most rookie rushing yards per attempt record

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie, with 8.4 per attempt in 1934.

Interpreted as:
most rookie rushing yards per attempt with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game record
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
1934
11
1,004
119
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
2Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.5
1956
12
649
86
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
3Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
1952
12
684
98
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
4Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
6.8
2012
15
815
120
54.3
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
1960
14
855
136
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
6Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
6.3
1958
12
500
80
41.7
1
131
16
8.2
10.9
3
7Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
8Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
6.0
2024
17
891
148
52.4
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
9J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
2020
15
805
134
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
10Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
5.9
1959
10
447
76
44.7
3
140
16
8.8
14.0
0
11Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
5.8
1939
10
699
121
69.9
7
65
3
21.7
6.5
1
12Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5.7
2006
16
941
166
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
13Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
5.6
2015
13
830
147
63.8
4
76
9
11
8.4
5.8
1
14Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
2007
14
1,341
238
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
5.6
1972
14
1,055
188
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
16Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
5.6
1960
14
875
156
62.5
9
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
17Cam Newton
C. Newton
5.6
2011
16
706
126
44.1
14
27
1
1
27.0
1.7
0
18Eddie Price
E. Price
5.6
1950
10
703
126
70.3
4
30
4
7.5
3.0
0
19Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5.6
1944
9
444
80
49.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
20Brad Hubbert
B. Hubbert
5.5
1967
14
643
116
45.9
2
214
19
11.3
15.3
2
21Andre Ellington
A. Ellington
5.5
2013
15
652
118
43.5
3
371
39
57
9.5
24.7
1
22Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
2002
16
1,508
273
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
23Mack Lee Hill
M. Lee Hill
5.5
1964
14
576
105
41.1
4
144
19
7.6
10.3
2
24DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
5.5
2011
13
897
164
69.0
2
183
26
35
7.0
14.1
0
25Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
5.4
1966
14
801
147
57.2
6
175
15
11.7
12.5
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StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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11
3
0
.786
10
4
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.714
6
8
0
.429
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11
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.214
AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
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.571
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AFC WestWLTPCT
12
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.429
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12
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NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
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.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
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11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

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