nfl rookie running back rushes leaders 2017

Kareem Hunt had the most carries by a rookie running back in 2017, with 272 rush attempts.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
272
2017
16
1,327
4.9
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
2Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
268
2017
13
1,040
3.9
80.0
9
302
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
3Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
178
2017
14
626
3.5
44.7
4
287
30
34
9.6
20.5
0
4Samaje Perine
S. Perine
175
2017
16
603
3.4
37.7
1
182
22
24
8.3
11.4
1
5Jamaal Williams
J. Williams
153
2017
16
556
3.6
34.8
4
262
25
34
10.5
16.4
2
6Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
120
2017
16
728
6.1
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
7Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
117
2017
16
435
3.7
27.2
2
651
80
113
8.1
40.7
5
8Wayne Gallman
W. Gallman
111
2017
13
476
4.3
36.6
0
193
34
48
5.7
14.8
1
9Matt Breida
M. Breida
105
2017
16
465
4.4
29.1
2
180
21
36
8.6
11.3
1
10Marlon Mack
M. Mack
93
2017
14
358
3.8
25.6
3
225
21
33
10.7
16.1
1
11Elijah McGuire
E. McGuire
88
2017
16
315
3.6
19.7
1
177
17
26
10.4
11.1
1
12Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
87
2017
16
370
4.3
23.1
2
353
53
71
6.7
22.1
1
13Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
81
2017
12
448
5.5
37.3
4
22
9
18
2.4
1.8
0
14D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
78
2017
10
327
4.2
32.7
2
83
6
8
13.8
8.3
0
15Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
74
2017
4
354
4.8
88.5
2
90
11
16
8.2
22.5
0
16Corey Clement
C. Clement
74
2017
16
321
4.3
20.1
4
123
10
15
12.3
7.7
2
17Chris Carson
C. Carson
49
2017
4
208
4.2
52.0
0
59
7
8
8.4
14.8
1
18Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
47
2017
16
260
5.5
16.3
2
279
27
35
10.3
17.4
3
19Tion Green
T. Green
42
2017
5
165
3.9
33.0
2
14
2
2
7.0
2.8
0
20James Conner
J. Conner
32
2017
14
144
4.5
10.3
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
21Elijhaa Penny
E. Penny
31
2017
16
124
4.0
7.8
2
38
4
6
9.5
2.4
0
22Brian Hill
B. Hill
11
2017
TOT
7
37
3.4
5.3
0
36
2
2
18.0
5.1
0
23Trey Edmunds
T. Edmunds
9
2017
16
48
5.3
3.0
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
24C.J. Ham
C.J. Ham
7
2017
16
13
1.9
0.8
1
68
7
8
9.7
4.3
0
25De'Angelo Henderson Sr.
D. Henderson Sr.
7
2017
5
13
1.9
2.6
0
36
2
2
18.0
7.2
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,587

Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

RUSH

597

Hunt

Kareem Hunt

REC

839

Kelce

Travis Kelce
Team Rankings

PPG

21.9

20th

OPP PPG

19.6

6th

RUSH YDS/G

108.0

23rd

PASS YDS/G

237.6

11th

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13
3
0
.813
11
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.688
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10
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.375
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14
0
.125
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.813
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5
0
.688
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9
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.438
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13
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.188
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7
0
.563
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8
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.500
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10
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12
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12
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13
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.188
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5
0
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9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
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12
4
0
.750
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11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188

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