Early in the season and fresh off of Miami Dolphins running back Arian Foster’s surprising retirement, the J-Train pulled out of the station, and hit full speed fast.
Once the starting running back gig was his, Jay Ajayi hit the ground running, literally. In Week 6, Ajayi piled up more than 200 rushing yards, and then followed up with a repeat performance in Week 7, becoming only the 4th running back in NFL history to accomplish that feat.
Then after another respectable showing against the New York Jets in Week 8 (130 total yards), Ajayi’s statistics became more pedestrian, only totaling 310 rushing yards in the past five games.