most rushing yards by a rookie for the colts

Edgerrin James has the most rushing yards by a Colts rookie, with 1,553 yards in 1999.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Edgerrin James
E. James
1,553
1999
16
369
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
2Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,282
1994
16
314
4.1
80.1
11
522
52
10.0
32.6
1
3Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,169
2020
15
232
5.0
77.9
11
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
4Dominic Rhodes
D. Rhodes
1,104
2001
15
233
4.7
73.6
9
224
34
55
6.6
14.9
0
5Joseph Addai
J. Addai
1,081
2006
16
226
4.8
67.6
7
325
40
50
8.1
20.3
1
6Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
961
1955
12
213
4.5
80.1
9
141
27
5.2
11.8
0
7Vick Ballard
V. Ballard
814
2012
16
211
3.9
50.9
2
152
17
27
8.9
9.5
1
8Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
800
1980
15
176
4.5
53.3
11
204
25
8.2
13.6
2
9Roosevelt Potts
R. Potts
711
1993
16
179
4.0
44.4
0
189
26
7.3
11.8
0
10Lenny Moore
L. Moore
649
1956
12
86
7.5
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
11Randy McMillan
R. McMillan
597
1981
16
149
4.0
37.3
3
466
50
9.3
29.1
1
12Kenton Keith
K. Keith
533
2007
16
121
4.4
33.3
3
77
13
23
5.9
4.8
1
13Tony Lorick
T. Lorick
513
1964
14
100
5.1
36.6
4
164
11
14.9
11.7
0
14Norm Bulaich
N. Bulaich
426
1970
12
139
3.1
35.5
3
123
11
11.2
10.3
0
15Terry Cole
T. Cole
418
1968
14
104
4.0
29.9
3
75
13
5.8
5.4
0
16Don Nottingham
D. Nottingham
388
1971
14
95
4.1
27.7
5
88
15
5.9
6.3
0
17Delone Carter
D. Carter
377
2011
16
101
3.7
23.6
2
18
5
8
3.6
1.1
0
18Marlon Mack
M. Mack
358
2017
14
93
3.8
25.6
3
225
21
33
10.7
16.1
1
19L.G. Dupre
L.G. Dupre
338
1955
11
88
3.8
30.7
1
153
10
15.3
13.9
0
20Jordan Wilkins
J. Wilkins
336
2018
16
60
5.6
21.0
1
85
16
17
5.3
5.3
0
21James Mungro
J. Mungro
336
2002
9
97
3.5
37.3
8
81
13
16
6.2
9.0
0
22Rodney Culver
R. Culver
321
1992
16
121
2.7
20.1
7
210
26
8.1
13.1
2
23Nyheim Miller-Hines
N. Miller-Hines
314
2018
16
85
3.7
19.6
2
425
63
81
6.7
26.6
2
24George Shaw
G. Shaw
301
1955
12
68
4.4
25.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
25Albert Bentley
A. Bentley
288
1985
15
54
5.3
19.2
2
85
11
7.7
5.7
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Colts Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,101

Jones

Daniel Jones

RUSH

1,585

Taylor

Jonathan Taylor

REC

1,003

Pierce

Alec Pierce
Team Rankings

PPG

27.4

8th

OPP PPG

24.2

21st

RUSH YDS/G

118.1

17th

PASS YDS/G

240.3

8th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
IND Colts

8 - 9

30

Final

38

HOU Texans

12 - 5

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176