most scrimmage yds by rookie running back in a game

Adrian Peterson has the most yards from scrimmage by a rookie running back in a game, with 315 yards versus the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.

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most scrimmage yds by rookie running back in a regular-season game

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	315	11/4/2007	MIN	vs	SD	296	30	9.9	3	19	1	2	19.0	0
2	Herschel Walker H. Walker	292	12/14/1986	DAL	vs	PHI	122	6	20.3	1	170	9		18.9	1
3	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	276	12/4/1997	CIN	vs	TEN	246	39	6.3	4	30	2		15.0	0
4	Doug Martin D. Martin	272	11/4/2012	TB	@	OAK	251	25	10.0	4	21	4	5	5.3	0
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	258	11/24/1957	CLE	vs	LA	237	31	7.6	4	21	3		7.0	0
6	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	256	12/3/2000	DEN	@	NO	251	37	6.8	4	5	1	1	5.0	0
7	Thomas Rawls T. Rawls	255	11/22/2015	SEA	vs	SF	209	30	7.0	1	46	3	3	15.3	1
8	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	254	1/3/2021	IND	vs	JAX	253	30	8.4	2	1	1	2	1.0	0
9	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	253	10/23/2011	DAL	vs	STL	253	25	10.1	1	0	0	2		0
10	Troy Stradford T. Stradford	252	11/22/1987	MIA	@	DAL	169	17	9.9	1	83	6		13.8	0
11	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	246	9/7/2017	KC	@	NE	148	17	8.7	1	98	5	5	19.6	2
12	Clinton Portis C. Portis	246	12/29/2002	DEN	vs	ARI	228	24	9.5	2	18	2	2	9.0	0
13	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	245	11/27/1960	LAC	vs	OAK	149	26	5.7	1	96	2		48.0	1
14	Woody Green W. Green	244	10/27/1974	KC	@	SD	146	23	6.3	1	98	4		24.5	1
15	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	237	9/25/1983	RAM	@	NYJ	192	28	6.9	2	45	5		9.0	0
16	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	235	11/30/1987	RAI	@	SEA	221	18	12.3	2	14	1		14.0	1
17	Paul Robinson P. Robinson	234	11/3/1968	CIN	vs	HOU	156	21	7.4	1	78	4		19.5	1
18	De'Von Achane D. Achane	233	9/24/2023	MIA	vs	DEN	203	18	11.3	2	30	4	4	7.5	2
19	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	233	10/14/2007	MIN	@	CHI	224	20	11.2	3	9	1	2	9.0	0
20	Jahvid Best J. Best	232	9/19/2010	DET	vs	PHI	78	17	4.6	2	154	9	14	17.1	1
21	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	230	12/4/1977	DAL	vs	PHI	206	23	9.0	2	24	3		8.0	0
22	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	229	10/11/2018	NYG	vs	PHI	130	13	10.0	1	99	9	12	11.0	0
23	David Johnson D. Johnson	229	12/20/2015	ARI	@	PHI	187	29	6.4	3	42	4	4	10.5	0
24	Billy Sims B. Sims	228	9/14/1980	DET	@	GB	134	20	6.7	1	94	2		47.0	1
25	Tommy Wilson T. Wilson	228	12/16/1956	LA	vs	GB	223	23	9.7	0	5	1		5.0	0

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