most average yards per play by a rb in nfl history

Dave Gagnon has the most career rushing yards per attempt per play by a running back, with 15.

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	NAME	YPC/PLY	YPC	PLY	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Dave Gagnon D. Gagnon	15	15.0	1	13	15	1	1.2	0	20	4		5.0	1.5	0
2	Jeff Demps J. Demps	14	14.0	1	2	14	1	7.0	0	21	3	3	7.0	10.5	0
3	Manase Tonga M. Tonga	12	12.0	1	11	12	1	1.1	0	18	3	4	6.0	1.6	0
4	Trey Ragas T. Ragas	9	9.0	1	1	9	1	9.0	0	6	2	2	3.0	6.0	0
5	Sultan McCullough S. McCullough	9	9.0	1	1	9	1	9.0	0	13	3	3	4.3	13.0	0
6	Derrick Foster D. Foster	9	9.0	1	3	9	1	3.0	0	9	1		9.0	3.0	0
7	Bruce Maxwell B. Maxwell	9	9.0	1	11	9	1	0.8	0	0	0			0.0	0
8	Randy Cuthbert R. Cuthbert	7	7.0	1	11	7	1	0.6	0	3	1		3.0	0.3	0
9	Ian Smart I. Smart	6.5	13.0	2	4	26	2	6.5	0	10	2	2	5.0	2.5	0
10	Jonas Lewis J. Lewis	6	6.0	1	11	6	1	0.5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Beno Bryant B. Bryant	6	6.0	1	2	6	1	3.0	0	0	0			0.0	0
12	Kory Sheets K. Sheets	5	5.0	1	2	5	1	2.5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	A.J. Schable	5	5.0	1	11	5	1	0.5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Fred DiRenzo F. DiRenzo	5	5.0	1	1	5	1	5.0	0	0	0			0.0	0
15	Larry Emery L. Emery	5	5.0	1	5	5	1	1.0	0	31	5		6.2	6.2	0
16	Richard Williams R. Williams	5	5.0	1	22	5	1	0.2	0	0	0			0.0	0
17	Johnny Rodgers J. Rodgers	5	5.0	1	6	5	1	0.8	0	47	5		9.4	7.8	0
18	Pete Van Valkenburg P. Van Valkenburg	5	10.0	2	24	20	2	0.8	0	7	1		7.0	0.3	0
19	Bob Campbell B. Campbell	5	5.0	1	14	5	1	0.4	0	32	1		32.0	2.3	0
20	James Casey J. Casey	4.25	8.5	2	33	17	2	0.5	0	590	52	68	11.3	17.9	4
21	Kevin Harmon K. Harmon	4.11	12.3	3	9	37	3	4.1	0	0	0			0.0	0
22	Ronnie Wingo R. Wingo	4	4.0	1	2	4	1	2.0	0	2	1	1	2.0	1.0	0
23	Dave Moore D. Moore	4	4.0	1	16	4	1	0.3	0	102	13		7.8	6.4	0
24	Teddy Farmer T. Farmer	4	4.0	1	2	4	1	2.0	0	0	0			0.0	0
25	Tim Harris T. Harris	3.75	7.5	2	14	15	2	1.1	0	0	0			0.0	0

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RUSH

169

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REC

124

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	2	0	1.000
Bears	1	1	.500
Packers	1	1	.500
Lions	1	1	.500

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/28	PHI	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CHI	@	GB	4:25 PM
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM

Last Game

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2 - 0

Final

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1 - 1

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Young

627

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec Yards Leaders

277

Smith-Njigba

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Olave

225

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6

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Rush TD Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

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127.3

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Sack Leaders

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Watt

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38.5

35.5

32.0

31.0

Opp PPG Rankings

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8.5

10.0

12.5

13.5

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Total Yards Rankings

457.5

427.5

424.5

409.0

394.0

Rush Yards Rankings

212.5

186.0

165.0

157.0

155.0

144.5

Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

324.0

313.5

291.0

283.0

279.5

Sack Leaders

8.0

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49

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48.9

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47.3

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Fantasy WR Rankings

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	2	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
49ers	2	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	1	0	.500
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
Jets	1	1	0	.500
Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	2	0	0	1.000
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000