most receiving yards in a season by a vikings rookie rb

Chuck Foreman has the most receiving yards by a rookie Vikings running back, with 362 yards in 1973.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	362	1973	MIN	12	37		9.8	30.2	2	801	182	4.4	66.8	4
2	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	268	2007	MIN	14	19	28	14.1	19.1	1	1,341	238	5.6	95.8	12
3	Jim Lindsey J. Lindsey	250	1966	MIN	14	20		12.5	17.9	2	146	57	2.6	10.4	1
4	Mewelde Moore M. Moore	238	2004	MIN	10	27	32	8.8	23.8	0	379	65	5.8	37.9	0
5	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	226	2001	MIN	13	29	38	7.8	17.4	1	682	172	4.0	52.5	2
6	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	218	1972	MIN	10	28		7.8	21.8	1	223	66	3.4	22.3	0
7	Ted Brown T. Brown	197	1979	MIN	14	31		6.4	14.1	0	551	130	4.2	39.4	1
8	Toby Gerhart T. Gerhart	167	2010	MIN	15	21	29	8.0	11.1	0	322	81	4.0	21.5	1
9	Jerick McKinnon J. McKinnon	135	2014	MIN	11	27	41	5.0	12.3	0	538	113	4.8	48.9	0
10	Doug Chapman D. Chapman	135	2001	MIN	16	16	18	8.4	8.4	1	195	63	3.1	12.2	0
11	Onterrio Smith O. Smith	129	2003	MIN	15	15	20	8.6	8.6	0	579	107	5.4	38.6	5
12	Tommy Mason T. Mason	122	1961	MIN	13	20		6.1	9.4	0	226	60	3.8	17.4	3
13	Ray Hayes R. Hayes	121	1961	MIN	13	16		7.6	9.3	0	319	73	4.4	24.5	2
14	Robert Smith R. Smith	111	1993	MIN	10	24		4.6	11.1	0	399	82	4.9	39.9	2
15	Alfred Anderson A. Anderson	102	1984	MIN	16	17		6.0	6.4	1	773	201	3.8	48.3	2
16	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	100	1982	MIN	7	9		11.1	14.3	0	136	44	3.1	19.4	0
17	Zavier Scott Z. Scott	98	2025	MIN	16	14	16	7.0	6.1	1	114	32	3.6	7.1	0
18	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	90	2017	MIN	4	11	16	8.2	22.5	0	354	74	4.8	88.5	2
19	D.J. Dozier	89	1987	MIN	9	12		7.4	9.9	2	257	69	3.7	28.6	5
20	Alexander Mattison A. Mattison	82	2019	MIN	13	10	12	8.2	6.3	0	462	100	4.6	35.5	1
21	C.J. Ham	68	2017	MIN	16	7	8	9.7	4.3	0	13	7	1.9	0.8	1
22	Rhett Ellison R. Ellison	65	2012	MIN	16	7	9	9.3	4.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Allen Rice A. Rice	59	1984	MIN	14	4		14.8	4.2	1	58	14	4.1	4.1	1
24	Terry Allen T. Allen	49	1991	MIN	15	6		8.2	3.3	1	563	120	4.7	37.5	2
25	Jeff Womack J. Womack	46	1987	MIN	2	5		9.2	23.0	1	20	9	2.2	10.0	0

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