most touches per game by rb in 1956

Rick Casares had the most touches per game by a running back in 1956, with 21.4 per game.

NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Rick Casares
R. Casares
21.4
1956
12
1,126
234
4.8
93.8
12
203
23
8.8
16.9
2
2Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
17.5
1956
12
819
159
5.2
68.3
5
603
51
11.8
50.3
4
3Ollie Matson
O. Matson
17.3
1956
12
924
192
4.8
77.0
5
199
15
13.3
16.6
2
4Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
17.0
1956
12
858
178
4.8
71.5
8
189
26
7.3
15.8
0
5Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
17.0
1956
12
756
188
4.0
63.0
0
124
16
7.8
10.3
0
6Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
16.8
1956
12
916
185
5.0
76.3
8
193
16
12.1
16.1
0
7Alex Webster
A. Webster
16.6
1956
12
694
178
3.9
57.8
7
197
21
9.4
16.4
3
8Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
15.8
1956
11
598
157
3.8
54.4
2
182
17
10.7
16.5
0
9Ed Modzelewski
E. Modzelewski
14.6
1956
8
431
107
4.0
53.9
2
27
10
2.7
3.4
0
10Dale Atkeson
D. Atkeson
13.8
1956
5
163
63
2.6
32.6
1
28
6
4.7
5.6
0
11Leo Elter
L. Elter
13.0
1956
12
544
145
3.8
45.3
2
99
11
9.0
8.3
0
12Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
12.8
1956
12
476
131
3.6
39.7
2
88
23
3.8
7.3
0
13Gene Gedman
G. Gedman
12.5
1956
12
479
135
3.5
39.9
7
142
15
9.5
11.8
1
14Joe Perry
J. Perry
12.1
1956
11
520
115
4.5
47.3
3
104
18
5.8
9.5
0
15Howie Ferguson
H. Ferguson
11.0
1956
11
367
99
3.7
33.4
0
214
22
9.7
19.5
0
16Tank Younger
T. Younger
11.0
1956
12
518
114
4.5
43.2
3
268
18
14.9
22.3
0
17Mel Triplett
M. Triplett
10.9
1956
12
515
125
4.1
42.9
5
48
6
8.0
4.0
1
18Ken Keller
K. Keller
10.8
1956
11
433
112
3.9
39.4
4
36
7
5.1
3.3
0
19Billy Wells
B. Wells
10.7
1956
7
185
69
2.7
26.4
1
86
6
14.3
12.3
0
20Don McIlhenny
D. McIlhenny
10.6
1956
9
372
87
4.3
41.3
3
70
8
8.8
7.8
2
21Sid Watson
S. Watson
10.3
1956
12
298
112
2.7
24.8
4
138
12
11.5
11.5
0
22Ron Waller
R. Waller
10.2
1956
9
543
83
6.5
60.3
1
76
9
8.4
8.4
0
23Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
10.2
1956
5
118
44
2.7
23.6
4
71
7
10.1
14.2
1
24Don Schaefer
D. Schaefer
9.6
1956
12
320
102
3.1
26.7
2
117
13
9.0
9.8
0
25Perry Jeter
P. Jeter
9.3
1956
7
316
60
5.3
45.1
2
52
5
10.4
7.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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