most catches in a rookie season by a running back

Saquon Barkley has made the most receptions by a rookie running back, with 91 receptions in 2018.

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	91	2018	NYG	16	121	721	7.9	45.1	4	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	11
2	Reggie Bush R. Bush	88	2006	NO	16	121	742	8.4	46.4	2	565	155	3.6	35.3	6
3	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	83	1980	SF	16		567	6.8	35.4	4	720	171	4.2	45.0	5
4	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	81	2017	NO	16	100	826	10.2	51.6	5	728	120	6.1	45.5	8
5	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	80	2017	CAR	16	113	651	8.1	40.7	5	435	117	3.7	27.2	2
6	Herschel Walker H. Walker	76	1986	DAL	16		837	11.0	52.3	2	737	151	4.9	46.1	12
7	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	75	1993	MIA	16		874	11.7	54.6	3	390	119	3.3	24.4	3
8	Najee Harris N. Harris	74	2021	PIT	17	94	467	6.3	27.5	3	1,200	307	3.9	70.6	7
9	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	65	1996	TB	16		557	8.6	34.8	3	377	96	3.9	23.6	3
10	Nyheim Hines N. Hines	63	2018	IND	16	81	425	6.7	26.6	2	314	85	3.7	19.6	2
11	Matt Forte M. Forte	63	2008	CHI	16	76	477	7.6	29.8	4	1,238	316	3.9	77.4	8
12	Edgerrin James E. James	62	1999	IND	16	87	586	9.5	36.6	4	1,553	369	4.2	97.1	13
13	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	61	2015	CLE	16	74	534	8.8	33.4	2	379	104	3.6	23.7	0
14	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	59	2001	SD	16	74	367	6.2	22.9	0	1,236	339	3.6	77.3	10
15	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	58	2023	ATL	17	86	487	8.4	28.6	4	976	214	4.6	57.4	4
16	Jahvid Best J. Best	58	2010	DET	16	80	487	8.4	30.4	2	555	171	3.2	34.7	4
17	Giovani Bernard G. Bernard	56	2013	CIN	16	70	514	9.2	32.1	3	695	170	4.1	43.4	5
18	Sid Blanks S. Blanks	56	1964	HOU	14		497	8.9	35.5	1	756	145	5.2	54.0	6
19	Matt Snell M. Snell	56	1964	NYJ	14		393	7.0	28.1	1	948	215	4.4	67.7	5
20	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	55	1960	DLT	14		576	10.5	41.1	3	875	156	5.6	62.5	9
21	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	54	1989	CLE	16		397	7.4	24.8	4	633	187	3.4	39.6	6
22	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	54	1976	NO	14		420	7.8	30.0	1	570	136	4.2	40.7	7
23	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	53	2017	KC	16	63	455	8.6	28.4	3	1,327	272	4.9	82.9	8
24	Tarik Cohen T. Cohen	53	2017	CHI	16	71	353	6.7	22.1	1	370	87	4.3	23.1	2
25	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	53	1964	WAS	14		814	15.4	58.1	5	755	199	3.8	53.9	5

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Bengals - e	4	10	0	.286
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Colts	8	6	0	.571
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