nfl rookie run leaders 2021

Najee Harris had the most rush attempts by a rookie in 2021, with 307 carries.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Najee Harris
N. Harris
307
2021
17
1,200
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
2Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
207
2021
11
963
4.7
87.5
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
3Javonte Williams
J. Williams
203
2021
17
903
4.4
53.1
4
316
43
53
7.3
18.6
3
4Chuba Hubbard
C. Hubbard
172
2021
17
612
3.6
36.0
5
174
25
37
7.0
10.2
1
5Michael Carter
M. Carter
147
2021
14
639
4.3
45.6
4
325
36
55
9.0
23.2
0
6Rhamondre Stevenson
R. Stevenson
133
2021
12
606
4.6
50.5
5
123
14
18
8.8
10.3
0
7Khalil Herbert
K. Herbert
103
2021
17
433
4.2
25.5
2
96
14
16
6.9
5.6
0
8Justin Fields
J. Fields
72
2021
12
420
5.8
35.0
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
72
2021
17
334
4.6
19.6
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Jaret Patterson
J. Patterson
68
2021
17
266
3.9
15.6
2
73
10
11
7.3
4.3
0
11Kenny Gainwell
K. Gainwell
68
2021
16
291
4.3
18.2
5
253
33
50
7.7
15.8
1
12Derrick Gore
D. Gore
51
2021
11
256
5.0
23.3
2
105
8
9
13.1
9.5
0
13Mac Jones
M. Jones
44
2021
17
129
2.9
7.6
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Trey Sermon
T. Sermon
41
2021
9
167
4.1
18.6
1
26
3
4
8.7
2.9
0
15Trey Lance
T. Lance
38
2021
6
168
4.4
28.0
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Larry Rountree
L. Rountree
36
2021
12
87
2.4
7.3
1
-1
1
2
-1.0
-0.1
0
17Ty'Son Williams
T. Williams
35
2021
13
185
5.3
14.2
1
84
9
12
9.3
6.5
0
18Eno Benjamin
E. Benjamin
34
2021
9
118
3.5
13.1
1
42
6
7
7.0
4.7
0
19Zach Wilson
Z. Wilson
29
2021
13
185
6.4
14.2
4
0
0
1
0.0
0
20Patrick Taylor Jr.
P. Taylor Jr.
23
2021
9
89
3.9
9.9
1
3
2
2
1.5
0.3
0
21Davis Mills
D. Mills
18
2021
13
44
2.4
3.4
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Rondale Moore
R. Moore
18
2021
14
76
4.2
5.4
0
435
54
64
8.1
31.1
1
23Chris Evans
C. Evans
17
2021
14
77
4.5
5.5
0
151
15
17
10.1
10.8
2
24Jermar Jefferson
J. Jefferson
15
2021
7
74
4.9
10.6
2
23
4
5
5.8
3.3
0
25Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
13
2021
11
61
4.7
5.5
0
9
4
5
2.3
0.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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22.8

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