page_title: Marshawn Lynch
section_title: 2010 season
hierarchical_section_title: Marshawn Lynch / Professional career / Seattle Seahawks / 2010 season
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Marshawn Lynch runs with the ball next to Mike Williams.
context_page_description: Marshawn Terrell Lynch is an American football running back who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft after playing college football at the University of California, Berkeley, where he became the school's second all-time career rusher.
  After three seasons with the Bills, Lynch was traded to the Seattle Seahawks mid-way through the 2010 season. With Seattle, he led the league in rushing touchdowns twice, made four Pro Bowls and won Super Bowl XLVIII against the Denver Broncos. After initially retiring after the 2015 season, Lynch applied for reinstatement and was traded to the Oakland Raiders in April 2017, with whom he played two seasons before effectively retiring again, despite not filing retirement paperwork with the league. In December 2019, Lynch came out of retirement a second time to join the Seattle Seahawks for a second stint with a contract only for the remaining week of the season and the postseason. Lynch earned the nickname "Beast Mode" for his powerful running style and consistent ability to run over defenders and break tackles.
  Lynch grew up in Oakland, California, with three older siblings.
context_section_description: Lynch then reunited with former Cal roommate and fellow running back Justin Forsett, a seventh-round draft pick of the Seahawks in 2008. Lynch scored his first touchdown of the season and with the Seahawks on October 17 on a 1-yard run against the Chicago Bears. On December 5, he scored three touchdowns against the Carolina Panthers.
  In his first career playoff game, against the New Orleans Saints on January 8, 2011, Lynch had a 67-yard touchdown run in which he broke nine tackles and with one arm threw Saints cornerback Tracy Porter to the ground. This run has become known locally in Seattle as the "Beast Quake". The play gets its name from Marshawn Lynch's nickname, "Beast Mode", and the fact that, during and after the play, movement from fans jumping in celebration was so intense that it registered on a seismograph 100 yards from the stadium. In the Divisional Round against the Chicago Bears, he was limited to four carries for two yards in the 35–24 loss. Lynch had a total of 737 yards and six touchdowns during the 2010 season.
caption: Lynch during the Seahawks' 2011 NFC Wild Card game against the New Orleans Saints.
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