most career fumb by a rookie running back

Joe Cribbs has the most fumbles in his rookie season by a running back, with 16 fumbles in 1980.

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	NAME	FUM	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	16	1980	BUF	16	1,185	306	3.9	74.1	11	415	52	8.0	25.9	1
2	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13	1983	RAM	16	1,808	390	4.6	113.0	18	404	51	7.9	25.3	2
3	George Rogers G. Rogers	13	1981	NO	16	1,674	378	4.4	104.6	13	126	16	7.9	7.9	0
4	Billy Sims B. Sims	12	1980	DET	16	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	13	621	51	12.2	38.8	3
5	Amos Marsh A. Marsh	12	1961	DLC	14	379	84	4.5	27.1	1	189	21	9.0	13.5	2
6	Willard Harrell W. Harrell	11	1975	GB	14	359	121	3.0	25.6	1	261	34	7.7	18.6	2
7	Bob Gaiters B. Gaiters	11	1961	NYG	14	460	116	4.0	32.9	6	54	11	4.9	3.9	1
8	Jack Larscheid J. Larscheid	11	1960	OAK	14	397	94	4.2	28.4	1	187	22	8.5	13.4	1
9	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	10	1989	DET	15	1,470	280	5.3	98.0	14	282	24	11.8	18.8	0
10	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	10	1979	STL	16	1,605	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41	7.5	19.3	2
11	Jimmy Edwards J. Edwards	10	1979	MIN	14	0	0		0.0	0	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
12	Rick Kane R. Kane	10	1977	DET	14	421	124	3.4	30.1	4	186	18	10.3	13.3	0
13	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	10	1973	NE	14	516	155	3.3	36.9	4	144	15	9.6	10.3	1
14	Vic Washington V. Washington	10	1971	SF	14	811	191	4.2	57.9	3	317	36	8.8	22.6	4
15	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	9	1995	CHI	16	1,074	296	3.6	67.1	10	56	7	8.0	3.5	0
16	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	9	1993	DEN	16	231	52	4.4	14.4	0	300	38	7.9	18.8	3
17	Tim Worley T. Worley	9	1989	PIT	15	770	195	3.9	51.3	5	113	15	7.5	7.5	0
18	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	9	1988	BUF	15	881	207	4.3	58.7	2	208	18	11.6	13.9	0
19	Lionel James L. James	9	1984	SD	16	115	25	4.6	7.2	0	206	23	9.0	12.9	0
20	Joe Delaney J. Delaney	9	1981	KC	15	1,121	234	4.8	74.7	3	246	22	11.2	16.4	0
21	Jerry Eckwood J. Eckwood	9	1979	TB	16	690	194	3.6	43.1	2	268	22	12.2	16.8	0
22	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	9	1978	HOU	15	1,450	302	4.8	96.7	13	48	12	4.0	3.2	0
23	Walter Payton W. Payton	9	1975	CHI	13	679	196	3.5	52.2	7	213	33	6.5	16.4	0
24	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	9	1975	WAS	14	919	235	3.9	65.6	4	483	40	12.1	34.5	3
25	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	9	1973	STL	12	628	148	4.2	52.3	2	316	37	8.5	26.3	0

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Bears	3	1	0	.750
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