most rushing yards by a rookie runningback in a season texans

Steve Slaton has the most rushing yards for the Texans in his rookie season by a running back, with 1,282 yards in 2008.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Steve Slaton S. Slaton	1,282	2008	HOU	16	268	4.8	80.1	9	377	50	59	7.5	23.6	1
2	Domanick Williams D. Williams	1,031	2003	HOU	14	238	4.3	73.6	8	351	47	68	7.5	25.1	0
3	Ben Tate B. Tate	942	2011	HOU	15	175	5.4	62.8	4	98	13	19	7.5	6.5	0
4	Dameon Pierce D. Pierce	939	2022	HOU	13	220	4.3	72.2	4	165	30	39	5.5	12.7	1
5	Woody Marks W. Marks	703	2025	HOU	16	196	3.6	43.9	2	208	24	36	8.7	13.0	3
6	Jonathan Wells J. Wells	529	2002	HOU	16	197	2.7	33.1	3	48	9	12	5.3	3.0	0
7	Alfred Blue A. Blue	528	2014	HOU	16	169	3.1	33.0	2	113	15	18	7.5	7.1	1
8	Wali Lundy W. Lundy	476	2006	HOU	14	124	3.8	34.0	4	204	33	39	6.2	14.6	0
9	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	327	2017	HOU	10	78	4.2	32.7	2	83	6	8	13.8	8.3	0
10	Darius Walker D. Walker	264	2007	HOU	4	58	4.6	66.0	1	81	13	15	6.2	20.3	0
11	Arian Foster A. Foster	257	2009	HOU	6	54	4.8	42.8	3	93	8	9	11.6	15.5	0
12	Jawhar Jordan J. Jordan	193	2025	HOU	4	43	4.5	48.3	0	34	7	7	4.9	8.5	0
13	Vernand Morency V. Morency	184	2005	HOU	12	46	4.0	15.3	2	87	10	15	8.7	7.3	0
14	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	183	2013	HOU	8	49	3.7	22.9	0	46	8	12	5.8	5.8	0
15	Chris Taylor C. Taylor	123	2006	HOU	4	28	4.4	30.8	1	40	3	3	13.3	10.0	0
16	Tony Hollings T. Hollings	102	2003	HOU	14	38	2.7	7.3	0	25	2	6	12.5	1.8	0
17	Akeem Hunt A. Hunt	96	2015	HOU	7	17	5.6	13.7	0	39	6	10	6.5	5.6	0
18	Jarrod Baxter J. Baxter	14	2002	HOU	16	7	2.0	0.9	0	33	5	10	6.6	2.1	1
19	Scottie Phillips S. Phillips	9	2020	HOU	8	2	4.5	1.1	0	7	1	1	7.0	0.9	0
20	Cierre Wood C. Wood	9	2013	HOU	3	3	3.0	3.0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Ray Graham R. Graham	8	2013	HOU	1	4	2.0	8.0	0	12	1	3	12.0	12.0	0
22	Tyler Ervin T. Ervin	3	2016	HOU	12	1	3.0	0.3	0	18	3	5	6.0	1.5	0
23	British Brooks B. Brooks	2	2024	HOU	5	1	2.0	0.4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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

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Team Leaders

PASS

794

Stroud

RUSH

103

Montgomery

REC

205

Schultz

Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

26th

OPP PPG

25.0

19th

RUSH YDS/G

84.7

30th

PASS YDS/G

264.7

8th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	.667
Colts	2	2	.500
Titans	0	3	.000
Texans	0	3	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	HOU	@	TEN	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	HOU	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/25	NYG	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	HOU	@	LAC	4:05 PM
Sun 11/15	HOU	@	CLE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texans

0 - 3

Final

Colts

1 - 2

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

999

Rodgers

939

Young

917

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

353

Taylor

349

Robinson

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Taylor

6

Allen

6

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

Goff

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.5

Watt

4.0

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

76.2

Taylor

69.9

Henry

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

33.3

Fannin

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

2-0-1

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	MIA	@	MIN	4:05 PM
Sun 10/4	KC	@	LV	4:25 PM
Sun 10/4	LAC	@	SEA	4:25 PM
Sun 10/4	DEN	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 10/4	DET	@	CAR	8:20 PM

Steve Slaton has the most rushing yards for the Texans in his rookie season by a running back, with 1,282 yards in 2008.

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NFL Fantasy 2026

80.3

76.2

69.9

77.1

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