CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Rico Dowdle told his Carolina Panthers teammates last week that he'd run for 180 yards against the Miami Dolphins .

It sounded like a bold prediction, but he more than backed it up.

Dowdle, who got his first start of the season in place of the injured Chuba Hubbard, had runs of 53 and 43 yards in the second half on Sunday and finished with a career-high 206 yards on 23 carries, tied for the second-highest rushing total in franchise history - only 5 yards shy of breaking DeAngelo Williams' single-game record.

The attitude that he ran with, the violence that he ran with, finishing through arm tackles, it's something that we've been challenging our guys on. When we get you to the second level, have a plan for how you finish, and I saw a great finish today out o

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