most rushing yards by a rookie on a thursday

Corey Dillon has rushed for the most yards by a rookie in a day on Thursdays, with 246 yards on December 4, 1997.

NAMERUSH YDSDAYATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
246
12/4/1997
39
6.3
246.0
4
30
2
15.0
30.0
0
2Cam Akers
C. Akers
171
12/10/2020
29
5.9
171.0
0
23
2
3
11.5
23.0
0
3Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
157
11/24/1960
11
14.3
157.0
2
3
1
3.0
3.0
0
4Julius Jones
J. Jones
150
11/25/2004
33
4.5
150.0
2
-1
1
3
-1.0
-1.0
0
5Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
148
9/7/2017
17
8.7
148.0
1
98
5
5
19.6
98.0
2
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
145
11/23/1989
28
5.2
145.0
0
44
2
22.0
44.0
0
7Dameon Pierce
D. Pierce
139
11/3/2022
27
5.1
139.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
138
9/10/2020
25
5.5
138.0
1
0
0
2
0.0
0
9Doug Martin
D. Martin
135
10/25/2012
29
4.7
135.0
1
79
3
6
26.3
79.0
1
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
132
11/22/1990
23
5.7
132.0
2
5
2
2.5
5.0
0
11Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
130
10/11/2018
13
10.0
130.0
1
99
9
12
11.0
99.0
0
12Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
125
11/27/2008
16
7.8
125.0
2
9
2
2
4.5
9.0
0
13Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
115
11/26/2020
20
5.8
115.0
3
21
5
7
4.2
21.0
0
14Alfred Morris
A. Morris
113
11/22/2012
24
4.7
113.0
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Latavius Murray
L. Murray
112
11/20/2014
4
28.0
112.0
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Craig James
C. James
112
11/22/1984
19
5.9
112.0
0
22
2
11.0
22.0
0
17Jacory Croskey-Merritt
J. Croskey-Merritt
105
12/25/2025
11
9.5
105.0
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Ryan Grant
R. Grant
101
11/22/2007
15
6.7
101.0
1
31
6
7
5.2
31.0
0
19Samaje Perine
S. Perine
100
11/23/2017
24
4.2
100.0
0
30
3
4
10.0
30.0
0
20Isaac Guerendo
I. Guerendo
99
10/10/2024
10
9.9
99.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Kevin Jones
K. Jones
99
11/25/2004
12
8.3
99.0
0
3
3
4
1.0
3.0
0
22Karl Bernard
K. Bernard
99
11/26/1987
20
5.0
99.0
1
41
4
10.3
41.0
0
23Cam Skattebo
C. Skattebo
98
10/9/2025
19
5.2
98.0
3
12
2
2
6.0
12.0
0
24Sony Michel
S. Michel
98
10/4/2018
18
5.4
98.0
1
12
1
1
12.0
12.0
0
25Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
97
11/24/2016
20
4.9
97.0
2
23
2
2
11.5
23.0
0
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