most yards per carry by a rookie quarterback

Robert Griffin III has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback, with 6.8 per attempt in 2012.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by a rookie quarterback
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
6.8
2012
15
815
120
54.3
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
2Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
6.0
2024
17
891
148
52.4
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Cam Newton
C. Newton
5.6
2011
16
706
126
44.1
14
27
1
1
27.0
1.7
0
4Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
5.3
1961
11
509
96
46.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
5Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
4.7
2018
16
695
147
43.4
5
0
0
2
0.0
0
6Merle Hapes
M. Hapes
3.8
1942
11
363
95
33.0
3
79
10
7.9
7.2
2
7Walt Nielsen
W. Nielsen
3.7
1940
9
269
73
29.9
1
17
2
8.5
1.9
0
8Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
3.0
1935
TOT
12
425
143
35.4
4
33
4
8.3
2.8
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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PASS

1,695

Mariota

Marcus Mariota

RUSH

805

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REC

727

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Team Rankings

PPG

20.9

22nd

OPP PPG

26.5

27th

RUSH YDS/G

134.7

4th

PASS YDS/G

195.8

24th

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TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
Commanders Commanders
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
Last Game
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5 - 12

24

Final

17

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176