DeMarco Murray is NFC offensive player of the month, again

Two months into the season, Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray has won two NFC offensive player of the month awards.

The NFL announced today that Murray is the player of the month for October. He was also the player of the month for September. Murray has been nothing if not consistent: He had 520 rushing yards in October and 534 rushing yards in September and has gained between 100 and 167 rushing yards in every game this year.

With 1,054 yards this season, Murray is leading the league by nearly 300 yards and is on pace to break Eric Dickerson’s single-season record of 2,105 rushing yards.

Murray is in good company by winning his second straight player of the month award: The only two other running backs to win back-to-back NFC offensive player of the month awards were Barry Sanders in 1997 and Emmitt Smith in 1992.