before 1971 what running back has the most rushing yds through first season

Cookie Gilchrist had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first season, with 1,096 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
1,096
14
214
5.1
78.3
13
319
24
13.3
22.8
2
2Paul Robinson
P. Robinson
1,023
14
238
4.3
73.1
8
128
24
5.3
9.1
1
3Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
1,004
11
119
8.4
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
4Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
961
12
213
4.5
80.1
9
141
27
5.2
11.8
0
5Matt Snell
M. Snell
948
14
215
4.4
67.7
5
393
56
7.0
28.1
1
6Calvin Hill
C. Hill
942
13
204
4.6
72.5
8
232
20
11.6
17.8
0
7Jim Brown
J. Brown
942
12
202
4.7
78.5
9
55
16
3.4
4.6
1
8Larry Brown
L. Brown
888
14
202
4.4
63.4
4
302
34
8.9
21.6
0
9Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
875
14
156
5.6
62.5
9
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
10Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
867
14
166
5.2
61.9
14
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
11Robert Holmes
R. Holmes
866
14
174
5.0
61.9
7
201
19
10.6
14.4
0
12Mel Farr
M. Farr
860
13
206
4.2
66.2
3
317
39
8.1
24.4
3
13Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
855
14
136
6.3
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
14Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
830
12
206
4.0
69.2
2
22
4
5.5
1.8
0
15Don Perkins
D. Perkins
815
14
200
4.1
58.2
4
298
32
9.3
21.3
1
16Marion Motley
M. Motley
810
12
140
5.8
67.5
3
151
11
13.7
12.6
1
17Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
803
14
151
5.3
57.4
5
73
10
7.3
5.2
0
18Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
801
14
147
5.4
57.2
6
175
15
11.7
12.5
1
19Ken Willard
K. Willard
778
14
189
4.1
55.6
5
253
32
7.9
18.1
4
20Bobby Burnett
B. Burnett
766
14
187
4.1
54.7
4
419
34
12.3
29.9
4
21Sid Blanks
S. Blanks
756
14
145
5.2
54.0
6
497
56
8.9
35.5
1
22Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
756
12
188
4.0
63.0
0
124
16
7.8
10.3
0
23Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
755
14
199
3.8
53.9
5
814
53
15.4
58.1
5
24Ron Waller
R. Waller
716
12
151
4.7
59.7
7
228
24
9.5
19.0
1
25Eddie Price
E. Price
703
10
126
5.6
70.3
4
30
4
7.5
3.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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