most rushing attempts per game among rookie running backs from the first round since 2015

Ezekiel Elliott had 21.47 rush attempts per game played in his rookie season in 2016.

NAME ATT/GP ATT GP SEASON TM RUSH YDS YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
21.47
322
15
2016
DAL DAL
1,631
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2 Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
20.62
268
13
2017
JAX JAX
1,040
3.9
80.0
9
302
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
3 Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
18.62
242
13
2019
OAK OAK
1,150
4.8
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
4 Najee Harris
N. Harris
18.06
307
17
2021
PIT PIT
1,200
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
5 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
17.62
229
13
2015
STL STL
1,106
4.8
85.1
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
6 Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
17
68
4
2025
LV LV
282
4.1
70.5
2
20
7
8
2.9
5.0
2
7 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
16.31
261
16
2018
NYG NYG
1,307
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
8 Sony Michel
S. Michel
16.08
209
13
2018
NE NE
931
4.5
71.6
6
50
7
11
7.1
3.8
0
9 Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
13.92
181
13
2020
KC KC
803
4.4
61.8
4
297
36
54
8.3
22.8
1
10 Omarion Hampton
O. Hampton
13.5
54
4
2025
LAC LAC
270
5.0
67.5
2
110
14
16
7.9
27.5
0
11 Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
13.14
184
14
2015
SD SD
641
3.5
45.8
0
192
33
37
5.8
13.7
0
12 Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
12.59
214
17
2023
ATL ATL
976
4.6
57.4
4
487
58
86
8.4
28.6
4
13 Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
12.13
182
15
2023
DET DET
945
5.2
63.0
10
316
52
71
6.1
21.1
1
14 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
7.31
117
16
2017
CAR CAR
435
3.7
27.2
2
651
80
113
8.1
40.7
5
15 Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
6.07
85
14
2018
SEA SEA
419
4.9
29.9
2
75
9
12
8.3
5.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

28.5

5th

OPP PPG

33.0

31st

RUSH YDS/G

123.0

12th

PASS YDS/G

290.0

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
1
.375
Giants Giants
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

1 - 2 - 1

40

Final

40

GB Packers

2 - 1 - 1

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM