most rushing yards by a rookie for the 49ers

Ricky Watters has rushed for the most yards by a 49ers rookie, with 1,013 yards in 1992.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ricky Watters R. Watters	1,013	1992	SF	14	206	4.9	72.4	9	405	43		9.4	28.9	2
2	Elijah Mitchell E. Mitchell	963	2021	SF	11	207	4.7	87.5	5	137	19	20	7.2	12.5	1
3	Vic Washington V. Washington	811	1971	SF	14	191	4.2	57.9	3	317	36		8.8	22.6	4
4	Ken Willard K. Willard	778	1965	SF	14	189	4.1	55.6	5	253	32		7.9	18.1	4
5	Roger Craig R. Craig	725	1983	SF	16	176	4.1	45.3	8	427	48		8.9	26.7	4
6	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	720	1980	SF	16	171	4.2	45.0	5	567	83		6.8	35.4	4
7	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	705	1974	SF	14	174	4.1	50.4	0	190	23		8.3	13.6	2
8	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	684	1952	SF	12	98	7.0	57.0	6	367	26		14.1	30.6	3
9	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	681	1954	SF	12	129	5.3	56.8	9	183	28		6.5	15.3	0
10	Frank Gore F. Gore	608	2005	SF	14	127	4.8	43.4	3	131	15	22	8.7	9.4	0
11	Kevan Barlow K. Barlow	512	2001	SF	15	125	4.1	34.1	4	247	22	28	11.2	16.5	1
12	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	509	1961	SF	11	96	5.3	46.3	10	0	0			0.0	0
13	Kendall Hunter K. Hunter	473	2011	SF	16	112	4.2	29.6	2	195	16	26	12.2	12.2	0
14	Matt Breida M. Breida	465	2017	SF	16	105	4.4	29.1	2	180	21	36	8.6	11.3	1
15	Dexter Carter D. Carter	460	1990	SF	16	114	4.0	28.8	1	217	25		8.7	13.6	0
16	Isaac Guerendo I. Guerendo	420	2024	SF	16	84	5.0	26.3	4	152	15	16	10.1	9.5	0
17	Don Lisbon D. Lisbon	399	1963	SF	14	109	3.7	28.5	0	259	21		12.3	18.5	2
18	Maurice Hicks M. Hicks	362	2004	SF	9	96	3.8	40.2	2	154	16	25	9.6	17.1	0
19	Amp Lee A. Lee	362	1992	SF	16	91	4.0	22.6	2	102	20		5.1	6.4	2
20	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	333	2014	SF	14	83	4.0	23.8	4	68	12	16	5.7	4.9	0
21	Gene Babb G. Babb	330	1957	SF	12	102	3.2	27.5	3	141	20		7.1	11.8	0
22	Pete Schabarum P. Schabarum	311	1951	SF	12	76	4.1	25.9	2	162	10		16.2	13.5	0
23	William Floyd W. Floyd	305	1994	SF	16	87	3.5	19.1	6	145	19		7.6	9.1	0
24	Dave Kopay D. Kopay	271	1964	SF	14	75	3.6	19.4	0	135	20		6.8	9.6	2
25	Jeff Wilson Jr. J. Wilson Jr.	266	2018	SF	6	66	4.0	44.3	0	98	12	15	8.2	16.3	0

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