most rushing yards by linebacker in a season

George Papach has rushed for the most yards by a linebacker in a season, with 407 yards in 1949.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1George Papach
G. Papach
407
1949
12
99
4.1
33.9
0
18
6
3.0
1.5
0
2Tank Younger
T. Younger
331
1952
12
63
5.3
27.6
1
73
12
6.1
6.1
0
3Tank Younger
T. Younger
223
1951
12
36
6.2
18.6
1
72
5
14.4
6.0
0
4Chuck Drazenovich
C. Drazenovich
155
1950
12
35
4.4
12.9
1
38
3
12.7
3.2
0
5Larry Morris
L. Morris
148
1955
12
40
3.7
12.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
6Chuck Drazenovich
C. Drazenovich
76
1951
9
34
2.2
8.4
3
27
1
27.0
3.0
0
7Chuck Drazenovich
C. Drazenovich
66
1952
12
29
2.3
5.5
3
62
4
15.5
5.2
0
8Norm Standlee
N. Standlee
65
1951
11
16
4.1
5.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Ray Burks
R. Burks
51
1977
13
1
51.0
3.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
10George Buksar
G. Buksar
44
1950
9
12
3.7
4.9
0
2
2
1.0
0.2
0
11Larry Izzo
L. Izzo
39
2000
16
1
39.0
2.4
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Travis Williams
T. Williams
37
2007
6
1
37.0
6.2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Dexter Coakley
D. Coakley
33
2004
16
1
33.0
2.1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Mike Reichenbach
M. Reichenbach
30
1989
16
1
30.0
1.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Frank LeMaster
F. LeMaster
30
1977
14
1
30.0
2.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Frank LeMaster
F. LeMaster
29
1978
16
2
14.5
1.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Tony Curcillo
T. Curcillo
29
1953
12
8
3.6
2.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Dick Butkus
D. Butkus
28
1972
14
1
28.0
2.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Tank Younger
T. Younger
28
1950
12
8
3.5
2.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Chuck Drazenovich
C. Drazenovich
27
1953
8
11
2.5
3.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Dexter Coakley
D. Coakley
26
2000
16
1
26.0
1.6
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Larry Izzo
L. Izzo
26
1996
16
1
26.0
1.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Greg Buttle
G. Buttle
26
1976
14
1
26.0
1.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Ed O'Neil
E. O'Neil
25
1978
16
1
25.0
1.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Larry Keller
L. Keller
25
1977
14
1
25.0
1.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
1
.441
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12
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.688
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9
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.563
8
8
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.500
6
11
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.353
5
12
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.294
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12
5
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.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
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.471
3
14
0
.176
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3
0
.813
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5
0
.688
6
10
0
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14
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