nfl rookie receiving yards leaders running backs 2021

Najee Harris had the most yards on receptions in his rookie season by a running back in 2021, with 467 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Najee Harris N. Harris	467	2021	PIT	17	74	94	6.3	27.5	3	1,200	307	3.9	70.6	7
2	Michael Carter M. Carter	325	2021	NYJ	14	36	55	9.0	23.2	0	639	147	4.3	45.6	4
3	Javonte Williams J. Williams	316	2021	DEN	17	43	53	7.3	18.6	3	903	203	4.4	53.1	4
4	Kenny Gainwell K. Gainwell	253	2021	PHI	16	33	50	7.7	15.8	1	291	68	4.3	18.2	5
5	Demetric Felton D. Felton	181	2021	CLE	16	18	21	10.1	11.3	2	24	7	3.4	1.5	0
6	Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard	174	2021	CAR	17	25	37	7.0	10.2	1	612	172	3.6	36.0	5
7	Chris Evans C. Evans	151	2021	CIN	14	15	17	10.1	10.8	2	77	17	4.5	5.5	0
8	Elijah Mitchell E. Mitchell	137	2021	SF	11	19	20	7.2	12.5	1	963	207	4.7	87.5	5
9	Rhamondre Stevenson R. Stevenson	123	2021	NE	12	14	18	8.8	10.3	0	606	133	4.6	50.5	5
10	Derrick Gore D. Gore	105	2021	KC	11	8	9	13.1	9.5	0	256	51	5.0	23.3	2
11	Khalil Herbert K. Herbert	96	2021	CHI	17	14	16	6.9	5.6	0	433	103	4.2	25.5	2
12	Ty'Son Williams T. Williams	84	2021	BAL	13	9	12	9.3	6.5	0	185	35	5.3	14.2	1
13	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	73	2021	WAS	17	10	11	7.3	4.3	0	266	68	3.9	15.6	2
14	Eno Benjamin E. Benjamin	42	2021	ARI	9	6	7	7.0	4.7	0	118	34	3.5	13.1	1
15	Trey Sermon T. Sermon	26	2021	SF	9	3	4	8.7	2.9	0	167	41	4.1	18.6	1
16	Jermar Jefferson J. Jefferson	23	2021	DET	7	4	5	5.8	3.3	0	74	15	4.9	10.6	2
17	Adam Prentice A. Prentice	16	2021	NO	7	3	3	5.3	2.3	0	5	3	1.7	0.7	0
18	Kene Nwangwu K. Nwangwu	9	2021	MIN	11	4	5	2.3	0.8	0	61	13	4.7	5.5	0
19	Gary Brightwell G. Brightwell	6	2021	NYG	13	1	1	6.0	0.5	0	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
20	Trey Ragas T. Ragas	6	2021	LV	1	2	2	3.0	6.0	0	9	1	9.0	9.0	0
21	Kylin Hill K. Hill	5	2021	GB	8	1	2	5.0	0.6	0	24	10	2.4	3.0	0
22	Patrick Taylor Jr. P. Taylor Jr.	3	2021	GB	9	2	2	1.5	0.3	0	89	23	3.9	9.9	1

StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

999

Rodgers

RUSH

309

Warren

REC

213

Metcalf

Team Rankings

PPG

19.3

23rd

OPP PPG

21.8

14th

RUSH YDS/G

94.8

22nd

PASS YDS/G

249.8

14th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Browns	3	1	.750
Ravens	3	1	.750
Steelers	2	2	.500
Bengals	2	2	.500

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	IND	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	PIT	@	TB	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	PIT	@	NO	9:30 AM
Sun 11/1	CLE	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	PIT	@	CIN	8:20 PM

Last Game

Steelers

2 - 2

Final

Browns

3 - 1

Thu 1 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

1,203

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

537

Walker

494

Robinson

421

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

498

Lamb

491

Olave

481

Smith-Njigba

Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Taylor

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

303.5

300.8

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

91.4

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

75.2

Lamb

60.3

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

48.4

Kittle

39.2

Johnson

36.6

Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

52

Reichard

47

McPherson

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3-1

1-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	PHI	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/11	CLE	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CIN	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	LV	@	NE	1:00 PM

Najee Harris had the most yards on receptions in his rookie season by a running back in 2021, with 467 yards.

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