most rushing yards by a rookie for the bills

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

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
1,185
1980
16
306
3.9
74.1
11
415
52
8.0
25.9
1
2Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
1,128
2004
16
284
4.0
70.5
13
169
22
36
7.7
10.6
0
3Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
1,115
2007
13
280
4.0
85.8
7
184
18
26
10.2
14.2
0
4Greg Bell
G. Bell
1,100
1984
16
262
4.2
68.8
7
277
34
8.1
17.3
1
5Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
1,096
1962
14
214
5.1
78.3
13
319
24
13.3
22.8
2
6Terry Miller
T. Miller
1,060
1978
16
238
4.5
66.3
7
246
22
11.2
15.4
0
7Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
881
1988
15
207
4.3
58.7
2
208
18
11.6
13.9
0
8Antowain Smith
A. Smith
840
1997
16
194
4.3
52.5
8
177
28
6.3
11.1
0
9Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
775
2019
12
151
5.1
64.6
2
194
29
41
6.7
16.2
2
10Bobby Burnett
B. Burnett
766
1966
14
187
4.1
54.7
4
419
34
12.3
29.9
4
11Travis Henry
T. Henry
729
2001
13
213
3.4
56.1
4
179
22
27
8.1
13.8
0
12Darick Holmes
D. Holmes
698
1995
16
172
4.1
43.6
4
214
24
8.9
13.4
0
13O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
697
1969
13
181
3.9
53.6
2
343
30
11.4
26.4
3
14Josh Allen
J. Allen
631
2018
12
89
7.1
52.6
8
0
0
1
0.0
0
15Shawn Bryson
S. Bryson
591
2000
16
161
3.7
36.9
0
271
32
46
8.5
16.9
2
16Wray Carlton
W. Carlton
533
1960
14
137
3.9
38.1
7
477
29
16.4
34.1
4
17Max Anderson
M. Anderson
525
1968
14
147
3.6
37.5
2
140
22
6.4
10.0
0
18Karlos Williams
K. Williams
517
2015
11
93
5.6
47.0
7
96
11
14
8.7
8.7
2
19James Cook III
J. Cook III
507
2022
16
89
5.7
31.7
2
180
21
32
8.6
11.3
1
20Art Baker
A. Baker
498
1961
14
152
3.3
35.6
3
73
6
12.2
5.2
0
21Zack Moss
Z. Moss
481
2020
13
112
4.3
37.0
4
95
14
18
6.8
7.3
1
22Ray Davis
R. Davis
442
2024
17
113
3.9
26.0
3
189
17
19
11.1
11.1
3
23Willmer Fowler
W. Fowler
370
1960
11
93
4.0
33.6
1
99
10
9.9
9.0
0
24Jamie Mueller
J. Mueller
354
1987
12
82
4.3
29.5
2
13
3
4.3
1.1
0
25Sammy Morris
S. Morris
341
2000
12
93
3.7
28.4
5
268
37
48
7.2
22.3
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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