nfl rookie rushing yards leader 2002

Clinton Portis had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 2002, with 1,508 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,508
2002
DEN DEN
16
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
2 William Green
W. Green
887
2002
CLE CLE
16
243
3.7
55.4
6
113
16
27
7.1
7.1
0
3 Kenny Watson
K. Watson
534
2002
WAS WAS
16
116
4.6
33.4
1
253
32
43
7.9
15.8
1
4 Jonathan Wells
J. Wells
529
2002
HOU HOU
16
197
2.7
33.1
3
48
9
12
5.3
3.0
0
5 T.J. Duckett
T.J. Duckett
507
2002
ATL ATL
12
130
3.9
42.3
4
61
9
11
6.8
5.1
0
6 Dee Brown
D. Brown
360
2002
CAR CAR
14
102
3.5
25.7
4
86
17
33
5.1
6.1
1
7 James Mungro
J. Mungro
336
2002
IND IND
9
97
3.5
37.3
8
81
13
16
6.2
9.0
0
8 Ladell Betts
L. Betts
307
2002
WAS WAS
11
65
4.7
27.9
1
154
12
17
12.8
14.0
0
9 Tony Fisher
T. Fisher
283
2002
GB GB
15
70
4.0
18.9
2
70
18
22
3.9
4.7
0
10 David Carr
D. Carr
282
2002
HOU HOU
16
59
4.8
17.6
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
11 Lamar Gordon
L. Gordon
228
2002
STL STL
13
65
3.5
17.5
1
278
30
38
9.3
21.4
2
12 Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
193
2002
PHI PHI
15
46
4.2
12.9
0
86
9
13
9.6
5.7
0
13 Najeh Davenport
N. Davenport
184
2002
GB GB
8
39
4.7
23.0
1
33
5
9
6.6
4.1
0
14 Maurice Morris
M. Morris
153
2002
SEA SEA
11
32
4.8
13.9
0
25
3
3
8.3
2.3
0
15 David Garrard
D. Garrard
139
2002
JAX JAX
4
25
5.6
34.8
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
16 Antwaan Randle El
A. Randle El
134
2002
PIT PIT
16
19
7.1
8.4
0
489
47
65
10.4
30.6
2
17 Chester Taylor
C. Taylor
122
2002
BAL BAL
15
33
3.7
8.1
0
129
14
22
9.2
8.6
2
18 Henry Burris
H. Burris
104
2002
CHI CHI
6
15
6.9
17.3
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
19 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
101
2002
CHI CHI
9
19
5.3
11.2
1
18
3
4
6.0
2.0
0
20 Randy Fasani
R. Fasani
95
2002
CAR CAR
4
18
5.3
23.8
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Chad Hutchinson
C. Hutchinson
74
2002
DAL DAL
9
18
4.1
8.2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22 Derrick Blaylock
D. Blaylock
72
2002
KC KC
12
16
4.5
6.0
0
47
5
10
9.4
3.9
0
23 Damien Anderson
D. Anderson
65
2002
ARI ARI
10
24
2.7
6.5
0
36
3
7
12.0
3.6
0
24 Rafael Cooper
R. Cooper
57
2002
DET DET
5
12
4.8
11.4
0
4
1
3
4.0
0.8
0
25 Verron Haynes
V. Haynes
51
2002
PIT PIT
14
10
5.1
3.6
0
10
3
7
3.3
0.7
0
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