*The score doesn't tell the story. Gore's rookie season saw him seize the running-game spotlight with a 72-yard touchdown run in an 89-yard outing in our nation's capital. It was Gore's first time ever leading the 49ers in rushing, and the third-round pick eventually became the team's bell-cow runner with such performances. Gore's best outing as a rookie was a 108-yard performance in a Week 17 overtime win against the Houston Texans. That game was one of the brightest moments of Gore's rookie season, but in order to get there, he needed to earn the coaching staff's confidence. He did so in the Week 7 road game in D.C. The following season, Gore earned the starting job outright over Kevan Barlow, and he rushed for a career-high 1,695 rushing yards en route to the first of his five career Pro Bowl selections. *