most rookie cardinals rushing yards record

Ottis Anderson has rushed for the most yards by a St. Louis Cardinals rookie, with 1,605 yards in 1979.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,605	1979	STL	16	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41		7.5	19.3	2
2	Ronald Moore R. Moore	1,018	1993	PHX	16	263	3.9	63.6	9	16	3		5.3	1.0	0
3	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	926	1990	PHX	14	234	4.0	66.1	5	241	25		9.6	17.2	0
4	Beanie Wells B. Wells	793	2009	ARI	16	176	4.5	49.6	7	143	12	16	11.9	8.9	0
5	Johnny Roland J. Roland	695	1966	STL	14	192	3.6	49.6	5	213	21		10.1	15.2	0
6	Andre Ellington A. Ellington	652	2013	ARI	15	118	5.5	43.5	3	371	39	57	9.5	24.7	1
7	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	628	1973	STL	12	148	4.2	52.3	2	316	37		8.5	26.3	0
8	David Johnson D. Johnson	581	2015	ARI	16	125	4.6	36.3	8	457	36	57	12.7	28.6	4
9	Pat Harder P. Harder	545	1946	CHC	11	106	5.1	49.5	4	128	11		11.6	11.6	1
10	Kyler Murray K. Murray	544	2019	ARI	16	93	5.8	34.0	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Frank Mestnik F. Mestnik	429	1960	STL	9	104	4.1	47.7	3	24	3		8.0	2.7	0
12	Doug Russell D. Russell	407	1934	CHC	11	75	5.4	37.0	1	2	1		2.0	0.2	0
13	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	401	1947	CHC	11	83	4.8	36.5	2	240	23		10.4	21.8	0
14	Tim Hightower T. Hightower	399	2008	ARI	16	143	2.8	24.9	10	237	34	50	7.0	14.8	0
15	Anthony Thompson A. Thompson	390	1990	PHX	13	106	3.7	30.0	4	11	2		5.5	0.8	0
16	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	386	1953	CHC	12	106	3.6	32.2	4	210	21		10.0	17.5	1
17	Thomas Jones T. Jones	373	2000	ARI	14	112	3.3	26.6	2	208	32	46	6.5	14.9	0
18	J.J. Arrington	370	2005	ARI	15	112	3.3	24.7	2	139	25	33	5.6	9.3	0
19	Ollie Matson O. Matson	344	1952	CHC	12	96	3.6	28.7	3	187	11		17.0	15.6	3
20	Dave Mann D. Mann	336	1955	CHC	12	87	3.9	28.0	4	137	16		8.6	11.4	1
21	John Grigas J. Grigas	333	1943	CHC	10	105	3.2	33.3	3	225	19		11.8	22.5	0
22	Elmer Angsman E. Angsman	328	1946	CHC	11	48	6.8	29.8	2	44	2		22.0	4.0	0
23	Theotis Brown T. Brown	318	1979	STL	16	73	4.4	19.9	7	191	25		7.6	11.9	0
24	Bud Schwenk B. Schwenk	313	1942	CHC	11	111	2.8	28.5	2	0	0			0.0	0
25	Mike Mikulak M. Mikulak	308	1934	CHC	11	74	4.2	28.0	3	47	5		9.4	4.3	0

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