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Interactive: Bijan Robinson vs. the unbeaten 49ers — 2,298 yards last season, 641 in six weeks and a coach who knows him best, step by step

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Scroll through Bijan Robinson’s path from the No. 8 pick to the NFL’s scrimmage-yards leader in 2025, his six-week 2026 game log, why Atlanta’s two wins match his two 100-yard games and what Raheem Morris brings to Sunday’s 49ers-Falcons game.

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Bijan Robinson with the Falcons against Washington in 2025
Bijan Robinson (7) against Washington in Atlanta on Sept. 28, 2025. Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC-BY-SA-4.0, resized.
Bijan Robinson with the Atlanta FalconsBijan Robinson with the Atlanta Falcons in September 2025. Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC-BY-SA-4.0, resized.
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Bijan Robinson vs. the unbeaten 49ers: 2,298 yards last season, 641 in six weeks and a coach who knows him best

Raheem Morris calls him "arguably the best player in the National Football League." On Sunday, Morris runs the defense trying to stop him. Scroll through the numbers behind Atlanta's 2-4 start and its running back's case.
Bijan Robinson in 2023Robinson in 2023, his rookie year. Photo by Atlanta Falcons, CC-BY-3.0, resized.
Chapter 1

No. 8 overall

Robinson won the Doak Walker Award as the best running back in college football at Texas in 2022, and the Falcons took him eighth overall in the 2023 draft, the highest a running back had gone since 2018.

As a rookie he split the load, but he still touched the ball 272 times and played all 17 games.

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Bijan Robinson with the FalconsRobinson (7) against Washington in Atlanta on Sept. 28, 2025. Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC-BY-SA-4.0, resized.
Chapter 2

2024: the workhorse

In Morris’s first season as head coach, Robinson’s carries jumped by 90 and his touchdowns nearly doubled. He made his first Pro Bowl.

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Mercedes-Benz Stadium in AtlantaMercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, January 2018. Photo by Thomson200, resized.
Chapter 3

2025: 2,298 yards

Last season he led the NFL in yards from scrimmage, 172 ahead of Christian McCaffrey. His 2,298 yards are the 12th-most in a single season in league history, and he was named first-team All-Pro.

Most yards from scrimmage, 2025

Bijan Robinson, ATL2,298
Christian McCaffrey, SF2,126
Jonathan Taylor, IND1,963
James Cook, BUF1,912
Jahmyr Gibbs, DET1,839
De'Von Achane, MIA1,838
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  1. 170 rushing yards, with a long run of 81, and 238 from scrimmage in a 24-14 Monday night win over Buffalo.
  2. 14 carries for 40 yards in a 20-10 loss at San Francisco, one of his quietest nights of the season.
  3. 195 rushing yards, with a long run of 93, and 229 from scrimmage in a 27-24 win over the Rams.
  4. After an 8-9 finish, Morris is fired and Kevin Stefanski takes over.
Bijan Robinson with the FalconsRobinson (7) against Washington in Atlanta on Sept. 28, 2025. Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC-BY-SA-4.0, resized.
Chapter 4

2026: six weeks

Through six games he is averaging a career-best 5.8 yards a carry and is second in the league in rushing yards. The Falcons are 2-4.

Rushing yards by game, 2026

Wk 1 at PIT (L 20-13)83
Wk 2 vs CAR (L 34-3)72
Wk 3 at GB (W 35-14)194
Wk 4 at NO (W 45-24)145
Wk 5 vs BAL (L 30-23 OT)86
Wk 6 vs CHI (L 31-23)61
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The pattern is simple. Atlanta’s two wins are the two games he ran for more than 100 yards. In the four losses he averaged 75.5.

Raheem MorrisRaheem Morris in 2015. Photo by Thomson20192, resized.
Chapter 5

Sunday: Morris on the other side

Morris coached Robinson for two seasons. Now he is the defensive coordinator of the 6-0 49ers, who visit Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m. ET, 20:00 Cairo time.

“He certainly is arguably the best player in the National Football League. He's special.”
— Raheem Morris, 49ers defensive coordinator
“Obviously he's a father figure, big brother to me, and to get to play him and his defense, and just how well they've been doing, is a testament to him and what he's done.”
— Bijan Robinson
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“You gotta keep him behind the line of scrimmage. You gotta swarm tackle this guy. You gotta get him on the ground.”
— Raheem Morris

In 57 career games Robinson has 4,551 rushing yards, 1,882 receiving yards and 39 touchdowns. The last time he faced the 49ers, they held him to 40 yards on the ground. Sunday is the first time he faces the coach who gave him 304 carries in a season.

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