most rushing yards cowboys player rookie

Ezekiel Elliott has rushed for the most yards by a Cowboys rookie, 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	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,007	1977	DAL	14	208	4.8	71.9	12	273	29		9.4	19.5	1
3	Calvin Hill C. Hill	942	1969	DAL	13	204	4.6	72.5	8	232	20		11.6	17.8	0
4	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	937	1990	DAL	16	241	3.9	58.6	11	228	24		9.5	14.3	0
5	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	897	2011	DAL	13	164	5.5	69.0	2	183	26	35	7.0	14.1	0
6	Julius Jones J. Jones	819	2004	DAL	8	197	4.2	102.4	7	109	17	26	6.4	13.6	0
7	Don Perkins D. Perkins	815	1961	DLC	14	200	4.1	58.2	4	298	32		9.3	21.3	1
8	Duane Thomas D. Thomas	803	1970	DAL	14	151	5.3	57.4	5	73	10		7.3	5.2	0
9	Herschel Walker H. Walker	737	1986	DAL	16	151	4.9	46.1	12	837	76		11.0	52.3	2
10	Marion Barber M. Barber	538	2005	DAL	13	138	3.9	41.4	5	115	18	25	6.4	8.8	0
11	Tashard Choice T. Choice	472	2008	DAL	16	92	5.1	29.5	2	185	21	30	8.8	11.6	0
12	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	455	2019	DAL	15	86	5.3	30.3	2	107	15	20	7.1	7.1	1
13	Amos Marsh A. Marsh	379	1961	DLC	14	84	4.5	27.1	1	189	21		9.0	13.5	2
14	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	302	1989	DAL	11	38	7.9	27.5	0	-13	1		-13.0	-1.2	0
15	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	282	2016	DAL	16	57	4.9	17.6	6	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	J.W. Lockett	280	1961	DLC	12	66	4.2	23.3	0	114	15		7.6	9.5	2
17	Derrick Lassic D. Lassic	269	1993	DAL	10	75	3.6	26.9	3	37	9		4.1	3.7	0
18	Felix Jones F. Jones	266	2008	DAL	6	30	8.9	44.3	3	10	2	2	5.0	1.7	0
19	Ron Springs R. Springs	248	1979	DAL	16	67	3.7	15.5	2	251	25		10.0	15.7	1
20	Daryl Johnston D. Johnston	212	1989	DAL	16	67	3.2	13.3	0	133	16		8.3	8.3	3
21	Sherman Williams S. Williams	205	1995	DAL	11	48	4.3	18.6	1	28	3		9.3	2.5	0
22	Charley Young C. Young	205	1974	DAL	14	33	6.2	14.6	0	73	11		6.6	5.2	0
23	Amos Bullocks A. Bullocks	196	1962	DLC	11	33	5.9	17.8	2	46	3		15.3	4.2	1
24	Tyson Thompson T. Thompson	182	2005	DAL	15	46	4.0	12.1	0	16	3	4	5.3	1.1	0
25	Joseph Randle J. Randle	164	2013	DAL	13	54	3.0	12.6	2	61	8	10	7.6	4.7	0

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