most rushing yards in the 1975 season by a rookie

Mike Thomas had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1975, with 919 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	919	1975	WAS	14	235	3.9	65.6	4	483	40	12.1	34.5	3
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	679	1975	CHI	13	196	3.5	52.2	7	213	33	6.5	16.4	0
3	Michael Strachan M. Strachan	668	1975	NO	11	161	4.1	60.7	2	224	30	7.5	20.4	0
4	Don Hardeman D. Hardeman	648	1975	HOU	13	166	3.9	49.8	5	10	5	2.0	0.8	0
5	Rickey Young R. Young	577	1975	SD	14	138	4.2	41.2	5	166	21	7.9	11.9	1
6	Roland Harper R. Harper	453	1975	CHI	13	100	4.5	34.8	1	191	27	7.1	14.7	0
7	Stan Fritts S. Fritts	375	1975	CIN	13	94	4.0	28.8	8	63	6	10.5	4.8	2
8	Willard Harrell W. Harrell	359	1975	GB	14	121	3.0	25.6	1	261	34	7.7	18.6	2
9	James McAlister J. McAlister	335	1975	PHI	14	103	3.3	23.9	1	134	17	7.9	9.6	2
10	Bobby Thompson B. Thompson	268	1975	DET	14	51	5.3	19.1	1	122	19	6.4	8.7	0
11	Horace King H. King	260	1975	DET	14	61	4.3	18.6	2	81	13	6.2	5.8	0
12	Woody Thompson W. Thompson	247	1975	ATL	14	68	3.6	17.6	0	92	14	6.6	6.6	0
13	Billy Pritchett B. Pritchett	199	1975	CLE	14	75	2.7	14.2	0	109	16	6.8	7.8	0
14	Roosevelt Leaks R. Leaks	175	1975	BAL	11	41	4.3	15.9	1	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
15	Jerry Latin J. Latin	165	1975	STL	10	35	4.7	16.5	1	25	2	12.5	2.5	0
16	Ralph Nelson R. Nelson	139	1975	WAS	14	31	4.5	9.9	0	58	5	11.6	4.1	1
17	Mike Collier M. Collier	124	1975	PIT	14	21	5.9	8.9	3	7	1	7.0	0.5	0
18	Larry Poole L. Poole	114	1975	CLE	3	17	6.7	38.0	0	5	1	5.0	1.7	0
19	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	110	1975	NE	13	30	3.7	8.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
20	Andrew Jones A. Jones	108	1975	NO	13	42	2.6	8.3	1	52	10	5.2	4.0	0
21	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	97	1975	DEN	14	16	6.1	6.9	1	436	18	24.2	31.1	2
22	Allen Carter A. Carter	95	1975	NE	14	22	4.3	6.8	0	39	2	19.5	2.8	0
23	Robert Miller R. Miller	93	1975	MIN	14	30	3.1	6.6	1	35	4	8.8	2.5	0
24	Marsh White M. White	90	1975	NYG	14	17	5.3	6.4	1	15	3	5.0	1.1	0
25	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	87	1975	MIA	14	4	21.8	6.2	0	339	22	15.4	24.2	2

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OPP PPG

29.8

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RUSH YDS/G

139.6

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PASS YDS/G

197.0

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TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/19	WAS	@	SF	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	PHI	@	WAS	8:20 PM
Sun 11/8	LAR	@	WAS	1:00 PM
Thu 11/12	WAS	@	NYG	8:15 PM
Mon 11/23	CIN	@	WAS	8:15 PM

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Pass Yards Leaders

1,572

Stafford

1,485

Goff

1,408

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Rush Yards Leaders

580

Robinson

537

Walker

532

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

717

Smith-Njigba

537

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507

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Pass TD Leaders

13

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12

Goff

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Rush TD Leaders

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7

Gibbs

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Rec TD Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

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QB Rating Leaders

119.6

Jackson

119.3

Purdy

111.3

Goff

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

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32.8

30.8

30.3

29.5

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Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

14.0

18.6

18.8

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Total Yards Rankings

424.4

412.0

405.8

396.2

394.2

393.8

Rush Yards Rankings

173.2

166.8

164.4

162.3

158.0

139.6

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

297.0

281.6

280.4

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Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

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Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

115.9

Smith-Njigba

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Watson

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Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	5	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	3	0	.500
Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	4	2	0	.667
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	HOU	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/18	TEN	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	CAR	@	PHI	1:00 PM
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