Stampeders running back Joffrey Reynolds is on the verge of some fairly significant milestones. In fact, the Tyler, Tex., product is closing in on so many achievements, it’s hard to know where to begin.

But begin we must, so we kick off with the number 11. That would be the number of yards Reynolds needs to join Kelvin Anderson as the only players in the Stampeders’ 65-year history to rush for more than 7,000 yards for the Red and White.

What’s more, en route to hitting the 7,000-yard plateau, Reynolds would surpass Earl Lunsford to become the second-leading rusher in franchise history. Lunsford racked up 6,994 yards on the ground for the Stamps in the late ’50s and early ’60s while Reynolds sits just five yards back at 6,989.

If we keep moving along, we come to the number 43, which represents the yardage needed by Reynolds to hit the 1,000 mark for the 2009 season. That would be a fifth consecutive season of rushing for at least a grand, which just happens to coincide with the number of full seasons Reynolds has played in the CFL. Anderson had seven 1,000-yard seasons in a Calgary uniform while Lunsford had five.

Reynolds is doing all of this milestone chasing after a slow start to the current campaign. After Reynolds amassed just 97 yards through the first three games of 2009, some people were asking: What’s wrong with Joffrey? The answer, as it turns out, is nothing much as the University of Houston alum is leading all rushers with 860 yards since the start of Week 4 and has cracked the 100-yard mark in six of the past nine games. In retrospect, Reynolds’ meagre early-season totals are easily explained — the Stamps fell behind in each of their first two games, which forced Calgary to go to a pass-heavy attack.

The strong surge has Reynolds in contention for a second consecutive rushing title as he trails Montreal’s Avon Cobourne by 86 yards. James Sykes (1980-81) and Lovell Coleman (1963-64) are the only Calgary running backs to win back-to-back CFL rushing crowns.

Stampeders’ all-time rushing leaders

CFL rushing leaders since start of Week 4

CFL rushing leaders since start of 2005 season