Ezekiel Elliott had the most receiving yards in his rookie season by a running back in 2016, with 363 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	363	2016	DAL	15	32	40	11.3	24.2	1	1,631	322	5.1	108.7	15
2	Jordan Howard J. Howard	298	2016	CHI	15	29	50	10.3	19.9	1	1,313	252	5.2	87.5	6
3	Devontae Booker D. Booker	265	2016	DEN	16	31	45	8.5	16.6	1	612	174	3.5	38.3	4
4	C.J. Prosise	208	2016	SEA	6	17	19	12.2	34.7	0	172	30	5.7	28.7	1
5	Jalen Richard J. Richard	194	2016	OAK	16	29	39	6.7	12.1	2	491	83	5.9	30.7	1
6	Paul Perkins P. Perkins	162	2016	NYG	14	15	24	10.8	11.6	0	456	112	4.1	32.6	0
7	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	162	2016	BAL	12	30	41	5.4	13.5	1	382	88	4.3	31.8	2
8	Derrick Henry D. Henry	137	2016	TEN	15	13	15	10.5	9.1	0	490	110	4.5	32.7	5
9	Josh Ferguson J. Ferguson	136	2016	IND	16	20	25	6.8	8.5	0	20	15	1.3	1.3	0
10	DeAndre Washington D. Washington	115	2016	OAK	14	17	23	6.8	8.2	0	467	87	5.4	33.4	2
11	Alex Collins A. Collins	84	2016	SEA	11	11	11	7.6	7.6	0	125	31	4.0	11.4	1
12	Derek Watt D. Watt	83	2016	SD	16	4	4	20.8	5.2	0	4	2	2.0	0.3	0
13	Rob Kelley R. Kelley	82	2016	WAS	15	12	18	6.8	5.5	1	704	168	4.2	46.9	6
14	Kenneth Farrow K. Farrow	70	2016	SD	13	13	16	5.4	5.4	0	192	60	3.2	14.8	0
15	Dwayne Washington D. Washington	62	2016	DET	12	10	15	6.2	5.2	0	265	90	2.9	22.1	1
16	Wendell Smallwood W. Smallwood	55	2016	PHI	13	6	13	9.2	4.2	0	312	77	4.1	24.0	1
17	Kenyan Drake K. Drake	46	2016	MIA	16	9	10	5.1	2.9	0	179	33	5.4	11.2	2
18	Andy Janovich A. Janovich	44	2016	DEN	11	5	7	8.8	4.0	0	33	4	8.3	3.0	1
19	Alan Cross A. Cross	38	2016	TB	14	6	10	6.3	2.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
20	Peyton Barber P. Barber	28	2016	TB	15	5	6	5.6	1.9	0	223	55	4.1	14.9	1
21	Danny Vitale D. Vitale	27	2016	CLE	9	4	5	6.8	3.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Brandon Wilds B. Wilds	20	2016	NYJ	4	2	2	10.0	5.0	0	27	10	2.7	6.8	0
23	Tyler Ervin T. Ervin	18	2016	HOU	12	3	5	6.0	1.5	0	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
24	J.D. McKissic	16	2016	SEA	1	2	2	8.0	16.0	0	2	1	2.0	2.0	0
25	Daniel Lasco D. Lasco	11	2016	NO	7	2	4	5.5	1.6	0	32	11	2.9	4.6	0

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PASS

1,065

Prescott

RUSH

231

Williams

REC

498

Lamb

Team Rankings

PPG

30.5

2nd

OPP PPG

28.0

29th

RUSH YDS/G

89.5

26th

PASS YDS/G

266.3

7th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Giants	3	1	.750
Eagles	2	2	.500
Cowboys	2	2	.500
Commanders	1	3	.250

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	ARI	@	DAL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Cowboys

2 - 2

Final

Texans

0 - 4

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

1,189

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

537

Walker

421

Cook

374

Henry

Rec Yards Leaders

498

Lamb

481

Smith-Njigba

401

Higgins

Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Young

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Taylor

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

173.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

305.7

303.5

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

83.8

Henry

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

75.2

Lamb

60.3

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

48.4

Kittle

36.6

Kelce

36.2

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

52

Reichard

47

McPherson

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3-1

1-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	PHI	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/11	CLE	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CIN	@	MIA	1:00 PM

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