nfl rookie rushing yards leader 2001

LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for the most yards by a rookie in 2001, with 1,236 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,236
2001
16
339
3.6
77.3
10
367
59
74
6.2
22.9
0
2Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
1,183
2001
14
278
4.3
84.5
7
178
22
30
8.1
12.7
0
3Dominic Rhodes
D. Rhodes
1,104
2001
15
233
4.7
73.6
9
224
34
55
6.6
14.9
0
4Travis Henry
T. Henry
729
2001
13
213
3.4
56.1
4
179
22
27
8.1
13.8
0
5Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
682
2001
13
172
4.0
52.5
2
226
29
38
7.8
17.4
1
6Correll Buckhalter
C. Buckhalter
586
2001
15
129
4.5
39.1
2
130
13
21
10.0
8.7
0
7James Jackson
J. Jackson
554
2001
11
195
2.8
50.4
2
56
7
10
8.0
5.1
0
8Jason Brookins
J. Brookins
551
2001
12
151
3.6
45.9
5
45
6
9
7.5
3.8
0
9Kevan Barlow
K. Barlow
512
2001
15
125
4.1
34.1
4
247
22
28
11.2
16.5
1
10Elvis Joseph
E. Joseph
294
2001
14
68
4.3
21.0
0
183
18
24
10.2
13.1
2
11LaMont Jordan
L. Jordan
292
2001
16
39
7.5
18.3
1
44
7
10
6.3
2.8
1
12Michael Vick
M. Vick
289
2001
8
31
9.3
36.1
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Travis Minor
T. Minor
281
2001
16
59
4.8
17.6
2
263
29
37
9.1
16.4
1
14Nick Goings
N. Goings
197
2001
13
66
3.0
15.2
0
39
8
9
4.9
3.0
0
15Doug Chapman
D. Chapman
195
2001
16
63
3.1
12.2
0
135
16
18
8.4
8.4
1
16Benjamin Gay
B. Gay
172
2001
16
51
3.4
10.8
1
11
4
7
2.8
0.7
0
17Quincy Carter
Q. Carter
150
2001
8
45
3.3
18.8
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Mike McMahon
M. McMahon
145
2001
8
27
5.4
18.1
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
128
2001
15
37
3.5
8.5
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
91
2001
16
16
5.7
5.7
1
166
15
20
11.1
10.4
1
21R.J. Bowers
R.J. Bowers
84
2001
3
18
4.7
28.0
1
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
22Reuben Droughns
R. Droughns
72
2001
9
30
2.4
8.0
0
21
4
5
5.3
2.3
1
23Todd Bouman
T. Bouman
61
2001
5
9
6.8
12.2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
43
2001
15
4
10.8
2.9
0
154
10
20
15.4
10.3
0
25Rondell Mealey
R. Mealey
37
2001
11
11
3.4
3.4
0
31
2
2
15.5
2.8
0
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20.0

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14
3
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Chargers Chargers
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6
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5
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10
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9
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12
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13
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6
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9
7
1
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8
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8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
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12
5
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12
5
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14
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