most rushing yards by a rookie running back 2001

LaDainian Tomlinson had the most rushing yards by a rookie running back in 2001, with 1,236 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,236	2001	SD	16	339	3.6	77.3	10	367	59	74	6.2	22.9	0
2	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	1,183	2001	CHI	14	278	4.3	84.5	7	178	22	30	8.1	12.7	0
3	Dominic Rhodes D. Rhodes	1,104	2001	IND	15	233	4.7	73.6	9	224	34	55	6.6	14.9	0
4	Travis Henry T. Henry	729	2001	BUF	13	213	3.4	56.1	4	179	22	27	8.1	13.8	0
5	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	682	2001	MIN	13	172	4.0	52.5	2	226	29	38	7.8	17.4	1
6	Correll Buckhalter C. Buckhalter	586	2001	PHI	15	129	4.5	39.1	2	130	13	21	10.0	8.7	0
7	James Jackson J. Jackson	554	2001	CLE	11	195	2.8	50.4	2	56	7	10	8.0	5.1	0
8	Jason Brookins J. Brookins	551	2001	BAL	12	151	3.6	45.9	5	45	6	9	7.5	3.8	0
9	Kevan Barlow K. Barlow	512	2001	SF	15	125	4.1	34.1	4	247	22	28	11.2	16.5	1
10	Elvis Joseph E. Joseph	294	2001	JAX	14	68	4.3	21.0	0	183	18	24	10.2	13.1	2
11	LaMont Jordan L. Jordan	292	2001	NYJ	16	39	7.5	18.3	1	44	7	10	6.3	2.8	1
12	Travis Minor T. Minor	281	2001	MIA	16	59	4.8	17.6	2	263	29	37	9.1	16.4	1
13	Nick Goings N. Goings	197	2001	CAR	13	66	3.0	15.2	0	39	8	9	4.9	3.0	0
14	Doug Chapman D. Chapman	195	2001	MIN	16	63	3.1	12.2	0	135	16	18	8.4	8.4	1
15	Benjamin Gay B. Gay	172	2001	CLE	16	51	3.4	10.8	1	11	4	7	2.8	0.7	0
16	Deuce McAllister D. McAllister	91	2001	NO	16	16	5.7	5.7	1	166	15	20	11.1	10.4	1
17	R.J. Bowers	84	2001	PIT	3	18	4.7	28.0	1	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0
18	Reuben Droughns R. Droughns	72	2001	DET	9	30	2.4	8.0	0	21	4	5	5.3	2.3	1
19	Rondell Mealey R. Mealey	37	2001	GB	11	11	3.4	3.4	0	31	2	2	15.5	2.8	0
20	Aveion Cason A. Cason	31	2001	TOT	6	11	2.8	5.2	0	32	4	4	8.0	5.3	0
21	Heath Evans H. Evans	11	2001	SEA	16	2	5.5	0.7	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Rod Smart R. Smart	6	2001	PHI	6	2	3.0	1.0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jameel Cook J. Cook	2	2001	TB	16	2	1.0	0.1	0	89	17	23	5.2	5.6	0

StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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314

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OPP PPG

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RUSH YDS/G

120.7

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PASS YDS/G

256.2

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Broncos	4	2	.667
Chargers	4	2	.667
Chiefs	3	3	.500
Raiders	2	4	.333

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/19	IND	@	LAC	4:05 PM
Thu 10/23	MIN	@	LAC	8:15 PM
Sun 11/2	LAC	@	TEN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/9	PIT	@	LAC	8:20 PM
Sun 11/16	LAC	@	JAX	1:00 PM

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1 - 5 - 0

Final

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4 - 2 - 0

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NFL 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,684

Stafford

1,617

Prescott

1,541

Darnold

Rush Yards Leaders

603

Taylor

537

Cook

484

Robinson

Rec Yards Leaders

696

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629

Chase

616

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Pass TD Leaders

14

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14

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13

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Rush TD Leaders

7

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6

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5

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Rec TD Leaders

6

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6

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5

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QB Rating Leaders

130.5

Jackson

120.6

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116.0

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Sack Leaders

8.0

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7.5

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NFL 2025 Rankings

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29.7

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Total Yards Rankings

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Rush Yards Rankings

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142.7

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Pass Yards Rankings

306.3

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Sack Leaders

30.0

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NFL Fantasy 2025

Fantasy RB Rankings

125

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102

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100.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

91.5

Chase

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Fantasy TE Rankings

55.6

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Fantasy K Rankings

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Worst Record ATS

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

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Patriots	4	2	0	.667
Bills	4	2	0	.667
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	4	2	0	.667
Bengals	3	4	0	.429
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Colts	5	1	0	.833
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chargers	4	2	0	.667
Broncos	4	2	0	.667

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	4	2	0	.667
Commanders	3	3	0	.500
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Packers	3	1	1	.700
Lions	4	2	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	5	1	0	.833
Falcons	3	2	0	.600
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	2	0	.667
Seahawks	4	2	0	.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/3	DAL	@	PHI	20-24
Thu 9/4	KC	@	LAC	21-27
Sat 9/6	PIT	@	NYJ	34-32
Sat 9/6	TB	@	ATL	23-20
Sat 9/6	LV	@	NE	20-13

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/19	LAR	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/19	NE	@	TEN	1:00 PM
Sun 10/19	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/19	MIA	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Sun 10/19	CAR	@	NYJ	1:00 PM

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