nfl rookie rushing yards leader 2016

Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 2016, with 1,631 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
2016
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,313
2016
15
252
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
3Rob Kelley
R. Kelley
704
2016
15
168
4.2
46.9
6
82
12
18
6.8
5.5
1
4Devontae Booker
D. Booker
612
2016
16
174
3.5
38.3
4
265
31
45
8.5
16.6
1
5Jalen Richard
J. Richard
491
2016
16
83
5.9
30.7
1
194
29
39
6.7
12.1
2
6Derrick Henry
D. Henry
490
2016
15
110
4.5
32.7
5
137
13
15
10.5
9.1
0
7DeAndre Washington
D. Washington
467
2016
14
87
5.4
33.4
2
115
17
23
6.8
8.2
0
8Paul Perkins
P. Perkins
456
2016
14
112
4.1
32.6
0
162
15
24
10.8
11.6
0
9Kenneth Dixon
K. Dixon
382
2016
12
88
4.3
31.8
2
162
30
41
5.4
13.5
1
10Wendell Smallwood
W. Smallwood
312
2016
13
77
4.1
24.0
1
55
6
13
9.2
4.2
0
11Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
282
2016
16
57
4.9
17.6
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
267
2016
16
24
11.1
16.7
3
593
61
83
9.7
37.1
6
13Dwayne Washington
D. Washington
265
2016
12
90
2.9
22.1
1
62
10
15
6.2
5.2
0
14Peyton Barber
P. Barber
223
2016
15
55
4.1
14.9
1
28
5
6
5.6
1.9
0
15Kenneth Farrow
K. Farrow
192
2016
13
60
3.2
14.8
0
70
13
16
5.4
5.4
0
16Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
179
2016
16
33
5.4
11.2
2
46
9
10
5.1
2.9
0
17C.J. Prosise
C.J. Prosise
172
2016
6
30
5.7
28.7
1
208
17
19
12.2
34.7
0
18Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
150
2016
16
46
3.3
9.4
2
7
1
1
7.0
0.4
0
19Alex Collins
A. Collins
125
2016
11
31
4.0
11.4
1
84
11
11
7.6
7.6
0
20Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
105
2016
4
8
13.1
26.3
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Jonathan Williams
J. Williams
94
2016
11
27
3.5
8.5
1
0
1
2
0.0
0.0
0
22Jacoby Brissett
J. Brissett
83
2016
3
16
5.2
27.7
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Mack Brown
M. Brown
82
2016
9
8
10.3
9.1
1
-2
1
1
-2.0
-0.2
0
24Byron Marshall
B. Marshall
64
2016
3
19
3.4
21.3
0
10
3
5
3.3
3.3
0
25Tyler Boyd
T. Boyd
58
2016
16
4
14.5
3.6
0
603
54
81
11.2
37.7
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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27.7

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30.1

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125.6

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10
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10
7
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.588
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9
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11
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11
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11
6
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.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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.294
4
13
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.235
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11
6
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.647
9
7
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.559
9
8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
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14
3
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5
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5
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14
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