most yards per carry in a season by rb minimum 1 carries

Antone Smith has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a season with 1+ rush attempt, with 29.0 per attempt in 2013.

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	NAME	YPC	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Antone Smith A. Smith	29.0	5	2013	ATL	15	145	9.7	2	10	2	3	5.0	0.7	0
2	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	27.0	2	2004	NO	11	54	4.9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Billy Kinard B. Kinard	27.0	1	1956	CLE	7	27	3.9	1	0	0			0.0	0
4	Kevin Harmon K. Harmon	24.0	1	1989	SEA	4	24	6.0	0	0	0			0.0	0
5	Chad Morton C. Morton	22.0	1	2006	NYG	15	22	1.5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Montell Owens M. Owens	21.5	2	2008	JAX	16	43	2.7	2	17	2	3	8.5	1.1	0
7	Bobby Morse B. Morse	21.5	2	1989	NO	11	43	3.9	0	0	0			0.0	0
8	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	20.0	1	1959	GB	12	20	1.7	0	549	32		17.2	45.8	4
9	Ken Jenkins K. Jenkins	19.5	2	1985	WAS	13	39	3.0	0	0	0			0.0	0
10	Jorvorskie Lane J. Lane	19.3	3	2014	TB	9	58	6.4	0	3	1	1	3.0	0.3	0
11	Kregg Lumpkin K. Lumpkin	19.0	1	2008	GB	2	19	9.5	0	22	3	3	7.3	11.0	0
12	Joel Makovicka J. Makovicka	19.0	1	2001	ARI	16	19	1.2	0	95	16	28	5.9	5.9	1
13	Joe Barnes J. Barnes	19.0	1	1974	CHI	3	19	6.3	0	0	0			0.0	0
14	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	18.5	2	2000	NO	12	37	3.1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Rocky Bleier R. Bleier	17.0	1	1972	PIT	14	17	1.2	0	0	0			0.0	0
16	Rod Phillips R. Phillips	16.7	3	1979	STL	11	50	4.5	1	0	0			0.0	0
17	George Layne G. Layne	15.0	1	2003	ATL	3	15	5.0	0	3	1	2	3.0	1.0	0
18	Jeff Moore J. Moore	15.0	1	1981	SEA	2	15	7.5	0	18	3		6.0	9.0	0
19	Dave Gagnon D. Gagnon	15.0	1	1974	CHI	13	15	1.2	0	20	4		5.0	1.5	0
20	Dutch Elston D. Elston	15.0	1	1942	CLE	11	15	1.4	0	58	4		14.5	5.3	0
21	Ray Pelfrey R. Pelfrey	14.7	3	1951	GB	12	44	3.7	0	462	38		12.2	38.5	5
22	Jeff Demps J. Demps	14.0	1	2013	TB	2	14	7.0	0	21	3	3	7.0	10.5	0
23	Jerald Sowell J. Sowell	14.0	2	2004	NYJ	16	28	1.8	0	342	45	59	7.6	21.4	1
24	Tony Jones T. Jones	13.8	4	2024	ARI	1	55	55.0	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	DeShawn Wynn D. Wynn	13.8	8	2008	GB	5	110	22.0	1	30	3	3	10.0	6.0	0

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349

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Falcons	1	2	.333
Saints	1	2	.333
Panthers	1	2	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	.000

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	BAL	@	ATL	8:20 PM
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	SF	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	ATL	@	TB	1:00 PM

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Shough

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

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Sack Leaders

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33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

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Opp PPG Rankings

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16.7

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417.7

416.3

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

212.5

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

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80.3

Gibbs

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Henry

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77.1

Smith-Njigba

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
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
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000