
Steve Slaton rushed for the most yards in his rookie season by a running back in 2008, with 1,282 yards.
- Regular season
| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Slaton | 1,282 | 2008 | 16 | 268 | 4.8 | 80.1 | 9 | 377 | 50 | 59 | 7.5 | 23.6 | 1 | ||
| 2 | M. Forte | 1,238 | 2008 | 16 | 316 | 3.9 | 77.4 | 8 | 477 | 63 | 76 | 7.6 | 29.8 | 4 | ||
| 3 | C. Johnson | 1,228 | 2008 | 15 | 251 | 4.9 | 81.9 | 9 | 260 | 43 | 62 | 6.0 | 17.3 | 1 | ||
| 4 | K. Smith | 976 | 2008 | 16 | 238 | 4.1 | 61.0 | 8 | 286 | 39 | 54 | 7.3 | 17.9 | 0 | ||
| 5 | J. Stewart | 836 | 2008 | 16 | 184 | 4.5 | 52.3 | 10 | 47 | 8 | 17 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 0 | ||
| 6 | D. McFadden | 499 | 2008 | 13 | 113 | 4.4 | 38.4 | 4 | 285 | 29 | 38 | 9.8 | 21.9 | 0 | ||
| 7 | T. Choice | 472 | 2008 | 16 | 92 | 5.1 | 29.5 | 2 | 185 | 21 | 30 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 0 | ||
| 8 | R. Rice | 454 | 2008 | 13 | 107 | 4.2 | 34.9 | 0 | 273 | 33 | 43 | 8.3 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | M. Bush | 421 | 2008 | 15 | 95 | 4.4 | 28.1 | 3 | 162 | 19 | 30 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 0 | ||
| 10 | T. Hightower | 399 | 2008 | 16 | 143 | 2.8 | 24.9 | 10 | 237 | 34 | 50 | 7.0 | 14.8 | 0 | ||
| 11 | J. Charles | 357 | 2008 | 16 | 67 | 5.3 | 22.3 | 0 | 272 | 27 | 40 | 10.1 | 17.0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | P. Hillis | 343 | 2008 | 12 | 68 | 5.0 | 28.6 | 5 | 179 | 14 | 19 | 12.8 | 14.9 | 1 | ||
| 13 | B. Green-Ellis | 275 | 2008 | 9 | 74 | 3.7 | 30.6 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 12.3 | 4.1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | F. Jones | 266 | 2008 | 6 | 30 | 8.9 | 44.3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0 | ||
| 15 | J. Hester | 95 | 2008 | 16 | 19 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 1 | 91 | 12 | 13 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 1 | ||
| 16 | L. Ball | 83 | 2008 | 1 | 13 | 6.4 | 83.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | R. Torain | 69 | 2008 | 2 | 15 | 4.6 | 34.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | R. Mendenhall | 58 | 2008 | 4 | 19 | 3.1 | 14.5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 0 | ||
| 19 | D. Savage | 53 | 2008 | 8 | 15 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | C. Simpson | 45 | 2008 | 11 | 15 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 10.0 | 2.7 | 0 | ||
| 21 | C. Smith | 40 | 2008 | 9 | 8 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 0 | ||
| 22 | M. Tolbert | 37 | 2008 | 13 | 13 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0 | 171 | 13 | 15 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 1 | ||
| 23 | J. Johnson | 29 | 2008 | 4 | 9 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 7.8 | 11.8 | 0 | ||
| 24 | J. Parmele | 27 | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 13.5 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | O. Schmitt | 21 | 2008 | 15 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0 | ||
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |