most yards per attempt by a rookie running back in a season

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie running back, with 8.4 per attempt in 1934.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game per attempt by a rookie running back in a season
NAME YPC SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
1934
CHB CHB
11
1,004
119
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
2 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.5
1956
BAL BAL
12
649
86
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
3 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
1952
SF SF
12
684
98
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
4 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
1960
LAC LAC
14
855
136
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
5 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
6.3
1958
CLE CLE
12
500
80
41.7
1
131
16
8.2
10.9
3
6 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
NO NO
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
7 J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
2020
BAL BAL
15
805
134
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
8 Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
5.9
1959
DET DET
10
447
76
44.7
3
140
16
8.8
14.0
0
9 Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
5.8
1939
CHB CHB
10
699
121
69.9
7
65
3
21.7
6.5
1
10 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5.7
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
166
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
11 Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
5.6
2015
SEA SEA
13
830
147
63.8
4
76
9
11
8.4
5.8
1
12 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
238
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
13 Franco Harris
F. Harris
5.6
1972
PIT PIT
14
1,055
188
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
14 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
5.6
1960
DLT DLT
14
875
156
62.5
9
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
15 Eddie Price
E. Price
5.6
1950
NYG NYG
10
703
126
70.3
4
30
4
7.5
3.0
0
16 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5.6
1944
PHI PHI
9
444
80
49.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
17 Brad Hubbert
B. Hubbert
5.5
1967
SD SD
14
643
116
45.9
2
214
19
11.3
15.3
2
18 Andre Ellington
A. Ellington
5.5
2013
ARI ARI
15
652
118
43.5
3
371
39
57
9.5
24.7
1
19 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
20 Mack Lee Hill
M. Lee Hill
5.5
1964
KC KC
14
576
105
41.1
4
144
19
7.6
10.3
2
21 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
5.5
2011
DAL DAL
13
897
164
69.0
2
183
26
35
7.0
14.1
0
22 Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
5.4
1966
KC KC
14
801
147
57.2
6
175
15
11.7
12.5
1
23 Curtis McClinton
C. McClinton
5.4
1962
DLT DLT
14
604
111
43.1
2
333
29
11.5
23.8
0
24 Kerryon Johnson
K. Johnson
5.4
2018
DET DET
10
641
118
64.1
3
213
32
39
6.7
21.3
1
25 Doug Russell
D. Russell
5.4
1934
CHC CHC
11
407
75
37.0
1
2
1
2.0
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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21.4

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105.8

23rd

PASS YDS/G

211.7

26th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
Packers Packers
9
4
0
.692
Bears Bears
4
9
0
.308
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Thu
12/26
SEA SEA
@
CHI CHI
8:15 PM
Sun
12/22
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Mon
12/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Last Game
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6 - 7 - 0

38

Final

13

CHI Bears

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Sun 8 Dec 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
8
6
0
.571
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
12/11
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
12-6
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
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LAR LAR
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
TB TB
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DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/22
SF SF
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MIA MIA
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Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
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SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM