nfl players with a higher rushing yards per attempt than yards per catch

Gene Alford ran for an average of 3.4 yards per rush in his career.

NAMEYPCAVGGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Gene Alford
G. Alford
3.4
19.6
24
136
40
5.7
0
98
5
4.1
1
2Marger Apsit
M. Apsit
3.7
24.0
14
41
11
2.9
0
24
1
1.7
0
3Cliff Battles
C. Battles
4.2
14.4
60
3,511
839
58.5
23
546
38
9.1
4
4Johnny (Blood) McNally
J. (Blood) McNally
3.2
16.7
63
386
120
6.1
0
1,117
67
17.7
15
5Hank Bruder
H. Bruder
2.9
14.9
93
778
265
8.4
6
536
36
5.8
4
6Carl Brumbaugh
C. Brumbaugh
0.4
14.3
70
25
63
0.4
0
357
25
5.1
4
7Dale Burnett
D. Burnett
2.1
14.2
87
167
79
1.9
0
1,310
92
15.1
15
8Chris Cagle
C. Cagle
2.7
14.9
30
391
144
13.0
1
194
13
6.5
2
9Bob Campiglio
B. Campiglio
4.7
19.7
17
534
114
31.4
2
59
3
3.5
1
10Glenn Campbell
G. Campbell
6.0
12.5
24
6
1
0.3
0
175
14
7.3
1
11John Cavosie
J. Cavosie
2.8
24.7
20
192
69
9.6
2
148
6
7.4
1
12Stu Clancy
S. Clancy
3.2
12.0
37
409
128
11.1
3
72
6
1.9
1
13Algy Clark
A. Clark
1.9
15.6
29
13
7
0.4
0
125
8
4.3
0
14Dutch Clark
D. Clark
4.6
12.2
64
2,772
606
43.3
27
341
28
5.3
6
15George Corbett
G. Corbett
3.1
17.9
46
425
136
9.2
0
250
14
5.4
2
16Milan Creighton
M. Creighton
12.0
12.9
46
12
1
0.3
0
246
19
5.3
0
17John Doehring
J. Doehring
2.5
14.0
28
220
87
7.9
1
42
3
1.5
0
18Jap Douds
J. Douds
2.0
28
2
1
0.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Wuert Engelmann
W. Engelmann
4.5
17.4
21
263
58
12.5
0
87
5
4.1
0
20Tiny Feather
T. Feather
1.7
11.3
23
51
30
2.2
0
79
7
3.4
0
21Bernie Finn
B. Finn
3.0
12.3
3
9
3
3.0
0
37
3
12.3
0
22Dick Frahm
D. Frahm
8.0
5.0
11
8
1
0.7
0
10
2
0.9
0
23Paul Franklin
P. Franklin
0.7
11
19
28
1.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Benny Friedman
B. Friedman
3.0
13.4
19
458
152
24.1
0
67
5
3.5
0
25Red Grange
R. Grange
3.3
18.0
37
569
170
15.4
5
288
16
7.8
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

4,564

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,223

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,401

St. Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

4th

OPP PPG

24.3

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

120.1

14th

PASS YDS/G

268.6

3rd

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