most 50 yard rushing games by a rookie

5 players are tied for the most games by a rookie with 50+ rushing yards, with 15 games. The first three are Ezekiel Elliott in 2016, Alfred Morris in 2012 and Edgerrin James in 1999.

Interpreted as:
most 50 or more yard rushing regular-season games by a rookie
NAMEGPRUSH YDSSEASONTMATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
15
1,631
2016
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2Alfred Morris
A. Morris
15
1,566
2012
319
4.9
104.4
12
68
10
14
6.8
4.5
0
3Edgerrin James
E. James
15
1,507
1999
352
4.3
100.5
13
550
59
79
9.3
36.7
4
4Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15
1,771
1983
378
4.7
118.1
18
392
50
7.8
26.1
2
5George Rogers
G. Rogers
15
1,654
1981
363
4.6
110.3
13
124
15
8.3
8.3
0
6Doug Martin
D. Martin
14
1,405
2012
302
4.7
100.4
11
444
44
60
10.1
31.7
1
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
14
1,462
2002
264
5.5
104.4
15
364
33
48
11.0
26.0
2
8Eddie George
E. George
14
1,276
1996
308
4.1
91.1
7
160
20
8.0
11.4
0
9Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
14
1,206
1994
287
4.2
86.1
10
473
46
10.3
33.8
1
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
14
1,469
1989
275
5.3
104.9
14
271
22
12.3
19.4
0
11Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
14
1,529
1979
301
5.1
109.2
7
297
36
8.3
21.2
2
12Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
14
1,409
1978
295
4.8
100.6
13
48
12
4.0
3.4
0
13Steve Slaton
S. Slaton
13
1,199
2008
241
5.0
92.2
9
271
37
46
7.3
20.8
0
14Matt Forte
M. Forte
13
1,125
2008
271
4.2
86.5
6
381
49
60
7.8
29.3
3
15Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
13
1,115
2007
280
4.0
85.8
7
184
18
26
10.2
14.2
0
16LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13
1,121
2001
295
3.8
86.2
9
256
41
50
6.2
19.7
0
17Curt Warner
C. Warner
13
1,345
1983
296
4.5
103.5
11
264
33
8.0
20.3
1
18Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
13
1,105
1980
270
4.1
85.0
9
344
42
8.2
26.5
1
19Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
12
1,130
2008
209
5.4
94.2
9
226
36
51
6.3
18.8
1
20Joseph Addai
J. Addai
12
975
2006
187
5.2
81.3
6
276
33
40
8.4
23.0
1
21Domanick Williams
D. Williams
12
972
2003
226
4.3
81.0
8
325
45
62
7.2
27.1
0
22Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
12
1,263
2000
266
4.7
105.3
6
292
24
32
12.2
24.3
0
23Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
12
1,320
1993
258
5.1
110.0
6
216
21
10.3
18.0
0
24Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
12
1,299
1986
267
4.9
108.3
8
77
13
5.9
6.4
0
25Tyler Allgeier
T. Allgeier
11
876
2022
159
5.5
79.6
3
105
9
10
11.7
9.5
0
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