most rushing yards in the 2017 by a rookie nfl season

Kareem Hunt rushed for the most yards by a rookie in 2017, with 1,327 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	1,327	2017	KC	16	272	4.9	82.9	8	455	53	63	8.6	28.4	3
2	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	1,040	2017	JAX	13	268	3.9	80.0	9	302	36	48	8.4	23.2	1
3	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	728	2017	NO	16	120	6.1	45.5	8	826	81	100	10.2	51.6	5
4	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	626	2017	CIN	14	178	3.5	44.7	4	287	30	34	9.6	20.5	0
5	Samaje Perine S. Perine	603	2017	WAS	16	175	3.4	37.7	1	182	22	24	8.3	11.4	1
6	Jamaal Williams J. Williams	556	2017	GB	16	153	3.6	34.8	4	262	25	34	10.5	16.4	2
7	Wayne Gallman W. Gallman	476	2017	NYG	13	111	4.3	36.6	0	193	34	48	5.7	14.8	1
8	Matt Breida M. Breida	465	2017	SF	16	105	4.4	29.1	2	180	21	36	8.6	11.3	1
9	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	448	2017	GB	12	81	5.5	37.3	4	22	9	18	2.4	1.8	0
10	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	435	2017	CAR	16	117	3.7	27.2	2	651	80	113	8.1	40.7	5
11	DeShone Kizer D. Kizer	419	2017	CLE	15	77	5.4	27.9	5	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Tarik Cohen T. Cohen	370	2017	CHI	16	87	4.3	23.1	2	353	53	71	6.7	22.1	1
13	Marlon Mack M. Mack	358	2017	IND	14	93	3.8	25.6	3	225	21	33	10.7	16.1	1
14	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	354	2017	MIN	4	74	4.8	88.5	2	90	11	16	8.2	22.5	0
15	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	327	2017	HOU	10	78	4.2	32.7	2	83	6	8	13.8	8.3	0
16	Corey Clement C. Clement	321	2017	PHI	16	74	4.3	20.1	4	123	10	15	12.3	7.7	2
17	Elijah McGuire E. McGuire	315	2017	NYJ	16	88	3.6	19.7	1	177	17	26	10.4	11.1	1
18	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	269	2017	HOU	7	36	7.5	38.4	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	260	2017	LAC	16	47	5.5	16.3	2	279	27	35	10.3	17.4	3
20	Mitchell Trubisky M. Trubisky	248	2017	CHI	12	41	6.0	20.7	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Chris Carson C. Carson	208	2017	SEA	4	49	4.2	52.0	0	59	7	8	8.4	14.8	1
22	Tion Green T. Green	165	2017	DET	5	42	3.9	33.0	2	14	2	2	7.0	2.8	0
23	James Conner J. Conner	144	2017	PIT	14	32	4.5	10.3	0	0	0	1		0.0	0
24	C.J. Beathard	136	2017	SF	7	26	5.2	19.4	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Elijhaa Penny E. Penny	124	2017	ARI	16	31	4.0	7.8	2	38	4	6	9.5	2.4	0

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RUSH

701

Walker

REC

343

Kelce

Team Rankings

PPG

23.8

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OPP PPG

17.2

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

141.5

5th

PASS YDS/G

245.7

16th

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	.833
Broncos	5	2	.714
Raiders	3	4	.429
Chargers	0	6	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	KC	@	DEN	4:25 PM
Sun 11/8	NYJ	@	KC	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	ARI	@	KC	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	KC	@	BUF	8:20 PM

Last Game

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5 - 1

Final

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4 - 3

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Pass Yards Leaders

1,989

Stafford

1,958

Love

1,877

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

704

Robinson

701

Walker

627

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

651

Lamb

636

Olave

Pass TD Leaders

16

Cousins

15

Purdy

15

Burrow

Rush TD Leaders

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Williams

8

Taylor

8

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Rec TD Leaders

8

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Lamb

QB Rating Leaders

112.5

Goff

110.4

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.0

Young

6.0

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

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32.8

30.7

28.1

27.2

27.0

26.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.3

17.2

17.3

17.9

19.7

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

399.1

397.3

390.7

387.7

381.3

380.5

Rush Yards Rankings

154.3

148.8

146.4

141.7

141.5

139.9

Pass Yards Rankings

298.0

293.2

286.0

279.7

276.9

275.5

Sack Leaders

21.0

20.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

139

Gibbs

129.7

Walker

120.7

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

138.2

Smith-Njigba

102.5

Lamb

95.5

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

71.5

Likely

71.2

McBride

70.5

Kittle

Fantasy K Rankings

89

Shrader

81

Reichard

77

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Worst Record ATS

0-5-1

1-6

1-4-1

2-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	4	0	.429
Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	5	1	0	.833
Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	IND	@	JAX	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	TEN	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	CLE	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	ATL	@	TB	1:00 PM

Kareem Hunt rushed for the most yards by a rookie in 2017, with 1,327 yards.

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