nfl most rushing sacks for a db in a season

George Taliaferro has the most rushing yards by a defensive back in a season, with 330 yards in 1951.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
330
1951
NYY NYY
12
62
5.3
27.5
3
230
16
14.4
19.2
2
2 Mark Bailey
M. Bailey
266
1977
KC KC
14
66
4.0
19.0
2
206
17
12.1
14.7
1
3 Don Paul
D. Paul
247
1951
CHC CHC
12
37
6.7
20.6
3
398
23
17.3
33.2
3
4 Dicky Moegle
D. Moegle
235
1955
SF SF
11
41
5.7
21.4
5
94
4
23.5
8.5
0
5 Carl Taseff
C. Taseff
228
1954
BAL BAL
12
41
5.6
19.0
0
159
16
9.9
13.3
1
6 Frank Seno
F. Seno
212
1947
BOS
11
69
3.1
19.3
0
118
12
9.8
10.7
1
7 Don Phelps
D. Phelps
198
1950
CLE CLE
12
39
5.1
16.5
2
28
1
28.0
2.3
0
8 Ken Carpenter
K. Carpenter
181
1950
CLE CLE
12
35
5.2
15.1
1
45
5
9.0
3.8
0
9 Billy Mixon
B. Mixon
176
1953
SF SF
12
25
7.0
14.7
1
7
1
7.0
0.6
0
10 Bill Stits
B. Stits
165
1955
DET DET
12
46
3.6
13.8
0
17
5
3.4
1.4
0
11 Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
157
1953
NYG NYG
12
50
3.1
13.1
2
292
18
16.2
24.3
4
12 Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
148
1952
DET DET
11
19
7.8
13.5
2
32
3
10.7
2.9
0
13 J.C. Caroline
J.C. Caroline
141
1956
CHB CHB
12
34
4.1
11.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
14 Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
141
1951
WAS WAS
10
19
7.4
14.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Bobby Smith
B. Smith
137
1965
BUF BUF
14
43
3.2
9.8
1
116
12
9.7
8.3
0
16 Al Campana
A. Campana
134
1950
CHB CHB
9
45
3.0
14.9
1
58
5
11.6
6.4
0
17 Al Pollard
A. Pollard
121
1951
TOT
12
26
4.7
10.1
0
35
3
11.7
2.9
0
18 Dave Ames
D. Ames
114
1961
TOT
12
19
6.0
9.5
0
20
6
3.3
1.7
0
19 Don Paul
D. Paul
114
1953
CHC CHC
12
16
7.1
9.5
0
167
16
10.4
13.9
2
20 Woodley Lewis
W. Lewis
114
1952
LA LA
12
19
6.0
9.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
113
1951
PHI PHI
12
35
3.2
9.4
1
36
2
18.0
3.0
1
22 Billy Stone
B. Stone
113
1950
BAL BAL
8
14
8.1
14.1
1
324
12
27.0
40.5
4
23 Joe Kulbacki
J. Kulbacki
108
1960
BUF BUF
14
41
2.6
7.7
1
9
2
4.5
0.6
0
24 Jerry Williams
J. Williams
108
1950
LA LA
12
13
8.3
9.0
1
21
4
5.3
1.8
1
25 Jerry Williams
J. Williams
106
1951
LA LA
10
21
5.0
10.6
2
49
5
9.8
4.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647