most rushing yards among 28 year old running backs 2021

Melvin Gordon rushed for the most yards by a 28-year-old running back in 2021, with 918 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSAgeSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
918
28
2021
16
203
4.5
57.4
8
213
28
38
7.6
13.3
2
2Mike Davis
M. Davis
503
28
2021
17
138
3.6
29.6
3
259
44
58
5.9
15.2
1
3Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
356
28
2021
11
84
4.2
32.4
0
49
11
16
4.5
4.5
0
4Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
330
28
2021
5
71
4.6
66.0
3
41
4
5
10.3
8.2
0
5J.D. McKissic
J.D. McKissic
212
28
2021
11
48
4.4
19.3
2
397
43
53
9.2
36.1
2
6Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
166
28
2021
TOT
17
51
3.3
9.8
0
289
38
53
7.6
17.0
1
7Malcolm Brown
M. Brown
125
28
2021
7
33
3.8
17.9
1
10
3
5
3.3
1.4
0
8Elijhaa Penny
E. Penny
99
28
2021
17
24
4.1
5.8
1
30
9
13
3.3
1.8
1
9Jalen Richard
J. Richard
40
28
2021
10
9
4.4
4.0
0
72
12
14
6.0
7.2
0
10C.J. Ham
C.J. Ham
34
28
2021
17
7
4.9
2.0
0
125
17
18
7.4
7.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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RUSH

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