most rushing yards in the 1997 season by a rookie

Corey Dillon had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1997, with 1,129 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	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	1,129	1997	CIN	16	233	4.8	70.6	10	259	27	9.6	16.2	0
2	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	978	1997	TB	16	224	4.4	61.1	4	462	39	11.8	28.9	3
3	Antowain Smith A. Smith	840	1997	BUF	16	194	4.3	52.5	8	177	28	6.3	11.1	0
4	Fred Lane F. Lane	809	1997	CAR	13	182	4.4	62.2	7	27	8	3.4	2.1	0
5	Tiki Barber T. Barber	511	1997	NYG	12	136	3.8	42.6	3	299	34	8.8	24.9	1
6	Byron Hanspard B. Hanspard	335	1997	ATL	16	53	6.3	20.9	0	53	6	8.8	3.3	1
7	Darnell Autry D. Autry	319	1997	CHI	13	112	2.8	24.5	1	59	9	6.6	4.5	0
8	Jay Graham J. Graham	299	1997	BAL	13	81	3.7	23.0	2	51	12	4.3	3.9	0
9	Troy Davis T. Davis	271	1997	NO	16	75	3.6	16.9	0	85	13	6.5	5.3	0
10	George Jones G. Jones	235	1997	PIT	16	72	3.3	14.7	1	96	16	6.0	6.0	1
11	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	216	1997	ARI	10	39	5.5	21.6	2	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
12	Leon Johnson L. Johnson	158	1997	NYJ	16	48	3.3	9.9	2	142	16	8.9	8.9	0
13	Derrick Cullors D. Cullors	101	1997	NE	15	22	4.6	6.7	0	8	2	4.0	0.5	0
14	Kenny Bynum K. Bynum	97	1997	SD	13	30	3.2	7.5	0	4	2	2.0	0.3	0
15	Reidel Anthony R. Anthony	84	1997	TB	16	5	16.8	5.3	0	448	35	12.8	28.0	4
16	Jerald Sowell J. Sowell	35	1997	NYJ	9	7	5.0	3.9	0	8	1	8.0	0.9	0
17	David Thompson D. Thompson	30	1997	STL	11	16	1.9	2.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
18	Duce Staley D. Staley	29	1997	PHI	16	7	4.1	1.8	0	22	2	11.0	1.4	0
19	Craig Whelihan C. Whelihan	29	1997	SD	9	13	2.2	3.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	26	1997	NO	7	6	4.3	3.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Dedric Ward D. Ward	25	1997	NYJ	11	2	12.5	2.3	0	212	18	11.8	19.3	1
22	Rae Carruth R. Carruth	23	1997	CAR	15	6	3.8	1.5	0	545	44	12.4	36.3	4
23	Tony Graziani T. Graziani	19	1997	ATL	3	3	6.3	6.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Marc Edwards M. Edwards	17	1997	SF	15	5	3.4	1.1	0	48	6	8.0	3.2	0
25	Will Blackwell W. Blackwell	14	1997	PIT	14	2	7.0	1.0	0	168	12	14.0	12.0	1

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1,361

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RUSH

246

Brown

REC

423

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Team Rankings

PPG

25.6

10th

OPP PPG

21.8

10th

RUSH YDS/G

82.8

26th

PASS YDS/G

272.2

7th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Ravens	4	1	.800
Steelers	3	2	.600
Browns	3	2	.600
Bengals	3	2	.600

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/25	CIN	@	BAL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	TEN	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	CIN	@	ATL	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	PIT	@	CIN	8:20 PM
Mon 11/23	CIN	@	WAS	8:15 PM

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3 - 2

Final

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0 - 5

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,572

Stafford

1,485

Goff

1,408

Love

Rush Yards Leaders

580

Robinson

537

Walker

532

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

583

Smith-Njigba

537

Olave

507

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

13

Purdy

12

Goff

12

Cousins

Rush TD Leaders

8

Allen

7

Gibbs

7

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

7

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

119.6

Jackson

119.3

Purdy

111.3

Goff

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

30.8

30.3

29.5

29.2

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

14.0

18.6

18.8

19.2

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

276.2

Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

16.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

103.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

102.5

Smith-Njigba

83.4

Watson

76.1

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

52.4

Likely

50.8

Kittle

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LaPorta

Fantasy K Rankings

75

Shrader

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Reichard

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Worst Record ATS

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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	2	0	.600
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	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000

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Scores

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

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/15	SEA	@	DEN	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	HOU	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/18	TEN	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	CAR	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	PIT	@	TB	1:00 PM

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