Lionel Vital has the most rushing yards by a running back when playing 3 or fewer games in his rookie season in 1987, with 346 yards.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | GP | SEASON | TM | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Vital | 346 | 3 | 1987 | 80 | 4.3 | 115.3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | M. Snell | 281 | 3 | 1970 | 64 | 4.4 | 93.7 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 13.0 | 8.7 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | K. Willhite | 251 | 3 | 1987 | 53 | 4.7 | 83.7 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 6.2 | 12.3 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | C. Banks | 245 | 3 | 1987 | 50 | 4.9 | 81.7 | 0 | 50 | 9 | 5.6 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | G. Hill | 240 | 2 | 1998 | 40 | 6.0 | 120.0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| 6 |  | C. McCaffrey | 225 | 3 | 2020 | 59 | 3.8 | 75.0 | 5 | 149 | 17 | 19 | 8.8 | 49.7 | 1 | |
| 7 | | J. Stewart | 217 | 3 | 1998 | 53 | 4.1 | 72.3 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | | D. Beverly | 217 | 3 | 1987 | 62 | 3.5 | 72.3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | L. Mason | 207 | 3 | 1987 | 56 | 3.7 | 69.0 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 5.2 | 8.7 | 1 | ||
| 10 | | M. Logan | 203 | 3 | 1987 | 37 | 5.5 | 67.7 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | R. Scott | 199 | 3 | 1987 | 47 | 4.2 | 66.3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | J. Anderson | 190 | 3 | 2001 | 55 | 3.5 | 63.3 | 1 | 111 | 3 | 4 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 1 | |
| 13 | | A. Bradshaw | 186 | 3 | 2013 | 41 | 4.5 | 62.0 | 2 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | K. Anders | 181 | 2 | 1999 | 32 | 5.7 | 90.5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | G. Brown | 177 | 3 | 1999 | 55 | 3.2 | 59.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| 16 | | L. Neal | 175 | 2 | 1993 | 21 | 8.3 | 87.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | D. Rhodes | 172 | 3 | 2010 | 37 | 4.6 | 57.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| 18 | | E. Baker | 171 | 3 | 2013 | 43 | 4.0 | 57.0 | 2 | 57 | 8 | 9 | 7.1 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| 19 |  | N. Chubb | 170 | 2 | 2023 | 28 | 6.1 | 85.0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| 20 | | S. Mitchell | 165 | 3 | 1989 | 43 | 3.8 | 55.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | S. Hanson | 165 | 3 | 1932 | 46 | 3.6 | 55.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 22 |  | B. Hall | 163 | 3 | 2026 | 51 | 3.2 | 54.3 | 1 | 102 | 10 | 10 | 10.2 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | R. Johnson | 156 | 2 | 1971 | 32 | 4.9 | 78.0 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 7.8 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | H. Mul-Key | 155 | 2 | 1972 | 33 | 4.7 | 77.5 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 16.5 | 33.0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | J. Dudek | 154 | 2 | 1987 | 35 | 4.4 | 77.0 | 2 | 41 | 7 | 5.9 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 1 | 1 | .700 | |
2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | |
2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | |
1 | 3 | 1 | .300 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | |
2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | |
1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | |
1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | |
1 | 4 | 0 | .200 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | |
0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | |
2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | |
1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | |
0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | |
0 | 5 | 0 | .000 |
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