most touches per game rookies 2021

Najee Harris averaged the most touches per game by a rookie in 2021, with 22.4 per game.

NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Najee Harris
N. Harris
22.4
2021
17
1,200
307
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
2Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
20.5
2021
11
963
207
4.7
87.5
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
3Javonte Williams
J. Williams
14.5
2021
17
903
203
4.4
53.1
4
316
43
53
7.3
18.6
3
4Michael Carter
M. Carter
13.1
2021
14
639
147
4.3
45.6
4
325
36
55
9.0
23.2
0
5Rhamondre Stevenson
R. Stevenson
12.3
2021
12
606
133
4.6
50.5
5
123
14
18
8.8
10.3
0
6Chuba Hubbard
C. Hubbard
11.6
2021
17
612
172
3.6
36.0
5
174
25
37
7.0
10.2
1
7Khalil Herbert
K. Herbert
6.9
2021
17
433
103
4.2
25.5
2
96
14
16
6.9
5.6
0
8Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
6.6
2021
16
3
2
1.5
0.2
1
1,015
104
140
9.8
63.4
6
9Trey Lance
T. Lance
6.3
2021
6
168
38
4.4
28.0
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
6.3
2021
16
291
68
4.3
18.2
5
253
33
50
7.7
15.8
1
11Justin Fields
J. Fields
6.0
2021
12
420
72
5.8
35.0
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
5.7
2021
17
61
7
8.7
3.6
1
912
90
119
10.1
53.6
5
13Derrick Gore
D. Gore
5.4
2021
11
256
51
5.0
23.3
2
105
8
9
13.1
9.5
0
14Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
5.2
2021
17
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
1,455
81
128
18.0
85.6
13
15Rondale Moore
R. Moore
5.1
2021
14
76
18
4.2
5.4
0
435
54
64
8.1
31.1
1
16Trey Sermon
T. Sermon
4.9
2021
9
167
41
4.1
18.6
1
26
3
4
8.7
2.9
0
17Jaret Patterson
J. Patterson
4.6
2021
17
266
68
3.9
15.6
2
73
10
11
7.3
4.3
0
18Eno Benjamin
E. Benjamin
4.4
2021
9
118
34
3.5
13.1
1
42
6
7
7.0
4.7
0
19Elijah Moore
E. Moore
4.4
2021
11
54
5
10.8
4.9
1
538
43
77
12.5
48.9
5
20Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
4.2
2021
17
334
72
4.6
19.6
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Kadarius Toney
K. Toney
4.2
2021
10
6
3
2.0
0.6
0
420
39
57
10.8
42.0
0
22Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
4.0
2021
17
0
0
0.0
0
1,026
68
110
15.1
60.4
1
23Rashod Bateman
R. Bateman
3.8
2021
12
0
0
0.0
0
515
46
68
11.2
42.9
1
24DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
3.8
2021
17
0
0
0.0
0
916
64
104
14.3
53.9
5
25Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
3.8
2021
16
0
0
0.0
0
497
60
79
8.3
31.1
7
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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