most rushing yards in a rookie season by a quarterback

Robert Griffin III has rushed for the most yards by a rookie quarterback, with 815 yards in 2012.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	815	2012	WAS	15	120	6.8	54.3	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Cam Newton C. Newton	706	2011	CAR	16	126	5.6	44.1	14	27	1	1	27.0	1.7	0
3	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	695	2018	BAL	16	147	4.7	43.4	5	0	0	2		0.0	0
4	Josh Allen J. Allen	631	2018	BUF	12	89	7.1	52.6	8	0	0	1		0.0	0
5	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	590	2024	WAS	13	108	5.5	45.4	6	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Vince Young V. Young	552	2006	TEN	15	83	6.7	36.8	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Kyler Murray K. Murray	544	2019	ARI	16	93	5.8	34.0	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	509	1961	SF	11	96	5.3	46.3	10	0	0			0.0	0
9	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	489	2012	SEA	16	94	5.2	30.6	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Bill Shepherd B. Shepherd	425	1935	TOT	12	143	3.0	35.4	4	33	4		8.3	2.8	0
11	Justin Fields J. Fields	420	2021	CHI	12	72	5.8	35.0	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	DeShone Kizer D. Kizer	419	2017	CLE	15	77	5.4	27.9	5	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	419	2014	JAX	14	56	7.5	29.9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	408	1969	CHI	11	51	8.0	37.1	2	0	0			0.0	0
15	Caleb Williams C. Williams	405	2024	CHI	13	63	6.4	31.2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Geno Smith G. Smith	366	2013	NYJ	16	72	5.1	22.9	6	13	1	1	13.0	0.8	0
17	Fred Enke F. Enke	365	1948	DET	12	74	4.9	30.4	0	6	1		6.0	0.5	0
18	Merle Hapes M. Hapes	363	1942	NYG	11	95	3.8	33.0	3	79	10		7.9	7.2	2
19	Jalen Hurts J. Hurts	354	2020	PHI	15	63	5.6	23.6	3	3	1	1	3.0	0.2	0
20	Drake Maye D. Maye	345	2024	NE	9	38	9.1	38.3	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Gardner Minshew II G. Minshew II	344	2019	JAX	14	67	5.1	24.6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	343	1993	SEA	16	68	5.0	21.4	3	0	0			0.0	0
23	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	334	2021	JAX	17	73	4.6	19.6	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	313	1999	PHI	12	47	6.7	26.1	0	-6	1	1	-6.0	-0.5	0
25	Marlin Briscoe M. Briscoe	308	1968	DEN	11	41	7.5	28.0	3	0	0			0.0	0

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