most rushing yards by a player buffalo bills in a rookie season

Joe Cribbs has the most rushing yards by a rookie for the Bills, with 1,185 yards in 1980.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	1,185	1980	BUF	16	306	3.9	74.1	11	415	52		8.0	25.9	1
2	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	1,128	2004	BUF	16	284	4.0	70.5	13	169	22	36	7.7	10.6	0
3	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	1,115	2007	BUF	13	280	4.0	85.8	7	184	18	26	10.2	14.2	0
4	Greg Bell G. Bell	1,100	1984	BUF	16	262	4.2	68.8	7	277	34		8.1	17.3	1
5	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	1,096	1962	BUF	14	214	5.1	78.3	13	319	24		13.3	22.8	2
6	Terry Miller T. Miller	1,060	1978	BUF	16	238	4.5	66.3	7	246	22		11.2	15.4	0
7	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	881	1988	BUF	15	207	4.3	58.7	2	208	18		11.6	13.9	0
8	Antowain Smith A. Smith	840	1997	BUF	16	194	4.3	52.5	8	177	28		6.3	11.1	0
9	Devin Singletary D. Singletary	775	2019	BUF	12	151	5.1	64.6	2	194	29	41	6.7	16.2	2
10	Bobby Burnett B. Burnett	766	1966	BUF	14	187	4.1	54.7	4	419	34		12.3	29.9	4
11	Travis Henry T. Henry	729	2001	BUF	13	213	3.4	56.1	4	179	22	27	8.1	13.8	0
12	Darick Holmes D. Holmes	698	1995	BUF	16	172	4.1	43.6	4	214	24		8.9	13.4	0
13	O.J. Simpson	697	1969	BUF	13	181	3.9	53.6	2	343	30		11.4	26.4	3
14	Josh Allen J. Allen	631	2018	BUF	12	89	7.1	52.6	8	0	0	1		0.0	0
15	Shawn Bryson S. Bryson	591	2000	BUF	16	161	3.7	36.9	0	271	32	46	8.5	16.9	2
16	Wray Carlton W. Carlton	533	1960	BUF	14	137	3.9	38.1	7	477	29		16.4	34.1	4
17	Max Anderson M. Anderson	525	1968	BUF	14	147	3.6	37.5	2	140	22		6.4	10.0	0
18	Karlos Williams K. Williams	517	2015	BUF	11	93	5.6	47.0	7	96	11	14	8.7	8.7	2
19	James Cook III J. Cook III	507	2022	BUF	16	89	5.7	31.7	2	180	21	32	8.6	11.3	1
20	Art Baker A. Baker	498	1961	BUF	14	152	3.3	35.6	3	73	6		12.2	5.2	0
21	Zack Moss Z. Moss	481	2020	BUF	13	112	4.3	37.0	4	95	14	18	6.8	7.3	1
22	Ray Davis R. Davis	442	2024	BUF	17	113	3.9	26.0	3	189	17	19	11.1	11.1	3
23	Willmer Fowler W. Fowler	370	1960	BUF	11	93	4.0	33.6	1	99	10		9.9	9.0	0
24	Jamie Mueller J. Mueller	354	1987	BUF	12	82	4.3	29.5	2	13	3		4.3	1.1	0
25	Sammy Morris S. Morris	341	2000	BUF	12	93	3.7	28.4	5	268	37	48	7.2	22.3	1

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Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
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