Iowa State's Flora records third 200-yard rushing game this season
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When it comes to the Iowa State football offense, Aiden Flora is the engine that makes the Cyclones go.
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The sophomore running back out of Adel has been a bright spot in Jimmy Rogers’ offense this season. Before Saturday’s game against Cincinnati, Flora rushed for 1,119 yards and nine rushing touchdowns. In his last five games, Flora has accounted for 737 yards and six touchdowns on the ground.
Flora joins some pretty prestigious company with the work he’s done this season. He became the Cyclones’ latest 1,000-yard rusher, joining Breece Hall, who accomplished the feat in 2021. However, no Cyclone player has reached that milestone faster than Flora. It only took 136 carries.
More notably, Flora’s scoring productivity has been a positive sign for Iowa State when it comes to their win probability this year. In each of the Cyclones’ wins this season, Flora has accounted for at least one rushing touchdown and had three games with multiple scores.
Against the Bearcats on Saturday, Flora recorded his third 200-yard rushing game of the year. Flora eclipsed the mark in the fourth quarter at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday. With about five minutes to go in the game, Flora had 210 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries. With that, Flora is just two games shy of the record for most 200-yards games by a Cyclone, set by Troy Davis in 1996.
He also had a 37-yard pass completion that set up a touchdown and four catches for 38 more yards through the air.
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