most receiving touchdowns by a rookie running back in a season

Gale Sayers and Doak Walker are tied for the most receiving touchdowns by a rookie running back, with 6 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6
1965
CHI CHI
14
29
507
17.5
36.2
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
2Doak Walker
D. Walker
6
1950
DET DET
12
35
534
15.3
44.5
386
83
4.7
32.2
5
3Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
5
2017
NO NO
16
81
100
826
10.2
51.6
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
4Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
5
2017
CAR CAR
16
80
113
651
8.1
40.7
435
117
3.7
27.2
2
5Bill Jones
B. Jones
5
1990
KC KC
16
19
137
7.2
8.6
47
10
4.7
2.9
0
6Jimmy Thomas
J. Thomas
5
1969
SF SF
14
18
364
20.2
26.0
190
23
8.3
13.6
1
7Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
5
1964
WAS WAS
14
53
814
15.4
58.1
755
199
3.8
53.9
5
8Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
5
1960
HOU HOU
14
15
187
12.5
13.4
644
152
4.2
46.0
1
9R.C. Owens
R.C. Owens
5
1957
SF SF
12
27
395
14.6
32.9
0
0
0.0
0
10Hal Giancanelli
H. Giancanelli
5
1953
PHI PHI
12
20
346
17.3
28.8
131
44
3.0
10.9
1
11Ray Pelfrey
R. Pelfrey
5
1951
GB GB
12
38
462
12.2
38.5
44
3
14.7
3.7
0
12Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
5
1945
WAS WAS
10
34
617
18.1
61.7
154
39
3.9
15.4
1
13Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
4
2025
LV LV
14
49
64
266
5.4
19.0
700
200
3.5
50.0
4
14RJ Harvey
RJ Harvey
4
2025
DEN DEN
14
37
43
247
6.7
17.6
419
110
3.8
29.9
6
15Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
4
2023
ATL ATL
17
58
86
487
8.4
28.6
976
214
4.6
57.4
4
16Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4
2018
NYG NYG
16
91
121
721
7.9
45.1
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
11
17David Johnson
D. Johnson
4
2015
ARI ARI
16
36
57
457
12.7
28.6
581
125
4.6
36.3
8
18Matt Forte
M. Forte
4
2008
CHI CHI
16
63
76
477
7.6
29.8
1,238
316
3.9
77.4
8
19Edgerrin James
E. James
4
1999
IND IND
16
62
87
586
9.5
36.6
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
13
20Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
4
1989
NYG NYG
16
34
531
15.6
33.2
117
28
4.2
7.3
0
21Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
4
1989
CLE CLE
16
54
397
7.4
24.8
633
187
3.4
39.6
6
22Roger Craig
R. Craig
4
1983
SF SF
16
48
427
8.9
26.7
725
176
4.1
45.3
8
23Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
4
1980
SF SF
16
83
567
6.8
35.4
720
171
4.2
45.0
5
24Vic Washington
V. Washington
4
1971
SF SF
14
36
317
8.8
22.6
811
191
4.2
57.9
3
25Bobby Burnett
B. Burnett
4
1966
BUF BUF
14
34
419
12.3
29.9
766
187
4.1
54.7
4
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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24.1

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6
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.571
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DET DET
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3
0
.786
Bills Bills
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.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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.571
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7
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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4
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.714
Packers Packers
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4
1
.679
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Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
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7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
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.786
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
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MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
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ARI ARI
22-27
Sat
9/13
DEN DEN
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IND IND
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
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8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
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12/21
LAC LAC
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