highest yards per route run by rookie wide receiver vs zone with min 30 routes run

Jim Krieg has the most rushing yards per attempt in his rookie season by a wide receiver, with 63.0 per attempt in 1972.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt, Rush Attempts: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYPCATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Krieg
J. Krieg
63.0
1
1972
6
63
10.5
0
99
4
24.8
16.5
0
2Brandon LaFell
B. LaFell
60.0
1
2010
14
60
4.3
0
468
38
77
12.3
33.4
1
3Jameson Williams
J. Williams
40.0
1
2022
6
40
6.7
0
41
1
9
41.0
6.8
1
4Germane Crowell
G. Crowell
35.0
1
1998
14
35
2.5
0
464
25
18.6
33.1
3
5Kevin House
K. House
32.0
1
1980
14
32
2.3
0
531
24
22.1
37.9
5
6Charley Malone
C. Malone
30.0
1
1934
12
30
2.5
0
131
11
11.9
10.9
2
7Bob Masterson
B. Masterson
29.7
3
1938
11
89
8.1
0
213
10
21.3
19.4
1
8Bill Hewitt
B. Hewitt
29.0
1
1932
13
29
2.2
1
77
7
11.0
5.9
0
9Clarence Weathers
C. Weathers
28.0
1
1983
16
28
1.8
0
379
19
19.9
23.7
3
10Mel Gray
M. Gray
28.0
2
1971
14
56
4.0
0
534
18
29.7
38.1
4
11Shawn Jefferson
S. Jefferson
27.0
1
1991
16
27
1.7
0
125
12
10.4
7.8
1
12Chuck Hanneman
C. Hanneman
26.5
2
1937
10
53
5.3
1
9
1
9.0
0.9
0
13Quinton Patton
Q. Patton
26.0
1
2013
6
26
4.3
0
34
3
5
11.3
5.7
0
14Tom McCauley
T. McCauley
24.5
2
1969
14
49
3.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
23.7
3
1984
14
71
5.1
1
860
45
19.1
61.4
9
16Gene Milton
G. Milton
23.0
2
1968
13
46
3.5
0
143
9
15.9
11.0
1
17Antonio Gandy-Golden
A. Gandy-Golden
22.0
1
2020
6
22
3.7
0
3
1
7
3.0
0.5
0
18Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
21.8
4
1975
14
87
6.2
0
339
22
15.4
24.2
2
19Quinten Lawrence
Q. Lawrence
21.0
2
2009
6
42
7.0
0
9
1
2
9.0
1.5
0
20Saint Saffold
S. Saffold
21.0
1
1968
14
21
1.5
0
172
16
10.8
12.3
0
21Carlos Carson
C. Carson
20.5
2
1980
16
41
2.6
0
68
5
13.6
4.3
0
22Henry Marshall
H. Marshall
20.2
5
1976
14
101
7.2
1
443
28
15.8
31.6
2
23A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
20.0
3
2019
16
60
3.8
1
1,051
52
84
20.2
65.7
8
24Robert Meachem
R. Meachem
20.0
1
2008
14
20
1.4
1
289
12
20
24.1
20.6
3
25Bob Grim
B. Grim
20.0
1
1967
13
20
1.5
0
108
6
18.0
8.3
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