highest ypc in a season by a running back

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in his rookie season in 1934, with 8.4 per attempt.

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	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Beattie Feathers B. Feathers	8.4	1934	CHB	11	1,004	119	91.3	8	174	6		29.0	15.8	1
2	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.5	1956	BAL	12	649	86	54.1	8	102	11		9.3	8.5	1
3	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.3	1958	BAL	12	598	82	49.8	7	938	50		18.8	78.2	7
4	Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan	7.3	1953	LA	12	705	97	58.8	4	260	17		15.3	21.7	2
5	Joe Maniaci J. Maniaci	7.1	1939	CHB	9	544	77	60.4	4	0	0			0.0	0
6	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	7.0	1952	SF	12	684	98	57.0	6	367	26		14.1	30.6	3
7	Dan Towler D. Towler	6.8	1951	LA	12	854	126	71.2	6	257	16		16.1	21.4	0
8	Tank Younger T. Younger	6.7	1954	LA	8	610	91	76.3	8	76	8		9.5	9.5	0
9	Ron Waller R. Waller	6.5	1956	LA	9	543	83	60.3	1	76	9		8.4	8.4	0
10	Ward Cuff W. Cuff	6.5	1943	NYG	10	523	80	52.3	3	52	7		7.4	5.2	0
11	Keith Lincoln K. Lincoln	6.5	1963	SD	14	826	128	59.0	5	325	24		13.5	23.2	3
12	Mercury Morris M. Morris	6.4	1973	MIA	13	954	149	73.4	10	51	4		12.8	3.9	0
13	Jim Brown J. Brown	6.4	1963	CLE	14	1,863	291	133.1	12	268	24		11.2	19.1	3
14	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	6.4	2010	KC	16	1,467	230	91.7	5	468	45	64	10.4	29.3	3
15	Ernie Caddel E. Caddel	6.4	1936	DET	11	580	91	52.7	4	150	19		7.9	13.6	1
16	Fred Gehrke F. Gehrke	6.3	1945	CLE	10	467	74	46.7	7	90	8		11.3	9.0	1
17	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	6.3	2021	SEA	10	749	119	74.9	6	48	6	8	8.0	4.8	0
18	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	6.3	1960	LAC	14	855	136	61.1	8	377	23		16.4	26.9	2
19	Kenneth Walker III K. Walker III	6.3	2026	KC	5	665	106	133.0	6	95	14	22	6.8	19.0	2
20	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	6.3	1958	CLE	12	500	80	41.7	1	131	16		8.2	10.9	3
21	Dick Bass D. Bass	6.2	1961	LA	14	608	98	43.4	4	145	16		9.1	10.4	0
22	Dutch Clark D. Clark	6.2	1934	DET	12	763	123	63.6	8	72	6		12.0	6.0	0
23	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	6.2	1968	CHI	9	856	138	95.1	2	117	15		7.8	13.0	0
24	Jim Gillette J. Gillette	6.2	1945	CLE	10	390	63	39.0	1	48	6		8.0	4.8	0
25	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	6.1	1997	DET	16	2,053	335	128.3	11	305	33		9.2	19.1	3

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