most total attempts by rookie rb 2021

Najee Harris had the most carries in his rookie season by a running back in 2021, with 307 carries.

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  • Data note: Rush Attempts: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Najee Harris
N. Harris
307
2021
17
1,200
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
2Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
207
2021
11
963
4.7
87.5
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
3Javonte Williams
J. Williams
203
2021
17
903
4.4
53.1
4
316
43
53
7.3
18.6
3
4Chuba Hubbard
C. Hubbard
172
2021
17
612
3.6
36.0
5
174
25
37
7.0
10.2
1
5Michael Carter
M. Carter
147
2021
14
639
4.3
45.6
4
325
36
55
9.0
23.2
0
6Rhamondre Stevenson
R. Stevenson
133
2021
12
606
4.6
50.5
5
123
14
18
8.8
10.3
0
7Khalil Herbert
K. Herbert
103
2021
17
433
4.2
25.5
2
96
14
16
6.9
5.6
0
8Jaret Patterson
J. Patterson
68
2021
17
266
3.9
15.6
2
73
10
11
7.3
4.3
0
9Kenny Gainwell
K. Gainwell
68
2021
16
291
4.3
18.2
5
253
33
50
7.7
15.8
1
10Derrick Gore
D. Gore
51
2021
11
256
5.0
23.3
2
105
8
9
13.1
9.5
0
11Trey Sermon
T. Sermon
41
2021
9
167
4.1
18.6
1
26
3
4
8.7
2.9
0
12Larry Rountree
L. Rountree
36
2021
12
87
2.4
7.3
1
-1
1
2
-1.0
-0.1
0
13Ty'Son Williams
T. Williams
35
2021
13
185
5.3
14.2
1
84
9
12
9.3
6.5
0
14Eno Benjamin
E. Benjamin
34
2021
9
118
3.5
13.1
1
42
6
7
7.0
4.7
0
15Patrick Taylor Jr.
P. Taylor Jr.
23
2021
9
89
3.9
9.9
1
3
2
2
1.5
0.3
0
16Chris Evans
C. Evans
17
2021
14
77
4.5
5.5
0
151
15
17
10.1
10.8
2
17Jermar Jefferson
J. Jefferson
15
2021
7
74
4.9
10.6
2
23
4
5
5.8
3.3
0
18Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
13
2021
11
61
4.7
5.5
0
9
4
5
2.3
0.8
0
19Deon Jackson
D. Jackson
13
2021
9
31
2.4
3.4
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Kylin Hill
K. Hill
10
2021
8
24
2.4
3.0
0
5
1
2
5.0
0.6
0
21Demetric Felton
D. Felton
7
2021
16
24
3.4
1.5
0
181
18
21
10.1
11.3
2
22Mekhi Sargent
M. Sargent
5
2021
TOT
7
11
2.2
1.6
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
23JaQuan Hardy
J. Hardy
4
2021
3
29
7.3
9.7
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Damarea Crockett
D. Crockett
3
2021
12
7
2.3
0.6
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Adam Prentice
A. Prentice
3
2021
7
5
1.7
0.7
0
16
3
3
5.3
2.3
0

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PASS

1,871

Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers

RUSH

704

Warren

Jaylen Warren

REC

378

Metcalf

DK Metcalf
Team Rankings

PPG

22.5

18th

OPP PPG

18.0

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

117.9

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233.9

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TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
2
0
.750
5
2
0
.714
5
3
0
.625
4
5
0
.444
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@
8:20 PM
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11/22
@
4:25 PM
Fri
11/27
@
3:00 PM
Sun
12/6
@
8:20 PM
Mon
12/14
@
8:15 PM
Last Game
CLE Browns

5 - 3

6

Final

27

PIT Steelers

6 - 2

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC EastWLTPCT
4
2
1
.643
3
5
0
.375
2
4
1
.357
2
6
0
.250
NFC NorthWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
6
2
0
.750
5
2
0
.714
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
3
4
0
.429
3
5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
2
5
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
4
4
0
.500
4
4
0
.500
3
5
0
.375
AFC EastWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
5
3
0
.625
2
6
0
.250
1
6
0
.143
AFC NorthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
5
2
0
.714
5
3
0
.625
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
2
5
0
.286
2
6
0
.250
1
7
0
.125
AFC WestWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
5
2
0
.714
4
4
0
.500
0
7
0
.000

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/9
@
10-13
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9/10
@
27-7
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9/13
@
59-37
Sun
9/13
@
41-23
Sun
9/13
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13-20

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11/8
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11/8
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11/8
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1:00 PM
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11/8
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11/8
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1:00 PM