nfl rookie rushing yards leader 2003

Domanick Williams had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 2003, with 1,031 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 Domanick Williams
D. Williams
1,031
2003
HOU HOU
14
238
4.3
73.6
8
351
47
68
7.5
25.1
0
2 Onterrio Smith
O. Smith
579
2003
MIN MIN
15
107
5.4
38.6
5
129
15
20
8.6
8.6
0
3 DeShaun Foster
D. Foster
429
2003
CAR CAR
14
113
3.8
30.6
0
207
26
35
8.0
14.8
2
4 Quentin Griffin
Q. Griffin
345
2003
DEN DEN
10
94
3.7
34.5
0
61
8
11
7.6
6.1
0
5 Lee Suggs
L. Suggs
289
2003
CLE CLE
7
56
5.2
41.3
2
0
2
4
0.0
0.0
0
6 Arlen Harris
A. Harris
255
2003
STL STL
16
85
3.0
15.9
4
102
15
19
6.8
6.4
0
7 Chris Brown
C. Brown
221
2003
TEN TEN
11
56
3.9
20.1
0
61
8
9
7.6
5.5
0
8 LaBrandon Toefield
L. Toefield
212
2003
JAX JAX
16
53
4.0
13.3
2
105
14
16
7.5
6.6
1
9 Justin Fargas
J. Fargas
203
2003
OAK OAK
10
40
5.1
20.3
0
2
2
3
1.0
0.2
0
10 Brock Forsey
B. Forsey
191
2003
CHI CHI
9
50
3.8
21.2
2
37
3
5
12.3
4.1
0
11 Justin Griffith
J. Griffith
168
2003
ATL ATL
16
38
4.4
10.5
0
122
21
34
5.8
7.6
2
12 Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
108
2003
JAX JAX
15
25
4.3
7.2
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
13 Tony Hollings
T. Hollings
102
2003
HOU HOU
14
38
2.7
7.3
0
25
2
6
12.5
1.8
0
14 Artose Pinner
A. Pinner
99
2003
DET DET
3
39
2.5
33.0
0
40
5
7
8.0
13.3
0
15 Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
85
2003
KC KC
6
20
4.3
14.2
1
2
1
3
2.0
0.3
0
16 Kyle Boller
K. Boller
62
2003
BAL BAL
11
30
2.1
5.6
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
17 Erik Bickerstaff
E. Bickerstaff
56
2003
DAL DAL
4
19
2.9
14.0
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
18 Dave Ragone
D. Ragone
51
2003
HOU HOU
2
6
8.5
25.5
0
-5
1
1
-5.0
-2.5
0
19 Jeremi Johnson
J. Johnson
41
2003
CIN CIN
16
15
2.7
2.6
1
82
15
20
5.5
5.1
1
20 Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
40
2003
ARI ARI
16
5
8.0
2.5
0
1,377
101
165
13.6
86.1
8
21 Cecil Sapp
C. Sapp
31
2003
DEN DEN
1
12
2.6
31.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22 Musa Smith
M. Smith
31
2003
BAL BAL
11
9
3.4
2.8
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Avon Cobourne
A. Cobourne
27
2003
DET DET
7
10
2.7
3.9
0
30
4
9
7.5
4.3
0
24 Antonio Brown
A. Brown
17
2003
BUF BUF
16
1
17.0
1.1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Charles Rogers
C. Rogers
17
2003
DET DET
5
2
8.5
3.4
0
243
22
52
11.0
48.6
3
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Team Rankings

PPG

12.7

32nd

OPP PPG

17.0

5th

RUSH YDS/G

95.0

23rd

PASS YDS/G

199.7

24th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
Titans Titans
0
3
0
.000
Texans Texans
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
10:00 PM
Sun
10/26
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Last Game
JAX Jaguars

2 - 1 - 0

17

Final

10

HOU Texans

0 - 3 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM