most rushing attempts by a quarterback in their first game

Bill Shepherd had the most rush attempts by a quarterback in his first game, with 19 rush attempts versus the Eagles on November 3, 1935.

NAMEATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
19
11/3/1935
vs
129
6.8
1
2Bob Davis
B. Davis
17
11/19/1944
vs
131
7.7
1
3Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
16
9/8/2024
@
88
5.5
2
0
0
0
0
4Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
12
12/10/1939
@
22
1.8
0
37
1
37.0
0
5Joe Milton III
J. Milton III
10
1/5/2025
vs
16
1.6
1
0
0
0
0
6Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
10
9/10/2023
vs
40
4.0
1
0
0
0
0
7Steve Young
S. Young
10
11/24/1985
vs
60
6.0
0
0
0
0
8Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
9
9/9/2012
@
42
4.7
0
0
0
0
0
9Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
8
9/13/2020
vs
46
5.8
1
0
0
0
0
10Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
8
9/9/2012
@
20
2.5
0
0
0
0
0
11Cam Newton
C. Newton
8
9/11/2011
@
18
2.3
1
0
0
0
0
12Randy Fasani
R. Fasani
8
10/20/2002
@
58
7.3
0
0
0
0
0
13Charlie Batch
C. Batch
8
9/20/1998
@
63
7.9
0
0
0
0
14David Klingler
D. Klingler
8
11/29/1992
vs
44
5.5
0
0
0
0
15Will Levis
W. Levis
7
10/29/2023
vs
11
1.6
0
0
0
0
0
16Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
7
9/9/2018
vs
39
5.6
0
0
0
0
0
17Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
7
12/31/2017
@
10
1.4
0
0
0
0
0
18Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
7
10/23/2016
@
104
14.9
1
0
0
0
0
19Connor Shaw
C. Shaw
7
12/28/2014
@
9
1.3
0
0
0
0
0
20Mark Stevens
M. Stevens
7
10/5/1987
@
36
5.1
1
0
0
0
21Turk Schonert
T. Schonert
7
9/6/1981
vs
41
5.9
0
0
0
0
22Cliff Olander
C. Olander
7
11/20/1977
vs
30
4.3
0
0
0
0
23George Shaw
G. Shaw
7
9/25/1955
vs
2
0.3
0
24Keith Molesworth
K. Molesworth
7
12/17/1933
vs
-7
-1.0
0
5
1
5.0
0
25Desmond Ridder
D. Ridder
6
12/18/2022
@
38
6.3
0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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