most rushing attempts by a saints rookie in a season

George Rogers has the most rush attempts by a rookie for the Saints, with 378 carries in 1981.

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	NAME	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	George Rogers G. Rogers	378	1981	NO	16	1,674	4.4	104.6	13	126	16		7.9	7.9	0
2	Rueben Mayes R. Mayes	286	1986	NO	16	1,353	4.7	84.6	8	96	17		5.6	6.0	0
3	Ricky Williams R. Williams	253	1999	NO	12	884	3.5	73.7	2	172	28	40	6.1	14.3	0
4	Derek Brown D. Brown	180	1993	NO	13	705	3.9	54.2	2	170	21		8.1	13.1	1
5	Alvin Maxson A. Maxson	165	1974	NO	14	714	4.3	51.0	2	294	42		7.0	21.0	1
6	Michael Strachan M. Strachan	161	1975	NO	11	668	4.1	60.7	2	224	30		7.5	20.4	0
7	Reggie Bush R. Bush	155	2006	NO	16	565	3.6	35.3	6	742	88	121	8.4	46.4	2
8	Vaughn Dunbar V. Dunbar	154	1992	NO	16	565	3.7	35.3	3	62	9		6.9	3.9	0
9	Mario Bates M. Bates	151	1994	NO	11	579	3.8	52.6	6	62	8		7.8	5.6	0
10	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	149	1976	NO	12	659	4.4	54.9	2	272	31		8.8	22.7	0
11	Chris Ivory C. Ivory	137	2010	NO	12	716	5.2	59.7	5	17	1	1	17.0	1.4	0
12	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	136	1976	NO	14	570	4.2	40.7	7	420	54		7.8	30.0	1
13	Bob Gresham B. Gresham	127	1971	NO	13	383	3.0	29.5	6	203	17		11.9	15.6	0
14	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	122	2011	NO	10	474	3.9	47.4	5	46	11	13	4.2	4.6	0
15	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	121	1986	NO	16	425	3.5	26.6	5	107	17		6.3	6.7	0
16	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	120	2017	NO	16	728	6.1	45.5	8	826	81	100	10.2	51.6	5
17	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	109	1991	NO	9	494	4.5	54.9	2	8	1		8.0	0.9	0
18	James Ford J. Ford	93	1971	NO	9	379	4.1	42.1	2	54	7		7.7	6.0	0
19	Jimmy Rogers J. Rogers	80	1980	NO	16	366	4.6	22.9	1	267	27		9.9	16.7	2
20	Troy Davis T. Davis	75	1997	NO	16	271	3.6	16.9	0	85	13		6.5	5.3	0
21	Craig Heyward C. Heyward	74	1988	NO	11	355	4.8	32.3	1	105	13		8.1	9.5	0
22	Gill Fenerty G. Fenerty	73	1990	NO	15	355	4.9	23.7	2	209	18		11.6	13.9	0
23	Jim Otis J. Otis	71	1970	NO	13	211	3.0	16.2	0	124	20		6.2	9.5	0
24	Buford Jordan B. Jordan	68	1986	NO	16	207	3.0	12.9	1	127	11		11.5	7.9	0
25	Dwight Beverly D. Beverly	62	1987	NO	3	217	3.5	72.3	2	8	1		8.0	2.7	0

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Commanders	1	3	0	.250
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Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
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Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	3	0	.000
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000