highest rush ypg rookie ever

Lionel Vital has averaged the most rushing yards per game by a rookie, with 115.3 per game in 1987.

NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lionel Vital
L. Vital
115.3
1987
3
346
80
4.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
113.0
1983
16
1,808
390
4.6
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
3Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
108.7
2016
15
1,631
322
5.1
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
4George Rogers
G. Rogers
104.6
1981
16
1,674
378
4.4
13
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
5Julius Jones
J. Jones
102.4
2004
8
819
197
4.2
7
109
17
26
6.4
13.6
0
6Alfred Morris
A. Morris
100.8
2012
16
1,613
335
4.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
7Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
100.3
1979
16
1,605
331
4.8
8
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
98.0
1989
15
1,470
280
5.3
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
9Edgerrin James
E. James
97.1
1999
16
1,553
369
4.2
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
10Don Woods
D. Woods
96.8
1974
12
1,162
227
5.1
7
349
26
13.4
29.1
3
11Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
96.7
1978
15
1,450
302
4.8
13
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
12Olandis Gary
O. Gary
96.6
1999
12
1,159
276
4.2
7
159
21
29
7.6
13.3
0
13Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
95.8
2007
14
1,341
238
5.6
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
14Clinton Portis
C. Portis
94.3
2002
16
1,508
273
5.5
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
15Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
92.9
2000
16
1,487
297
5.0
15
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
16Curtis Martin
C. Martin
92.9
1995
16
1,487
368
4.0
14
261
30
8.7
16.3
1
17Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
91.3
1934
11
1,004
119
8.4
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
18Doug Martin
D. Martin
90.9
2012
16
1,454
319
4.6
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
19Curt Warner
C. Warner
90.6
1983
16
1,449
335
4.3
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
20Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
89.3
1993
16
1,429
294
4.9
7
244
26
9.4
15.3
0
21Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
88.5
2017
4
354
74
4.8
2
90
11
16
8.2
22.5
0
22Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
88.5
2019
13
1,150
242
4.8
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
23Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
87.5
2021
11
963
207
4.7
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
24Jordan Howard
J. Howard
87.5
2016
15
1,313
252
5.2
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
25Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
87.5
1993
2
175
21
8.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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