most rushing yards as a rookie by a 25th overall draft pick

Vagas Ferguson had 818 rushing yards in his rookie season in 1980.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Vagas Ferguson
V. Ferguson
818
1980
NE NE
16
211
3.9
51.1
2
173
22
7.9
10.8
0
2Greg Hill
G. Hill
574
1994
KC KC
16
141
4.1
35.9
1
92
16
5.8
5.8
0
3Dexter Carter
D. Carter
460
1990
SF SF
16
114
4.0
28.8
1
217
25
8.7
13.6
0
4Gene Gedman
G. Gedman
255
1953
DET DET
12
83
3.1
21.3
3
121
14
8.6
10.1
0
5Tim Tebow
T. Tebow
227
2010
DEN DEN
9
43
5.3
25.2
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Steve Thurlow
S. Thurlow
210
1964
NYG NYG
11
64
3.3
19.1
0
74
7
10.6
6.7
1
7Jaxson Dart
J. Dart
195
2025
NYG NYG
7
43
4.5
27.9
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Bill Dutton
B. Dutton
169
1946
PIT PIT
11
53
3.2
15.4
2
68
2
34.0
6.2
0
9Don Samuel
D. Samuel
163
1949
PIT PIT
5
39
4.2
32.6
1
2
1
2.0
0.4
0
10Gary Famiglietti
G. Famiglietti
129
1938
CHB CHB
9
33
3.9
14.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Jason Campbell
J. Campbell
107
2006
WAS WAS
7
24
4.5
15.3
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Brandon Aiyuk
B. Aiyuk
77
2020
SF SF
12
6
12.8
6.4
2
748
60
96
12.5
62.3
5
13Johnny Rodgers
J. Rodgers
44
1977
SD SD
11
3
14.7
4.0
0
187
12
15.6
17.0
0
14Billy Kinard
B. Kinard
27
1956
CLE CLE
7
1
27.0
3.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Todd Fowler
T. Fowler
25
1985
DAL DAL
8
7
3.6
3.1
0
24
5
4.8
3.0
0
16Bill Breeden
B. Breeden
25
1937
PIT PIT
9
10
2.5
2.8
0
59
6
9.8
6.6
0
17Tommy Maddox
T. Maddox
20
1992
DEN DEN
13
9
2.2
1.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
20
1959
GB GB
12
1
20.0
1.7
0
549
32
17.2
45.8
4
19Jim Swink
J. Swink
15
1960
DLT DLT
5
10
1.5
3.0
0
37
4
9.3
7.4
0
20Santonio Holmes
S. Holmes
13
2006
PIT PIT
16
1
13.0
0.8
0
824
49
86
16.8
51.5
2
21Dean Renfro
D. Renfro
13
1955
BAL BAL
7
4
3.3
1.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Terrence Flagler
T. Flagler
11
1987
SF SF
3
6
1.8
3.7
0
28
2
14.0
9.3
0
23Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
10
1977
NE NE
14
1
10.0
0.7
0
443
21
21.1
31.6
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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RUSH YDS/G

112.6

18th

PASS YDS/G

254.8

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