Austin Ekeler had the most receiving yards by a running back in 2021, with 647 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	647	2021	LAC	16	70	94	9.2	40.4	8	911	206	4.4	56.9	12
2	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	548	2021	ATL	16	52	69	10.5	34.3	5	618	153	4.0	38.6	6
3	Najee Harris N. Harris	467	2021	PIT	17	74	94	6.3	27.5	3	1,200	307	3.9	70.6	7
4	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	454	2021	TB	14	69	84	6.6	32.4	2	812	180	4.5	58.0	8
5	Darrel Williams D. Williams	452	2021	KC	17	47	57	9.6	26.6	2	558	144	3.9	32.8	6
6	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	452	2021	DET	13	62	78	7.3	34.8	2	617	151	4.1	47.5	5
7	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	439	2021	NO	13	47	67	9.3	33.8	5	898	240	3.7	69.1	4
8	Brandon Bolden B. Bolden	405	2021	NE	17	41	49	9.9	23.8	2	226	44	5.1	13.3	1
9	J.D. McKissic	397	2021	WAS	11	43	53	9.2	36.1	2	212	48	4.4	19.3	2
10	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	391	2021	GB	15	52	65	7.5	26.1	6	799	171	4.7	53.3	4
11	James Conner J. Conner	375	2021	ARI	15	37	39	10.1	25.0	3	752	202	3.7	50.1	15
12	Ty Johnson T. Johnson	372	2021	NYJ	16	34	55	10.9	23.3	2	238	61	3.9	14.9	2
13	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	360	2021	IND	17	40	51	9.0	21.2	2	1,811	332	5.5	106.5	18
14	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	348	2021	LV	15	54	64	6.4	23.2	0	872	217	4.0	58.1	9
15	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	343	2021	CAR	7	37	41	9.3	49.0	1	442	99	4.5	63.1	1
16	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	337	2021	DAL	15	39	46	8.6	22.5	0	719	130	5.5	47.9	2
17	Michael Carter M. Carter	325	2021	NYJ	14	36	55	9.0	23.2	0	639	147	4.3	45.6	4
18	Javonte Williams J. Williams	316	2021	DEN	17	43	53	7.3	18.6	3	903	203	4.4	53.1	4
19	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	314	2021	CIN	16	42	48	7.5	19.6	3	1,205	292	4.1	75.3	13
20	AJ Dillon	313	2021	GB	17	34	37	9.2	18.4	2	803	187	4.3	47.2	5
21	Chase Edmonds C. Edmonds	311	2021	ARI	12	43	53	7.2	25.9	0	592	116	5.1	49.3	2
22	Nyheim Miller-Hines N. Miller-Hines	310	2021	IND	17	40	57	7.8	18.2	1	276	56	4.9	16.2	2
23	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	301	2021	CHI	13	42	51	7.2	23.2	0	849	225	3.8	65.3	7
24	Kyle Juszczyk K. Juszczyk	296	2021	SF	17	30	38	9.9	17.4	1	22	8	2.8	1.3	1
25	Antonio Gibson A. Gibson	294	2021	WAS	16	42	52	7.0	18.4	3	1,037	258	4.0	64.8	7

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