zone untouched. The score marked his seventh touchdown of the season, all seven of which coming in his past three games.Achane reached a top speed of 21.76 miles per hour -- his second-fastest registered speed of the season. This run, along with a 67-yard run against thein Week 3 when he hit 21.
With 105 rushing yards on the day, Achane became the third rookie to record three straight games with 100 rushing yards and a touchdown in the past 35 seasons, joining Barry Sanders and Mike Anderson. He's the first Dolphins player to record multiple 50-yard rushing touchdowns in a season since Ricky Williams in 2002, and the first player in franchise history to record multiple 60-yard rushing touchdowns in a since season.
The 2023 third-round pick entered the day with the most rushing yards in the AFC with 309 yards on 27 carries. Including his production in Week 5, Achane leads the NFL in yards per carry with 13.8.
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