most yards by rookie rb in afc west season

Clinton Portis has rushed for the most yards in his rookie season by a running back in the AFC West, with 1,508 yards in 2002.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,508	2002	DEN	16	273	5.5	94.3	15	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
2	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	1,487	2000	DEN	16	297	5.0	92.9	15	169	23	32	7.3	10.6	0
3	Curt Warner C. Warner	1,449	1983	SEA	16	335	4.3	90.6	13	325	42		7.7	20.3	1
4	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	1,327	2017	KC	16	272	4.9	82.9	8	455	53	63	8.6	28.4	3
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,236	2001	SD	16	339	3.6	77.3	10	367	59	74	6.2	22.9	0
6	Don Woods D. Woods	1,162	1974	SD	12	227	5.1	96.8	7	349	26		13.4	29.1	3
7	Olandis Gary O. Gary	1,159	1999	DEN	12	276	4.2	96.6	7	159	21	29	7.6	13.3	0
8	Bobby Humphrey B. Humphrey	1,151	1989	DEN	16	294	3.9	71.9	7	156	22		7.1	9.8	1
9	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	1,150	2019	OAK	13	242	4.8	88.5	7	166	20	27	8.3	12.8	0
10	Joe Delaney J. Delaney	1,121	1981	KC	15	234	4.8	74.7	3	246	22		11.2	16.4	0
11	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,117	1995	DEN	14	237	4.7	79.8	7	367	49		7.5	26.2	1
12	Phillip Lindsay P. Lindsay	1,037	2018	DEN	15	192	5.4	69.1	9	241	35	47	6.9	16.1	1
13	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	975	2025	LV	17	266	3.7	57.4	5	346	55	73	6.3	20.4	5
14	Knowshon Moreno K. Moreno	947	2009	DEN	16	247	3.8	59.2	7	213	28	41	7.6	13.3	2
15	Javonte Williams J. Williams	903	2021	DEN	17	203	4.4	53.1	4	316	43	53	7.3	18.6	3
16	Isiah Pacheco I. Pacheco	830	2022	KC	17	170	4.9	48.8	5	130	13	14	10.0	7.6	0
17	Clyde Edwards-Helaire C. Edwards-Helaire	803	2020	KC	13	181	4.4	61.8	4	297	36	54	8.3	22.8	1
18	Rick Parros R. Parros	749	1981	DEN	16	176	4.3	46.8	2	216	25		8.6	13.5	1
19	Selvin Young S. Young	729	2007	DEN	15	140	5.2	48.6	1	231	35	43	6.6	15.4	0
20	Marcus Allen M. Allen	697	1982	RAI	9	160	4.4	77.4	11	401	38		10.6	44.6	3
21	Herman Heard H. Heard	684	1984	KC	16	165	4.1	42.8	4	223	25		8.9	13.9	0
22	Marion Butts M. Butts	683	1989	SD	15	170	4.0	45.5	9	21	7		3.0	1.4	0
23	Ryan Mathews R. Mathews	678	2010	SD	12	158	4.3	56.5	7	145	22	26	6.6	12.1	0
24	Mike Bell M. Bell	677	2006	DEN	15	157	4.3	45.1	8	158	20	27	7.9	10.5	0
25	Art Whittington A. Whittington	661	1978	OAK	16	172	3.8	41.3	7	106	23		4.6	6.6	0

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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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