most rushing yards by a rookie in the 2010s

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards by a rookie, with 1,631 yards in 2016.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,631	2016	DAL	15	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
2	Alfred Morris A. Morris	1,613	2012	WAS	16	335	4.8	100.8	13	77	11	16	7.0	4.8	0
3	Doug Martin D. Martin	1,454	2012	TB	16	319	4.6	90.9	11	472	49	70	9.6	29.5	1
4	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	1,327	2017	KC	16	272	4.9	82.9	8	455	53	63	8.6	28.4	3
5	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,313	2016	CHI	15	252	5.2	87.5	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
6	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	1,307	2018	NYG	16	261	5.0	81.7	11	721	91	121	7.9	45.1	4
7	Eddie Lacy E. Lacy	1,178	2013	GB	15	284	4.1	78.5	11	257	35	44	7.3	17.1	0
8	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	1,150	2019	OAK	13	242	4.8	88.5	7	166	20	27	8.3	12.8	0
9	Jeremy Hill J. Hill	1,124	2014	CIN	16	222	5.1	70.3	9	215	27	32	8.0	13.4	0
10	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	1,106	2015	STL	13	229	4.8	85.1	10	188	21	26	9.0	14.5	0
11	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	1,040	2017	JAX	13	268	3.9	80.0	9	302	36	48	8.4	23.2	1
12	Phillip Lindsay P. Lindsay	1,037	2018	DEN	15	192	5.4	69.1	9	241	35	47	6.9	16.1	1
13	LeGarrette Blount L. Blount	1,007	2010	TB	13	201	5.0	77.5	6	14	5	7	2.8	1.1	0
14	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	996	2018	CLE	16	192	5.2	62.3	8	149	20	29	7.5	9.3	2
15	Zac Stacy Z. Stacy	973	2013	STL	14	250	3.9	69.5	7	141	26	35	5.4	10.1	1
16	Trent Richardson T. Richardson	950	2012	CLE	15	267	3.6	63.3	11	367	51	70	7.2	24.5	1
17	Ben Tate B. Tate	942	2011	HOU	15	175	5.4	62.8	4	98	13	19	7.5	6.5	0
18	Sony Michel S. Michel	931	2018	NE	13	209	4.5	71.6	6	50	7	11	7.1	3.8	0
19	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	897	2011	DAL	13	164	5.5	69.0	2	183	26	35	7.0	14.1	0
20	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	889	2019	CHI	16	242	3.7	55.6	6	185	25	35	7.4	11.6	1
21	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	860	2013	PIT	13	244	3.5	66.2	8	399	45	66	8.9	30.7	0
22	Thomas Rawls T. Rawls	830	2015	SEA	13	147	5.6	63.8	4	76	9	11	8.4	5.8	1
23	Miles Sanders M. Sanders	818	2019	PHI	16	179	4.6	51.1	3	509	50	63	10.2	31.8	3
24	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	815	2012	WAS	15	120	6.8	54.3	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Vick Ballard V. Ballard	814	2012	IND	16	211	3.9	50.9	2	152	17	27	8.9	9.5	1

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