nfl running back receiving yards leaders 2017

Alvin Kamara had the most yards on receptions by a running back in 2017, with 826 yards in his rookie season.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
826
2017
16
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
2Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
788
2017
15
64
87
12.3
52.5
6
1,305
279
4.7
87.0
13
3Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
693
2017
16
74
93
9.4
43.3
3
348
82
4.2
21.8
4
4Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
655
2017
15
85
106
7.7
43.7
2
1,291
321
4.0
86.1
9
5Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
651
2017
16
80
113
8.1
40.7
5
435
117
3.7
27.2
2
6Chris Thompson
C. Thompson
510
2017
10
39
54
13.1
51.0
4
294
64
4.6
29.4
2
7Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
476
2017
16
58
83
8.2
29.8
4
1,105
284
3.9
69.1
8
8Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
455
2017
16
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
1,327
272
4.9
82.9
8
9LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
448
2017
16
59
77
7.6
28.0
2
1,138
287
4.0
71.1
6
10Theo Riddick
T. Riddick
444
2017
16
53
71
8.4
27.8
2
286
84
3.4
17.9
3
11James White
J. White
429
2017
14
56
72
7.7
30.6
3
171
43
4.0
12.2
0
12Jerick McKinnon
J. McKinnon
421
2017
16
51
68
8.3
26.3
2
570
150
3.8
35.6
3
13Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
416
2017
16
58
71
7.2
26.0
0
1,124
230
4.9
70.3
12
14Giovani Bernard
G. Bernard
389
2017
16
43
60
9.0
24.3
2
458
105
4.4
28.6
2
15Andre Ellington
A. Ellington
369
2017
TOT
12
39
59
9.5
30.8
0
55
20
2.8
4.6
1
16Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
353
2017
16
53
71
6.7
22.1
1
370
87
4.3
23.1
2
17Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
350
2017
16
59
88
5.9
21.9
0
938
240
3.9
58.6
8
18Lamar Miller
L. Miller
327
2017
16
36
45
9.1
20.4
3
888
238
3.7
55.5
3
19Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
317
2017
14
36
47
8.8
22.6
1
865
196
4.4
61.8
7
20Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
315
2017
14
33
42
9.5
22.5
1
31
7
4.4
2.2
0
21Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
302
2017
13
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
1,040
268
3.9
80.0
9
22Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
299
2017
15
27
39
11.1
19.9
3
628
156
4.0
41.9
5
23Matt Forte
M. Forte
293
2017
12
37
45
7.9
24.4
1
381
103
3.7
31.8
2
24Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
287
2017
14
30
34
9.6
20.5
0
626
178
3.5
44.7
4
25Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
279
2017
16
27
35
10.3
17.4
3
260
47
5.5
16.3
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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