most yards per carry by a rookie running back minimum 100 attempts

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie running back with 100+ carries, with 8.4 per attempt in 1934.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by a rookie running back minimum 100 rushing attempts
NAMEYPCATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
119
1934
11
1,004
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
2De'Von Achane
D. Achane
7.8
103
2023
11
800
72.7
8
197
27
37
7.3
17.9
3
3Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
136
1960
14
855
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
4Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
120
2017
16
728
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
5J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
134
2020
15
805
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
6Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
5.8
121
1939
10
699
69.9
7
65
3
21.7
6.5
1
7Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5.7
166
2006
16
941
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
8Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
5.6
147
2015
13
830
63.8
4
76
9
11
8.4
5.8
1
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
238
2007
14
1,341
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
10Franco Harris
F. Harris
5.6
188
1972
14
1,055
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
11Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
5.6
156
1960
14
875
62.5
9
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
12Eddie Price
E. Price
5.6
126
1950
10
703
70.3
4
30
4
7.5
3.0
0
13Brad Hubbert
B. Hubbert
5.5
116
1967
14
643
45.9
2
214
19
11.3
15.3
2
14Andre Ellington
A. Ellington
5.5
118
2013
15
652
43.5
3
371
39
57
9.5
24.7
1
15Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
273
2002
16
1,508
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
16Mack Lee Hill
M. Lee Hill
5.5
105
1964
14
576
41.1
4
144
19
7.6
10.3
2
17DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
5.5
164
2011
13
897
69.0
2
183
26
35
7.0
14.1
0
18Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
5.4
147
1966
14
801
57.2
6
175
15
11.7
12.5
1
19Curtis McClinton
C. McClinton
5.4
111
1962
14
604
43.1
2
333
29
11.5
23.8
0
20Kerryon Johnson
K. Johnson
5.4
118
2018
10
641
64.1
3
213
32
39
6.7
21.3
1
21Bucky Irving
B. Irving
5.4
207
2024
17
1,122
66.0
8
392
47
52
8.3
23.1
0
22Onterrio Smith
O. Smith
5.4
107
2003
15
579
38.6
5
129
15
20
8.6
8.6
0
23Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
5.4
192
2018
15
1,037
69.1
9
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
24Ben Tate
B. Tate
5.4
175
2011
15
942
62.8
4
98
13
19
7.5
6.5
0
25Rick Casares
R. Casares
5.4
125
1955
12
672
56.0
4
136
16
8.5
11.3
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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