Cam Skattebo predicts he’ll do something no Giants player has ever done

Cam Skattebo’s strong rookie season for the New York Giants came to an early end, as the running back suffered a brutal right leg injury in Week 8 against the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite playing less than half the season, Skattebo ran for for 410 yards and five touchdowns on 101 rushing attempts.

Now he has his sights set higher for his second season.

Much higher.

“I do not consider that successful for me,” Skattebo said at a team town hall event on Monday night. “I had 400 yards on 100 carries. When I play 17-plus games this year, it’s going to be 300 carries for over 2,000 yards.”

While that lofty goal drew hearty applause from the Giants fans in attendance at the Beacon Theatre, it would be one of the greatest seasons from a running back in NFL history. Only nine running backs have eclipsed the 2,000-yard mark, most recently former Giant Saquon Barkley, who accomplished the feat with the Eagles during the 2024 season.

Eric Dickerson remains the single-season rushing record, when he ran for 2,105 yards for the Los Angeles Rams during the 1984 campaign.

No Giants running back has ever broken the 2,000-yard mark. Tiki Barber remains the Giants’ single-season rushing leader, with 1,860 yards set back in 2005.

But first, Skattebo will need to get back to the field. The second-year running back indicated on Monday night that he was well on track to do just that.

“Obviously there’s ups and downs in the injury process and coming back and rehabbing, but the mental battle has been the hardest part: making sure that I trust it fully,” Skattebo said. “I’m a little ways out. Not too far, but I’ll be ready to go. Week 1, I’ll be ready to go.”

Once he’s back, he’ll have a bigger goal in mind it seems.