most receiving yards in a game by a rookie running back

Wray Carlton has the most receiving yards by a rookie running back in a game, with 177 yards versus the Houston Oilers on October 30, 1960.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards in a regular-season game by a rookie running back
NAMEREC YDSDATETMOPPRECTRGAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Wray Carlton
W. Carlton
177
10/30/1960
vs
6
29.5
1
25
6
4.2
0
2John Hoffman
J. Hoffman
174
12/11/1949
vs
8
21.8
2
3Herschel Walker
H. Walker
170
12/14/1986
vs
9
18.9
1
122
6
20.3
1
4Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
162
10/28/1945
@
8
20.3
0
5Herschel Walker
H. Walker
155
10/12/1986
vs
6
25.8
0
45
13
3.5
2
6Jahvid Best
J. Best
154
9/19/2010
vs
9
14
17.1
1
78
17
4.6
2
7John David Crow
J. David Crow
152
10/12/1958
@
4
38.0
2
38
6
6.3
0
8Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
148
12/19/1993
vs
9
16.4
1
6
1
6.0
0
9Herschel Walker
H. Walker
148
11/2/1986
@
9
16.4
0
34
10
3.4
0
10Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
147
11/15/1959
vs
8
18.4
0
11Donnie Stone
D. Stone
137
12/3/1961
vs
9
15.2
1
57
21
2.7
0
12Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
137
10/20/1957
@
4
34.3
1
5
1
5.0
0
13Tom Keane
T. Keane
137
10/24/1948
@
7
19.6
2
14Doak Walker
D. Walker
134
11/5/1950
vs
6
22.3
0
-1
4
-0.3
0
15Matt Jones
M. Jones
131
11/15/2015
vs
3
3
43.7
1
56
11
5.1
0
16Reggie Bush
R. Bush
131
12/3/2006
vs
9
9
14.6
1
37
10
3.7
3
17Sid Blanks
S. Blanks
131
9/12/1964
@
13
10.1
0
53
11
4.8
0
18Kelvin Bryant
K. Bryant
130
12/7/1986
vs
13
10.0
1
50
6
8.3
1
19Sid Watson
S. Watson
128
11/27/1955
vs
7
18.3
1
16
8
2.0
0
20Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
127
10/23/1994
vs
8
15.9
1
86
22
3.9
0
21Clyde Scott
C. Scott
127
11/13/1949
@
4
31.8
1
22Reggie Bush
R. Bush
125
12/10/2006
@
6
9
20.8
1
37
6
6.2
0
23Leroy Jackson
L. Jackson
122
12/8/1962
@
3
40.7
1
38
11
3.5
0
24Carroll Hardy
C. Hardy
122
11/20/1955
@
4
30.5
2
25Pierre Thomas
P. Thomas
121
12/30/2007
@
12
15
10.1
1
105
20
5.3
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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