It seems like ancient history now, but less than seven weeks ago, Ezekiel Elliotts NFL career got off to a very quiet start. The Cowboys fourth overall draft pick shouldered the load for an offense playing without its veteran quarterback,?Tony Romo. With fellow rookie Dak Prescott taking snaps, Elliott wasnt able to get much going on the ground against the Giants, finishing with just 51 yards in 20 carries. The Cowboys lost 20-19, in part because of Elliotts struggles as a ball carrier.Things werent much better the next week, when Elliott managed just 83 yards on 21 carries. Fortunately for the Cowboys, they still beat Washington 27-23, but their rookie star was averaging just 3.3 yards per carry, and there was little to indicate he was on the verge of any kind of history.But things changed in a hurry, as they so often do in the NFL. Elliott gained 140 yards in a 31-17 win over Chicago, then 138 yards as the Cowboys defeated San Francisco 24-17, followed by 134 yards in a 28-14 drubbing of Cincinnati in Week 5.In Week 6, Dallas traveled to Green Bay, where Elliotts streak of big games looked likely to end. To that point in the season, the Packers had not allowed any team to run for more than 50 yards in a game and were holding opponents to just 2.0 yards per carry. Elliott trampled the previously stout Green Bay defense for a career-best 157 yards, the first player in more than a year to run for 150 yards against the Packers.Given the caliber of competition, it was a resounding exclamation point that made it very clear to the NFL that Elliott was no fluke -- and that he and the Cowboys would not be going away.Elliott is now averaging 117.2 rushing yards per game, a full 20 yards ahead of the next-best running back (Arizonas David Johnson). His total of 703 yards is also the best start for a rookie runner in more than 30 years.But can Zeke keep this pace up? Lets take a look back at previous rookie running back standouts to see what they can tell us about Elliotts likelihood of putting together a record-breaking rookie season. Stan Smith Italia . Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot. Scarpe Stan Smith Scontate . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. http://www.stansmithscontate.it/ . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. Stan Smith Uomo Saldi . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. Goalie Roberto Luongo, getting the call in place of Game 1 starter Carey Price, was solid when needed in making 23 saves for the shutout. Stan Smith Scontate . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans resident Cardell Hayes has been convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith, whose death earlier this year shocked the country. Heres a look at the timeline of events related to the case:- April 9: A driver in a Hummer runs into the back of Smiths SUV. An argument ensues. Smith is fatally shot and his wife Raquel is wounded in the legs. Hayes is arrested on the scene.- April 11: Surveillance video shows Smiths SUV bumping Hayes Hummer moments before the crash that preceded the shooting.- April 12: Police say they found a loaded handgun in Smiths car, that Hayes told officers on the scene he was the shooter and that in addition to the .45 used in the shooting officers found a revolver in Hayes vehicle.- April 13: An attorney for Smiths family holds wide-ranging news conference during which he says Smith didnt brandish a gun during the altercation and had a concealed-carry permit. But a lawyer for Hayes says a witness saw Smith with a gun that night. A coroner says Smith was shot seven times in the back and once in the side.- April 15: Hayes lawyer calls for the New Orleans police to recuse themselves from the investigation, claiming their compeetency and honesty are questionable.dddddddddddd The request is later rejected.- April 16: Funeral services are held for Smith.- April 28: Grand jury indicts Hayes on one charge of second-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence, and one charge of attempted second-degree murder.- May 5: Smiths wife, Racquel, accepts his posthumous degree from the University of Miami.- June 3: A defense lawyer says test results show Smith was legally drunk the night he died.- July 14: Hayes lawyer tries to get the New Orleans District Attorneys Office off the case, saying the DA made baseless and inflammatory statements about him in a report sent to law enforcement agencies.- July 22: The judge refuses to remove the New Orleans DA and his staff from the Hayes case.- Oct. 28: Racquel Smith offers her first public remarks since her husbands death, speaking at Will Smiths induction into the Saints Hall of Fame.- Nov. 16: Judge rules the jury will be sequestered during Hayes trial, which begins Dec. 5.- Dec. 5: Trial begins.- Dec. 11: A jury convicts Hayes of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter. 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