most rushing yards in first game rookie quarterback

Robert Griffin III had 138 rushing yards in his rookie season versus the Vikings on October 14, 2012.

NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
138
10/14/2012
vs
13
10.6
2
0
0
0
0
2Josh Allen
J. Allen
135
12/2/2018
@
9
15.0
0
0
0
0
0
3Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
131
10/8/1961
vs
19
6.9
2
0
0
0
4Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
129
11/3/1935
vs
19
6.8
1
5Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
127
12/29/2024
vs
16
7.9
0
0
0
0
0
6Norris Weese
N. Weese
120
12/12/1976
@
12
10.0
0
0
0
0
7Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
119
11/18/2018
vs
26
4.6
0
0
0
0
0
8Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
115
10/15/1961
@
20
5.8
4
0
0
0
9Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
114
10/13/1946
@
6
19.0
1
10Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
112
12/6/2015
vs
9
12.4
1
0
0
0
0
11Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
108
12/10/2000
@
11
9.8
0
0
0
0
0
12Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
106
12/13/2020
vs
18
5.9
0
0
0
0
0
13Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
104
10/23/2016
@
7
14.9
1
0
0
0
0
14Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
103
10/1/1961
@
16
6.4
2
0
0
0
15Justin Fields
J. Fields
103
10/31/2021
vs
10
10.3
1
0
0
0
0
16Josh Allen
J. Allen
101
12/9/2018
vs
9
11.2
1
0
0
1
0
17M.C. Reynolds
M.C. Reynolds
99
11/2/1958
vs
10
9.9
0
18Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
99
11/5/1961
@
11
9.0
1
0
0
0
19Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
99
12/6/1964
vs
8
12.4
0
0
0
0
20Josh Allen
J. Allen
99
11/25/2018
vs
13
7.6
1
0
0
0
0
21Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
95
12/16/2018
vs
18
5.3
0
0
0
0
0
22Josh Allen
J. Allen
95
12/30/2018
vs
9
10.6
2
0
0
0
0
23Drake Maye
D. Maye
95
11/3/2024
@
8
11.9
0
0
0
0
0
24Tim Tebow
T. Tebow
94
1/2/2011
vs
13
7.2
1
0
0
0
0
25George Mira
G. Mira
93
10/18/1964
@
4
23.3
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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