most touchdowns by a first round pick in their rookie season

Gale Sayers has gotten the most total touchdowns by a rookie 1st round pick, with 22 touchdowns in 1965.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	22	1965	CHI	14	14	6	2	0	0		0	132	9.4
2	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	20	1983	RAM	16	18	2	0	0	0		0	120	7.5
3	Edgerrin James E. James	17	1999	IND	16	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	102	6.4
4	Randy Moss R. Moss	17	1998	MIN	16	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	106	6.6
5	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	17	1998	JAX	15	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	102	6.8
6	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	16	2016	DAL	15	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	96	6.4
7	Billy Sims B. Sims	16	1980	DET	16	13	3	0	0	0		0	96	6.0
8	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	15	2018	NYG	16	11	4	0	0	0	1	0	92	5.8
9	Cam Newton C. Newton	14	2011	CAR	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	84	5.3
10	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	14	1989	DET	15	14	0	0	0	0		0	84	5.6
11	Curt Warner C. Warner	14	1983	SEA	16	13	1	0	0	0		0	84	5.3
12	Marcus Allen M. Allen	14	1982	RAI	9	11	3	0	0	0		0	84	9.3
13	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	13	2021	CIN	17	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	78	4.6
14	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	13	2007	MIN	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	78	5.6
15	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	13	2004	BUF	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	4.9
16	George Rogers G. Rogers	13	1981	NO	16	13	0	0	0	0		0	78	4.9
17	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	13	1980	BAL	15	11	2	0	0	0		0	78	5.2
18	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	13	1978	HOU	15	13	0	0	0	0		0	78	5.2
19	John Jefferson J. Jefferson	13	1978	SD	14	0	13	0	0	0		0	78	5.6
20	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	13	1977	DAL	14	12	1	0	0	0		0	78	5.6
21	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	12	2014	NYG	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	72	6.0
22	Mike Evans M. Evans	12	2014	TB	15	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	72	4.8
23	Doug Martin D. Martin	12	2012	TB	16	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	72	4.5
24	Trent Richardson T. Richardson	12	2012	CLE	15	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	72	4.8
25	Robert Edwards R. Edwards	12	1998	NE	16	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	72	4.5

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