most rushing yards by a rookie in a season texans

Steve Slaton has the most rushing yards by a rookie for the Texans, with 1,282 yards in 2008.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Steve Slaton S. Slaton	1,282	2008	HOU	16	268	4.8	80.1	9	377	50	59	7.5	23.6	1
2	Domanick Williams D. Williams	1,031	2003	HOU	14	238	4.3	73.6	8	351	47	68	7.5	25.1	0
3	Ben Tate B. Tate	942	2011	HOU	15	175	5.4	62.8	4	98	13	19	7.5	6.5	0
4	Dameon Pierce D. Pierce	939	2022	HOU	13	220	4.3	72.2	4	165	30	39	5.5	12.7	1
5	Woody Marks W. Marks	703	2025	HOU	16	196	3.6	43.9	2	208	24	36	8.7	13.0	3
6	Jonathan Wells J. Wells	529	2002	HOU	16	197	2.7	33.1	3	48	9	12	5.3	3.0	0
7	Alfred Blue A. Blue	528	2014	HOU	16	169	3.1	33.0	2	113	15	18	7.5	7.1	1
8	Wali Lundy W. Lundy	476	2006	HOU	14	124	3.8	34.0	4	204	33	39	6.2	14.6	0
9	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	327	2017	HOU	10	78	4.2	32.7	2	83	6	8	13.8	8.3	0
10	David Carr D. Carr	282	2002	HOU	16	59	4.8	17.6	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	269	2017	HOU	7	36	7.5	38.4	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Darius Walker D. Walker	264	2007	HOU	4	58	4.6	66.0	1	81	13	15	6.2	20.3	0
13	Arian Foster A. Foster	257	2009	HOU	6	54	4.8	42.8	3	93	8	9	11.6	15.5	0
14	Jawhar Jordan J. Jordan	193	2025	HOU	4	43	4.5	48.3	0	34	7	7	4.9	8.5	0
15	Vernand Morency V. Morency	184	2005	HOU	12	46	4.0	15.3	2	87	10	15	8.7	7.3	0
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	183	2013	HOU	8	49	3.7	22.9	0	46	8	12	5.8	5.8	0
17	C.J. Stroud	167	2023	HOU	15	39	4.3	11.1	3	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0
18	Chris Taylor C. Taylor	123	2006	HOU	4	28	4.4	30.8	1	40	3	3	13.3	10.0	0
19	Tony Hollings T. Hollings	102	2003	HOU	14	38	2.7	7.3	0	25	2	6	12.5	1.8	0
20	Akeem Hunt A. Hunt	96	2015	HOU	7	17	5.6	13.7	0	39	6	10	6.5	5.6	0
21	Case Keenum C. Keenum	72	2013	HOU	8	14	5.1	9.0	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	T.J. Yates	57	2011	HOU	6	14	4.1	9.5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Keshawn Martin K. Martin	53	2012	HOU	16	4	13.3	3.3	0	85	10	28	8.5	5.3	1
24	Tank Dell T. Dell	51	2023	HOU	11	11	4.6	4.6	0	709	47	75	15.1	64.5	7
25	Dave Ragone D. Ragone	51	2003	HOU	2	6	8.5	25.5	0	-5	1	1	-5.0	-2.5	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

794

Stroud

RUSH

103

Montgomery

REC

205

Schultz

Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

24th

OPP PPG

25.0

19th

RUSH YDS/G

84.7

30th

PASS YDS/G

264.7

8th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	.667
Colts	1	2	.333
Titans	0	3	.000
Texans	0	3	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	HOU	@	TEN	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	HOU	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/25	NYG	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	HOU	@	LAC	4:05 PM

Last Game

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0 - 3

Final

Colts

1 - 2

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

939

Young

917

Shough

872

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Allen

6

Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

Goff

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.0

Anderson

4.0

Graham

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

33.3

Johnson

Fantasy K Rankings

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

38

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NFL 2026 Betting

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3-0

2-0-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000