nfl rookie running back rushes leaders 2018

Saquon Barkley had the most rush attempts by a rookie running back in 2018, with 261 rush attempts.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
261
2018
16
1,307
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
2Sony Michel
S. Michel
209
2018
13
931
4.5
71.6
6
50
7
11
7.1
3.8
0
3Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
192
2018
15
1,037
5.4
69.1
9
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
4Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
192
2018
16
996
5.2
62.3
8
149
20
29
7.5
9.3
2
5Gus Edwards
G. Edwards
137
2018
11
718
5.2
65.3
2
20
2
2
10.0
1.8
0
6Royce Freeman
R. Freeman
130
2018
14
521
4.0
37.2
5
72
14
20
5.1
5.1
0
7Josh Adams
J. Adams
120
2018
14
511
4.3
36.5
3
58
7
13
8.3
4.1
0
8Kerryon Johnson
K. Johnson
118
2018
10
641
5.4
64.1
3
213
32
39
6.7
21.3
1
9Ito Smith
I. Smith
90
2018
14
315
3.5
22.5
4
152
27
32
5.6
10.9
0
10Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
85
2018
14
419
4.9
29.9
2
75
9
12
8.3
5.4
0
11Nyheim Miller-Hines
N. Miller-Hines
85
2018
16
314
3.7
19.6
2
425
63
81
6.7
26.6
2
12Jeff Wilson Jr.
J. Wilson Jr.
66
2018
6
266
4.0
44.3
0
98
12
15
8.2
16.3
0
13Jordan Wilkins
J. Wilkins
60
2018
16
336
5.6
21.0
1
85
16
17
5.3
5.3
0
14Chase Edmonds
C. Edmonds
60
2018
16
208
3.5
13.0
2
103
20
23
5.2
6.4
0
15Jaylen Samuels
J. Samuels
56
2018
14
256
4.6
18.3
0
199
26
29
7.7
14.2
3
16Justin Jackson
J. Jackson
50
2018
13
206
4.1
15.8
2
135
15
19
9.0
10.4
0
17Trenton Cannon
T. Cannon
38
2018
16
113
3.0
7.1
1
144
17
25
8.5
9.0
0
18Kalen Ballage
K. Ballage
36
2018
12
191
5.3
15.9
1
56
9
11
6.2
4.7
0
19John Kelly Jr.
J. Kelly Jr.
27
2018
4
74
2.7
18.5
0
27
2
3
13.5
6.8
0
20Ronald Jones
R. Jones
23
2018
9
44
1.9
4.9
1
33
7
9
4.7
3.7
0
21Keith Ford
K. Ford
21
2018
2
79
3.8
39.5
0
21
3
5
7.0
10.5
0
22Mark Walton
M. Walton
14
2018
14
34
2.4
2.4
0
41
5
8
8.2
2.9
0
23Darrel Williams
D. Williams
13
2018
6
44
3.4
7.3
0
27
3
3
9.0
4.5
1
24Mike Boone
M. Boone
11
2018
8
47
4.3
5.9
0
1
2
3
0.5
0.1
0
25Detrez Newsome
D. Newsome
11
2018
9
49
4.5
5.4
0
19
2
2
9.5
2.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

2,272

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RUSH

740

Tracy

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REC

1,014

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22.4

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OPP PPG

25.8

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RUSH YDS/G

129.1

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217.8

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TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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13
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.235
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5
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.706
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10
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.412
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3
14
0
.176
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10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
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.294
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.765
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14
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.647
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11
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14
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.176
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11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
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8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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