most rushing yards by a rookie rb drafted in the 1st round since 2008

Since 2008, Ezekiel Elliott has rushed for the most yards by a rookie 1st round pick running back, 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	Doug Martin D. Martin	1,454	2012	TB	16	319	4.6	90.9	11	472	49	70	9.6	29.5	1
3	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	1,307	2018	NYG	16	261	5.0	81.7	11	721	91	121	7.9	45.1	4
4	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	1,228	2008	TEN	15	251	4.9	81.9	9	260	43	62	6.0	17.3	1
5	Najee Harris N. Harris	1,200	2021	PIT	17	307	3.9	70.6	7	467	74	94	6.3	27.5	3
6	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	1,150	2019	OAK	13	242	4.8	88.5	7	166	20	27	8.3	12.8	0
7	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	1,106	2015	STL	13	229	4.8	85.1	10	188	21	26	9.0	14.5	0
8	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	1,040	2017	JAX	13	268	3.9	80.0	9	302	36	48	8.4	23.2	1
9	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	976	2023	ATL	17	214	4.6	57.4	4	487	58	86	8.4	28.6	4
10	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	975	2025	LV	17	266	3.7	57.4	5	346	55	73	6.3	20.4	5
11	Trent Richardson T. Richardson	950	2012	CLE	15	267	3.6	63.3	11	367	51	70	7.2	24.5	1
12	Knowshon Moreno K. Moreno	947	2009	DEN	16	247	3.8	59.2	7	213	28	41	7.6	13.3	2
13	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	945	2023	DET	15	182	5.2	63.0	10	316	52	71	6.1	21.1	1
14	Sony Michel S. Michel	931	2018	NE	13	209	4.5	71.6	6	50	7	11	7.1	3.8	0
15	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	836	2008	CAR	16	184	4.5	52.3	10	47	8	17	5.9	2.9	0
16	Clyde Edwards-Helaire C. Edwards-Helaire	803	2020	KC	13	181	4.4	61.8	4	297	36	54	8.3	22.8	1
17	Beanie Wells B. Wells	793	2009	ARI	16	176	4.5	49.6	7	143	12	16	11.9	8.9	0
18	Ryan Mathews R. Mathews	678	2010	SD	12	158	4.3	56.5	7	145	22	26	6.6	12.1	0
19	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	641	2015	SD	14	184	3.5	45.8	0	192	33	37	5.8	13.7	0
20	Jahvid Best J. Best	555	2010	DET	16	171	3.2	34.7	4	487	58	80	8.4	30.4	2
21	Omarion Hampton O. Hampton	545	2025	LAC	9	124	4.4	60.6	4	192	32	35	6.0	21.3	1
22	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	499	2008	OAK	13	113	4.4	38.4	4	285	29	38	9.8	21.9	0
23	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	474	2011	NO	10	122	3.9	47.4	5	46	11	13	4.2	4.6	0
24	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	435	2017	CAR	16	117	3.7	27.2	2	651	80	113	8.1	40.7	5
25	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	419	2018	SEA	14	85	4.9	29.9	2	75	9	12	8.3	5.4	0

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