most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie ever

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie, with 8.4 per attempt in 1934.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per attempt with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by a rookie ever
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
1934
CHB CHB
11
1,004
119
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
2Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.5
1956
BAL BAL
12
649
86
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
3Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
1952
SF SF
12
684
98
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
4Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
6.8
2012
WAS WAS
15
815
120
54.3
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
1960
LAC LAC
14
855
136
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
6Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
6.3
1958
CLE CLE
12
500
80
41.7
1
131
16
8.2
10.9
3
7Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
NO NO
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
8Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
6.0
2024
WAS WAS
17
891
148
52.4
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
9J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
2020
BAL BAL
15
805
134
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
10Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
5.9
1959
DET DET
10
447
76
44.7
3
140
16
8.8
14.0
0
11Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
5.8
1939
CHB CHB
10
699
121
69.9
7
65
3
21.7
6.5
1
12Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5.7
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
166
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
13Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
5.6
2015
SEA SEA
13
830
147
63.8
4
76
9
11
8.4
5.8
1
14Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
238
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
5.6
1972
PIT PIT
14
1,055
188
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
16Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
5.6
1960
DLT DLT
14
875
156
62.5
9
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
17Cam Newton
C. Newton
5.6
2011
CAR CAR
16
706
126
44.1
14
27
1
1
27.0
1.7
0
18Eddie Price
E. Price
5.6
1950
NYG NYG
10
703
126
70.3
4
30
4
7.5
3.0
0
19Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5.6
1944
PHI PHI
9
444
80
49.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
20Brad Hubbert
B. Hubbert
5.5
1967
SD SD
14
643
116
45.9
2
214
19
11.3
15.3
2
21Andre Ellington
A. Ellington
5.5
2013
ARI ARI
15
652
118
43.5
3
371
39
57
9.5
24.7
1
22Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
23Mack Lee Hill
M. Lee Hill
5.5
1964
KC KC
14
576
105
41.1
4
144
19
7.6
10.3
2
24DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
5.5
2011
DAL DAL
13
897
164
69.0
2
183
26
35
7.0
14.1
0
25Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
5.4
1966
KC KC
14
801
147
57.2
6
175
15
11.7
12.5
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StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

24.0

15th

OPP PPG

26.4

25th

RUSH YDS/G

124.6

10th

PASS YDS/G

237.6

11th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
Bears Bears
4
3
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
3
4
0
.429
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Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
CHI CHI
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MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
PIT PIT
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM
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16

Final

30

BAL Ravens

2 - 5 - 0

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM