most rushing attempts per game among rookies 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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	945	5.2	63.0	10	316	52	71	6.1	21.1	1
14	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	9.19	147	16	2018	BAL	695	4.7	43.4	5	0	0	2		0.0	0
15	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	8.71	148	17	2024	WAS	891	6.0	52.4	6	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Josh Allen J. Allen	7.42	89	12	2018	BUF	631	7.1	52.6	8	0	0	1		0.0	0
17	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	7.31	117	16	2017	CAR	435	3.7	27.2	2	651	80	113	8.1	40.7	5
18	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	7	7	1	2017	KC	10	1.4	10.0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Trey Lance T. Lance	6.33	38	6	2021	SF	168	4.4	28.0	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Anthony Richardson Sr. A. Richardson Sr.	6.25	25	4	2023	IND	136	5.4	34.0	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	6.07	85	14	2018	SEA	419	4.9	29.9	2	75	9	12	8.3	5.4	0
22	Justin Fields J. Fields	6	72	12	2021	CHI	420	5.8	35.0	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Kyler Murray K. Murray	5.81	93	16	2019	ARI	544	5.8	34.0	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Bo Nix B. Nix	5.41	92	17	2024	DEN	430	4.7	25.3	4	2	1	1	2.0	0.1	1
25	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	5.14	36	7	2017	HOU	269	7.5	38.4	2	0	0	0		0.0	0

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