most receiving yards by a rookie runningback

Terry Kirby has the most receiving yards by a rookie running back, with 874 yards in 1993.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
874
1993
16
75
11.7
54.6
3
390
119
3.3
24.4
3
2Herschel Walker
H. Walker
837
1986
16
76
11.0
52.3
2
737
151
4.9
46.1
12
3Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
826
2017
16
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
4Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
814
1964
14
53
15.4
58.1
5
755
199
3.8
53.9
5
5Reggie Bush
R. Bush
742
2006
16
88
121
8.4
46.4
2
565
155
3.6
35.3
6
6Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
721
2018
16
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
11
7Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
651
2017
16
80
113
8.1
40.7
5
435
117
3.7
27.2
2
8Leon Clarke
L. Clarke
650
1956
12
36
18.1
54.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
9Billy Sims
B. Sims
621
1980
16
51
12.2
38.8
3
1,303
313
4.2
81.4
13
10Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
617
1945
10
34
18.1
61.7
5
154
39
3.9
15.4
1
11Glenn Davis
G. Davis
592
1950
12
42
14.1
49.3
4
416
88
4.7
34.7
3
12Edgerrin James
E. James
586
1999
16
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
13
13Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
576
1960
14
55
10.5
41.1
3
875
156
5.6
62.5
9
14Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
567
1980
16
83
6.8
35.4
4
720
171
4.2
45.0
5
15Mike Alstott
M. Alstott
557
1996
16
65
8.6
34.8
3
377
96
3.9
23.6
3
16Jim Podoley
J. Podoley
554
1957
12
27
20.5
46.2
4
442
114
3.9
36.8
2
17Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
549
1959
12
32
17.2
45.8
4
20
1
20.0
1.7
0
18Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
534
2015
16
61
74
8.8
33.4
2
379
104
3.6
23.7
0
19Doak Walker
D. Walker
534
1950
12
35
15.3
44.5
6
386
83
4.7
32.2
5
20Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
531
1989
16
34
15.6
33.2
4
117
28
4.2
7.3
0
21Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
522
1994
16
52
10.0
32.6
1
1,282
314
4.1
80.1
11
22Giovani Bernard
G. Bernard
514
2013
16
56
70
9.2
32.1
3
695
170
4.1
43.4
5
23Miles Sanders
M. Sanders
509
2019
16
50
63
10.2
31.8
3
818
179
4.6
51.1
3
24James Wilder
J. Wilder
507
1981
16
48
10.6
31.7
1
370
107
3.5
23.1
4
25Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
507
1965
14
29
17.5
36.2
6
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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