chargers running back rookie record for yards in his first season

LaDainian Tomlinson had the most rushing yards by a rookie San Diego Chargers running back in his first season, with 1,236 yards.

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chargers running back rookie record for rushing yards in his first season

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,236	2001	SD	16	339	3.6	77.3	10	367	59	74	6.2	22.9	0
2	Don Woods D. Woods	1,162	1974	SD	12	227	5.1	96.8	7	349	26		13.4	29.1	3
3	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	855	1960	LAC	14	136	6.3	61.1	8	377	23		16.4	26.9	2
4	Marion Butts M. Butts	683	1989	SD	15	170	4.0	45.5	9	21	7		3.0	1.4	0
5	Ryan Mathews R. Mathews	678	2010	SD	12	158	4.3	56.5	7	145	22	26	6.6	12.1	0
6	Dickie Post D. Post	663	1967	SD	13	161	4.1	51.0	7	278	32		8.7	21.4	1
7	Natrone Means N. Means	645	1993	SD	16	160	4.0	40.3	8	59	10		5.9	3.7	0
8	Brad Hubbert B. Hubbert	643	1967	SD	14	116	5.5	45.9	2	214	19		11.3	15.3	2
9	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	641	2015	SD	14	184	3.5	45.8	0	192	33	37	5.8	13.7	0
10	Branden Oliver B. Oliver	582	2014	SD	14	160	3.6	41.6	3	271	36	45	7.5	19.4	1
11	Rickey Young R. Young	577	1975	SD	14	138	4.2	41.2	5	166	21		7.9	11.9	1
12	Omarion Hampton O. Hampton	545	2025	LAC	9	124	4.4	60.6	4	192	32	35	6.0	21.3	1
13	James Brooks J. Brooks	525	1981	SD	14	109	4.8	37.5	3	329	46		7.2	23.5	3
14	Tim Spencer T. Spencer	478	1985	SD	16	124	3.9	29.9	10	135	11		12.3	8.4	0
15	Aaron Hayden A. Hayden	470	1995	SD	6	128	3.7	78.3	3	53	5		10.6	8.8	0
16	Gene Foster G. Foster	469	1965	SD	14	121	3.9	33.5	2	199	17		11.7	14.2	0
17	Gary Anderson G. Anderson	429	1985	SD	12	116	3.7	35.8	4	422	35		12.1	35.2	2
18	Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	411	1962	SD	14	106	3.9	29.4	5	136	13		10.5	9.7	2
19	Jermaine Fazande J. Fazande	365	1999	SD	7	91	4.0	52.1	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Joshua Kelley J. Kelley	354	2020	LAC	14	111	3.2	25.3	2	148	23	23	6.4	10.6	0
21	Bo Matthews B. Matthews	328	1974	SD	14	95	3.5	23.4	4	90	12		7.5	6.4	0
22	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	260	2017	LAC	16	47	5.5	16.3	2	279	27	35	10.3	17.4	3
23	Buford McGee B. McGee	226	1984	SD	16	67	3.4	14.1	4	76	9		8.4	4.8	2
24	Mike Montgomery M. Montgomery	226	1971	SD	11	60	3.8	20.5	1	361	28		12.9	32.8	2
25	Leon Burns L. Burns	223	1971	SD	14	61	3.7	15.9	1	22	3		7.3	1.6	0

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