most rushing yards in a season by a linebacker since 1970

Since 1970, Ray Burks has the most rushing yards by a linebacker in his rookie season in 1977, with 51 yards.

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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	Ray Burks R. Burks	51	1977	KC	13	1	51.0	3.9	0	0	0			0.0	0
2	Larry Izzo L. Izzo	39	2000	MIA	16	1	39.0	2.4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Travis Williams T. Williams	37	2007	ATL	6	1	37.0	6.2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Dexter Coakley D. Coakley	33	2004	DAL	16	1	33.0	2.1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Mike Reichenbach M. Reichenbach	30	1989	PHI	16	1	30.0	1.9	0	0	0			0.0	0
6	Frank LeMaster F. LeMaster	30	1977	PHI	14	1	30.0	2.1	0	0	0			0.0	0
7	Frank LeMaster F. LeMaster	29	1978	PHI	16	2	14.5	1.8	0	0	0			0.0	0
8	Dick Butkus D. Butkus	28	1972	CHI	14	1	28.0	2.0	0	0	0			0.0	0
9	Dexter Coakley D. Coakley	26	2000	DAL	16	1	26.0	1.6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Larry Izzo L. Izzo	26	1996	MIA	16	1	26.0	1.6	0	0	0			0.0	0
11	Greg Buttle G. Buttle	26	1976	NYJ	14	1	26.0	1.9	0	0	0			0.0	0
12	Ed O'Neil E. O'Neil	25	1978	DET	16	1	25.0	1.6	0	0	0			0.0	0
13	Larry Keller L. Keller	25	1977	NYJ	14	1	25.0	1.8	0	0	0			0.0	0
14	Jon Alston J. Alston	22	2008	OAK	14	1	22.0	1.6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Frank LeMaster F. LeMaster	21	1980	PHI	16	2	10.5	1.3	0	0	0			0.0	0
16	Tom Dinkel T. Dinkel	20	1978	CIN	16	1	20.0	1.3	0	0	0			0.0	0
17	Doug Buffone D. Buffone	19	1971	CHI	14	1	19.0	1.4	0	0	0			0.0	0
18	Jack Del Rio J. Del Rio	16	1986	NO	16	1	16.0	1.0	0	0	0			0.0	0
19	Frank LeMaster F. LeMaster	15	1979	PHI	16	1	15.0	0.9	0	0	0			0.0	0
20	Doug Buffone D. Buffone	14	1979	CHI	16	1	14.0	0.9	0	22	1		22.0	1.4	0
21	Tom Dinkel T. Dinkel	14	1979	CIN	16	2	7.0	0.9	0	0	0			0.0	0
22	Jesse Solomon J. Solomon	12	1992	ATL	16	2	6.0	0.8	0	0	0			0.0	0
23	Barkevious Mingo B. Mingo	11	2020	CHI	16	1	11.0	0.7	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Terry Cole T. Cole	11	1971	MIA	4	3	3.7	2.8	0	0	0			0.0	0
25	Tony Daykin T. Daykin	8	1978	DET	16	1	8.0	0.5	0	0	0			0.0	0

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Chiefs	3	0	1.000
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Sun 10/4	KC	@	LV	4:25 PM
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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
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Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
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