most rushing yards by a rookie for the broncos

Clinton Portis has rushed for the most yards by a Broncos rookie, with 1,508 yards in 2002.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,508	2002	DEN	16	273	5.5	94.3	15	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
2	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	1,487	2000	DEN	16	297	5.0	92.9	15	169	23	32	7.3	10.6	0
3	Olandis Gary O. Gary	1,159	1999	DEN	12	276	4.2	96.6	7	159	21	29	7.6	13.3	0
4	Bobby Humphrey B. Humphrey	1,151	1989	DEN	16	294	3.9	71.9	7	156	22		7.1	9.8	1
5	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,117	1995	DEN	14	237	4.7	79.8	7	367	49		7.5	26.2	1
6	Phillip Lindsay P. Lindsay	1,037	2018	DEN	15	192	5.4	69.1	9	241	35	47	6.9	16.1	1
7	Knowshon Moreno K. Moreno	947	2009	DEN	16	247	3.8	59.2	7	213	28	41	7.6	13.3	2
8	Javonte Williams J. Williams	903	2021	DEN	17	203	4.4	53.1	4	316	43	53	7.3	18.6	3
9	Rick Parros R. Parros	749	1981	DEN	16	176	4.3	46.8	2	216	25		8.6	13.5	1
10	Selvin Young S. Young	729	2007	DEN	15	140	5.2	48.6	1	231	35	43	6.6	15.4	0
11	Mike Bell M. Bell	677	2006	DEN	15	157	4.3	45.1	8	158	20	27	7.9	10.5	0
12	Billy Joe B. Joe	646	1963	DEN	14	154	4.2	46.1	4	90	15		6.0	6.4	1
13	Devontae Booker D. Booker	612	2016	DEN	16	174	3.5	38.3	4	265	31	45	8.5	16.6	1
14	Montee Ball M. Ball	559	2013	DEN	16	120	4.7	34.9	4	145	20	27	7.3	9.1	0
15	RJ Harvey	540	2025	DEN	17	146	3.7	31.8	7	356	47	58	7.6	20.9	5
16	Royce Freeman R. Freeman	521	2018	DEN	14	130	4.0	37.2	5	72	14	20	5.1	5.1	0
17	Donnie Stone D. Stone	505	1961	DEN	14	127	4.0	36.1	4	344	38		9.1	24.6	4
18	Dave Rolle D. Rolle	501	1960	DEN	14	130	3.9	35.8	2	122	21		5.8	8.7	1
19	Bo Nix B. Nix	430	2024	DEN	17	92	4.7	25.3	4	2	1	1	2.0	0.1	1
20	Jaleel McLaughlin J. McLaughlin	410	2023	DEN	17	76	5.4	24.1	1	160	31	36	5.2	9.4	2
21	Rob Lytle R. Lytle	408	1977	DEN	14	104	3.9	29.1	1	198	17		11.6	14.1	1
22	Tatum Bell T. Bell	396	2004	DEN	14	75	5.3	28.3	3	80	5	7	16.0	5.7	0
23	Floyd Little F. Little	381	1967	DEN	13	130	2.9	29.3	1	11	7		1.6	0.8	0
24	Greg Lewis G. Lewis	376	1991	DEN	16	99	3.8	23.5	4	9	2		4.5	0.6	0
25	Jon Keyworth J. Keyworth	374	1974	DEN	14	81	4.6	26.7	10	109	12		9.1	7.8	0

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Mon 9/14	DEN	@	KC	8:15 PM
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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

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Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176