Ezekiel Elliott rushed for the most yards by a rookie in 2016, with 1,631 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,631	2016	DAL	15	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
2	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,313	2016	CHI	15	252	5.2	87.5	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
3	Rob Kelley R. Kelley	704	2016	WAS	15	168	4.2	46.9	6	82	12	18	6.8	5.5	1
4	Devontae Booker D. Booker	612	2016	DEN	16	174	3.5	38.3	4	265	31	45	8.5	16.6	1
5	Jalen Richard J. Richard	491	2016	OAK	16	83	5.9	30.7	1	194	29	39	6.7	12.1	2
6	Derrick Henry D. Henry	490	2016	TEN	15	110	4.5	32.7	5	137	13	15	10.5	9.1	0
7	DeAndre Washington D. Washington	467	2016	OAK	14	87	5.4	33.4	2	115	17	23	6.8	8.2	0
8	Paul Perkins P. Perkins	456	2016	NYG	14	112	4.1	32.6	0	162	15	24	10.8	11.6	0
9	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	382	2016	BAL	12	88	4.3	31.8	2	162	30	41	5.4	13.5	1
10	Wendell Smallwood W. Smallwood	312	2016	PHI	13	77	4.1	24.0	1	55	6	13	9.2	4.2	0
11	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	282	2016	DAL	16	57	4.9	17.6	6	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	267	2016	KC	16	24	11.1	16.7	3	593	61	83	9.7	37.1	6
13	Dwayne Washington D. Washington	265	2016	DET	12	90	2.9	22.1	1	62	10	15	6.2	5.2	0
14	Peyton Barber P. Barber	223	2016	TB	15	55	4.1	14.9	1	28	5	6	5.6	1.9	0
15	Kenneth Farrow K. Farrow	192	2016	SD	13	60	3.2	14.8	0	70	13	16	5.4	5.4	0
16	Kenyan Drake K. Drake	179	2016	MIA	16	33	5.4	11.2	2	46	9	10	5.1	2.9	0
17	C.J. Prosise	172	2016	SEA	6	30	5.7	28.7	1	208	17	19	12.2	34.7	0
18	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	150	2016	PHI	16	46	3.3	9.4	2	7	1	1	7.0	0.4	0
19	Alex Collins A. Collins	125	2016	SEA	11	31	4.0	11.4	1	84	11	11	7.6	7.6	0
20	Kevin Hogan K. Hogan	105	2016	CLE	4	8	13.1	26.3	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jonathan Williams J. Williams	94	2016	BUF	11	27	3.5	8.5	1	0	1	2	0.0	0.0	0
22	Jacoby Brissett J. Brissett	83	2016	NE	3	16	5.2	27.7	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Mack Brown M. Brown	82	2016	WAS	9	8	10.3	9.1	1	-2	1	1	-2.0	-0.2	0
24	Byron Marshall B. Marshall	64	2016	PHI	3	19	3.4	21.3	0	10	3	5	3.3	3.3	0
25	Tyler Boyd T. Boyd	58	2016	CIN	16	4	14.5	3.6	0	603	54	81	11.2	37.7	1

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454

Prescott

RUSH

71

Williams

REC

197

Lamb

Team Rankings

PPG

28.5

8th

OPP PPG

24.0

18th

RUSH YDS/G

67.5

30th

PASS YDS/G

227.0

15th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Eagles	2	0	1.000
Giants	1	1	.500
Cowboys	1	1	.500
Commanders	0	2	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/27	BAL	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM

Last Game

Commanders

0 - 2

Final

Cowboys

1 - 1

Sun 20 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

662

Shough

648

Young

627

Stroud

Rush Yards Leaders

290

Walker

212

Henry

208

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

277

Smith-Njigba

268

Olave

225

Kincaid

Pass TD Leaders

6

Young

6

Prescott

6

Goff

Rush TD Leaders

4

Taylor

4

Allen

4

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

4

Smith-Njigba

4

St. Brown

3

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

127.3

Lock

125.9

Dart

125.8

Allen

Sack Leaders

4.0

Rousseau

3.5

Watt

3.0

Hutchinson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

38.5

35.5

32.0

31.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.5

10.0

12.5

13.5

15.0

Total Yards Rankings

457.5

427.5

424.5

409.0

385.5

Rush Yards Rankings

212.5

186.0

157.0

155.0

144.5

142.5

Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

324.0

313.5

291.0

283.0

279.5

Sack Leaders

8.0

7.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

49

Henry

48.9

Walker

47.3

Taylor

Fantasy WR Rankings

51.7

Smith-Njigba

44.9

St. Brown

37.7

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

28.5

Kincaid

25.6

McBride

23.2

Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

31

McPherson

27

McLaughlin

24

Butker

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

2-0

Worst Record ATS

0-2

NFL 2026 Standings

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

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
Jets	1	1	0	.500
Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	2	0	0	1.000
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	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 9/24	ATL	@	GB	8:15 PM
Sun 9/27	KC	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	CAR	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	TEN	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	NE	@	JAX	1:00 PM

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