most rookie rushing yard 1990

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1990, with 937 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
937
1990
16
241
3.9
58.6
11
228
24
9.5
14.3
0
2Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
926
1990
14
234
4.0
66.1
5
241
25
9.6
17.2
0
3Blair Thomas
B. Thomas
620
1990
15
123
5.0
41.3
1
204
20
10.2
13.6
1
4Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
480
1990
16
151
3.2
30.0
2
299
39
7.7
18.7
0
5Dexter Carter
D. Carter
460
1990
16
114
4.0
28.8
1
217
25
8.7
13.6
0
6Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
455
1990
15
109
4.2
30.3
2
274
32
8.6
18.3
2
7Steve Broussard
S. Broussard
454
1990
13
126
3.6
34.9
4
160
24
6.7
12.3
0
8Anthony Thompson
A. Thompson
390
1990
13
106
3.7
30.0
4
11
2
5.5
0.8
0
9Gill Fenerty
G. Fenerty
355
1990
15
73
4.9
23.7
2
209
18
11.6
13.9
0
10Harold Green
H. Green
353
1990
12
83
4.3
29.4
1
90
12
7.5
7.5
1
11Darrell Thompson
D. Thompson
264
1990
16
76
3.5
16.5
1
1
3
0.3
0.1
0
12Barry Foster
B. Foster
203
1990
16
36
5.6
12.7
1
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
13Leroy Hoard
L. Hoard
149
1990
14
58
2.6
10.6
3
73
10
7.3
5.2
0
14John Harvey
J. Harvey
113
1990
16
27
4.2
7.1
0
86
11
7.8
5.4
1
15Johnny Bailey
J. Bailey
86
1990
16
26
3.3
5.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Blake Ezor
B. Ezor
81
1990
9
23
3.5
9.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Derrick Gainer
D. Gainer
81
1990
16
30
2.7
5.1
1
85
7
12.1
5.3
0
18Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
81
1990
15
15
5.4
5.4
1
5
2
2.5
0.3
0
19Tom Hodson
T. Hodson
79
1990
7
12
6.6
11.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Victor Jones
V. Jones
75
1990
10
14
5.4
7.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Marcus Dupree
M. Dupree
72
1990
7
19
3.8
10.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Andre Ware
A. Ware
64
1990
4
7
9.1
16.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23James Rouse
J. Rouse
56
1990
16
16
3.5
3.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Bill Jones
B. Jones
47
1990
16
10
4.7
2.9
0
137
19
7.2
8.6
5
25Carwell Gardner
C. Gardner
41
1990
7
15
2.7
5.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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