highest yards per carry 1983

Mosi Tatupu had the most rushing yards per attempt in 1983, with 5.5 per attempt.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt, Rush Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Mosi Tatupu
M. Tatupu
5.5
1983
16
578
106
36.1
4
97
10
9.7
6.1
1
2Joe Washington
J. Washington
5.3
1983
15
772
145
51.5
0
454
47
9.7
30.3
6
3Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
4.9
1983
15
696
141
46.4
4
603
52
11.6
40.2
2
4Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
4.9
1983
14
856
176
61.1
4
285
34
8.4
20.4
2
5Tony Collins
T. Collins
4.8
1983
16
1,049
219
65.6
10
257
27
9.5
16.1
0
6Frank Hawkins
F. Hawkins
4.8
1983
16
526
110
32.9
6
150
20
7.5
9.4
2
7Boyce Green
B. Green
4.8
1983
13
497
104
38.2
3
167
25
6.7
12.8
1
8William Andrews
W. Andrews
4.7
1983
16
1,567
331
97.9
7
609
59
10.3
38.1
4
9Billy Sims
B. Sims
4.7
1983
13
1,040
220
80.0
7
419
42
10.0
32.2
0
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4.6
1983
16
1,808
390
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.6
1983
16
1,321
289
82.6
8
287
40
7.2
17.9
1
12Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
4.6
1983
16
681
149
42.6
4
429
49
8.8
26.8
1
13Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
4.5
1983
16
685
151
42.8
3
461
52
8.9
28.8
1
14Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.5
1983
16
1,421
314
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
15Frank Pollard
F. Pollard
4.5
1983
16
608
135
38.0
4
127
16
7.9
7.9
0
16George Rogers
G. Rogers
4.5
1983
13
1,144
256
88.0
5
69
12
5.8
5.3
0
17Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
4.4
1983
16
1,122
254
70.1
4
483
24
20.1
30.2
3
18Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
4.4
1983
14
437
100
31.2
8
149
17
8.8
10.6
0
19Curt Warner
C. Warner
4.3
1983
16
1,449
335
90.6
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
20Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
4.3
1983
16
1,131
263
70.7
3
524
57
9.2
32.8
7
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4.3
1983
15
1,270
296
84.7
5
459
54
8.5
30.6
1
22Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
4.2
1983
13
474
113
36.5
4
348
45
7.7
26.8
2
23Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
4.2
1983
15
642
154
42.8
1
618
51
12.1
41.2
0
24Dwayne Crutchfield
D. Crutchfield
4.1
1983
TOT
13
578
140
44.5
3
133
19
7.0
10.2
0
25Roger Craig
R. Craig
4.1
1983
16
725
176
45.3
8
427
48
8.9
26.7
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