most career rushing yards by a running back drafted in 2008

Matt Forte has rushed for the most career yards by a 2008 draft pick running back, with 9,796 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Matt Forte
M. Forte
9,796
146
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
2Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
9,651
130
2,163
4.5
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
3Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
7,563
119
1,407
5.4
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
4Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
7,335
134
1,705
4.3
54.7
51
1,295
162
236
8.0
9.7
7
5Ray Rice
R. Rice
6,180
92
1,430
4.3
67.2
37
3,034
369
487
8.2
33.0
6
6Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
5,421
103
1,302
4.2
52.6
28
2,114
254
359
8.3
20.5
5
7Rashard Mendenhall
R. Mendenhall
4,236
72
1,081
3.9
58.8
37
795
95
129
8.4
11.0
2
8Justin Forsett
J. Forsett
3,890
122
820
4.7
31.9
19
1,351
210
290
6.4
11.1
1
9Tim Hightower
T. Hightower
2,977
77
752
4.0
38.7
32
1,208
162
226
7.5
15.7
2
10Felix Jones
F. Jones
2,912
80
617
4.7
36.4
11
1,125
136
169
8.3
14.1
3
11Peyton Hillis
P. Hillis
2,832
81
696
4.1
35.0
23
1,050
134
187
7.8
13.0
3
12Kevin Smith
K. Smith
2,346
54
598
3.9
43.4
17
1,082
123
171
8.8
20.0
5
13Steve Slaton
S. Slaton
1,896
45
442
4.3
42.1
13
808
100
122
8.1
18.0
5
14Tashard Choice
T. Choice
1,579
88
372
4.2
17.9
10
574
81
122
7.1
6.5
0
15Ryan Torain
R. Torain
1,011
22
238
4.2
46.0
6
148
24
36
6.2
6.7
2
16Jacob Hester
J. Hester
400
65
111
3.6
6.2
3
315
56
69
5.6
4.8
3
17Mike Hart
M. Hart
264
21
71
3.7
12.6
2
97
12
15
8.1
4.6
0
18Jalen Parmele
J. Parmele
187
36
48
3.9
5.2
0
60
7
9
8.6
1.7
0
19Jerome Felton
J. Felton
178
132
55
3.2
1.3
0
421
50
73
8.4
3.2
0
20Lex Hilliard
L. Hilliard
163
62
48
3.4
2.6
2
233
30
38
7.8
3.8
2
21Spencer Larsen
S. Larsen
62
36
17
3.6
1.7
0
127
14
14
9.1
3.5
1
22Owen Schmitt
O. Schmitt
28
74
11
2.5
0.4
0
218
34
50
6.4
2.9
2
23Xavier Omon
X. Omon
27
7
11
2.5
3.9
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
24Chauncey Washington
C. Washington
8
11
5
1.6
0.7
0
22
3
4
7.3
2.0
0
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25.9

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24.4

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144.5

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
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6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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8
0
.529
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AFC EastWLTPCT
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3
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.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
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.706
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10
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.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
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.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
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11
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.353
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.294
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13
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14
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.824
11
6
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.647
6
11
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.353
3
14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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