most rushing yards by a rookie for the jets

Matt Snell has the most rushing yards by a Jets rookie, with 948 yards in 1964.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Matt Snell
M. Snell
948
1964
14
215
4.4
67.7
5
393
56
7.0
28.1
1
2John Riggins
J. Riggins
769
1971
14
180
4.3
54.9
1
231
36
6.4
16.5
2
3Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
724
1976
14
157
4.6
51.7
3
400
41
9.8
28.6
2
4Leon Washington
L. Washington
650
2006
16
151
4.3
40.6
4
270
25
31
10.8
16.9
0
5Michael Carter
M. Carter
639
2021
14
147
4.3
45.6
4
325
36
55
9.0
23.2
0
6Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
623
1981
11
137
4.5
56.6
2
171
18
9.5
15.5
1
7Blair Thomas
B. Thomas
620
1990
15
123
5.0
41.3
1
204
20
10.2
13.6
1
8Shonn Greene
S. Greene
540
2009
14
108
5.0
38.6
2
0
0
5
0.0
0
9Breece Hall
B. Hall
463
2022
7
80
5.8
66.1
4
218
19
31
11.5
31.1
1
10Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
455
1966
14
97
4.7
32.5
5
133
8
16.6
9.5
0
11Dewey Bohling
D. Bohling
431
1960
14
123
3.5
30.8
2
268
30
8.9
19.1
4
12Geno Smith
G. Smith
366
2013
16
72
5.1
22.9
6
13
1
1
13.0
0.8
0
13Mike Augustyniak
M. Augustyniak
339
1981
10
85
4.0
33.9
1
144
18
8.0
14.4
0
14Braelon Allen
B. Allen
334
2024
17
92
3.6
19.6
2
148
19
27
7.8
8.7
1
15Elijah McGuire
E. McGuire
315
2017
16
88
3.6
19.7
1
177
17
26
10.4
11.1
1
16Scott Dierking
S. Dierking
315
1977
14
79
4.0
22.5
0
29
4
7.3
2.1
1
17Bill Mathis
B. Mathis
307
1960
14
92
3.3
21.9
2
103
18
5.7
7.4
0
18Cedric Houston
C. Houston
302
2005
12
81
3.7
25.2
2
66
8
10
8.3
5.5
0
19Bam Knight
B. Knight
300
2022
7
85
3.5
42.9
1
100
13
14
7.7
14.3
0
20LaMont Jordan
L. Jordan
292
2001
16
39
7.5
18.3
1
44
7
10
6.3
2.8
1
21Roger Vick
R. Vick
257
1987
12
77
3.3
21.4
1
108
13
8.3
9.0
0
22La'Mical Perine
L. Perine
232
2020
10
64
3.6
23.2
2
63
11
15
5.7
6.3
0
23Mel West
M. West
232
1961
9
46
5.0
25.8
3
104
8
13.0
11.6
0
24Bruce Harper
B. Harper
198
1977
14
44
4.5
14.1
0
209
21
10.0
14.9
1
25Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
189
2010
9
39
4.8
21.0
0
20
3
4
6.7
2.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

1,259

Fields

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RUSH

1,065

Hall

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REC

395

Wilson

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PPG

17.6

29th

OPP PPG

29.6

31st

RUSH YDS/G

123.3

10th

PASS YDS/G

163.8

32nd

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