nfl most receiving yards per game by a running back 2011

Jahvid Best had the most receiving yards per game by a running back in 2011, with 47.8 per game.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jahvid Best J. Best	47.8	2011	DET	6	27	40	287	10.6	1	390	84	4.6	65.0	2
2	Arian Foster A. Foster	47.5	2011	HOU	13	53	72	617	11.6	2	1,224	278	4.4	94.2	10
3	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	44.4	2011	NO	16	86	112	710	8.3	7	603	87	6.9	37.7	2
4	Fred Jackson F. Jackson	44.2	2011	BUF	10	39	50	442	11.3	0	934	170	5.5	93.4	6
5	Ray Rice R. Rice	44.0	2011	BAL	16	76	104	704	9.3	3	1,364	291	4.7	85.3	12
6	Matt Forte M. Forte	40.8	2011	CHI	12	52	76	490	9.4	1	997	203	4.9	83.1	3
7	Ryan Mathews R. Mathews	32.5	2011	SD	14	50	59	455	9.1	0	1,091	222	4.9	77.9	6
8	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	32.1	2011	NYJ	14	42	61	449	10.7	2	280	75	3.7	20.0	1
9	Mike Tolbert M. Tolbert	28.9	2011	SD	15	54	79	433	8.0	2	490	121	4.0	32.7	8
10	Pierre Thomas P. Thomas	26.6	2011	NO	16	50	59	425	8.5	1	562	110	5.1	35.1	5
11	Michael Bush M. Bush	26.1	2011	OAK	16	37	47	418	11.3	1	977	256	3.8	61.1	7
12	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	26.1	2011	TEN	16	57	79	418	7.3	0	1,047	262	4.0	65.4	4
13	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	25.8	2011	CAR	16	47	61	413	8.8	1	761	142	5.4	47.6	4
14	Kevin Smith K. Smith	25.6	2011	DET	7	22	28	179	8.1	3	356	72	4.9	50.9	4
15	Roy Helu R. Helu	25.3	2011	WAS	15	49	59	379	7.7	1	640	151	4.2	42.7	2
16	Marcel Reece M. Reece	25.1	2011	OAK	12	27	36	301	11.1	2	112	17	6.6	9.3	0
17	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	23.4	2011	JAX	16	43	63	374	8.7	3	1,606	343	4.7	100.4	8
18	Earnest Graham E. Graham	23.3	2011	TB	7	26	31	163	6.3	0	206	37	5.6	29.4	0
19	Ahmad Bradshaw A. Bradshaw	22.3	2011	NYG	12	34	44	267	7.9	2	659	171	3.9	54.9	9
20	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	22.2	2011	STL	15	42	58	333	7.9	1	1,145	260	4.4	76.3	5
21	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	22.0	2011	OAK	7	19	23	154	8.1	1	614	113	5.4	87.7	4
22	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	21.0	2011	PHI	15	48	69	315	6.6	3	1,309	273	4.8	87.3	17
23	Dexter McCluster D. McCluster	20.5	2011	KC	16	46	64	328	7.1	1	516	114	4.5	32.3	1
24	Reggie Bush R. Bush	19.7	2011	MIA	15	43	52	296	6.9	1	1,086	216	5.0	72.4	6
25	James Casey J. Casey	18.6	2011	HOU	14	18	24	260	14.4	1	11	1	11.0	0.8	0

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