rookie running back leaders in the nfl 2012

Alfred Morris had the most rushing yards in his rookie season by a running back in 2012, with 1,613 yards.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Alfred Morris
A. Morris
1,613
2012
16
335
4.8
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
2Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,454
2012
16
319
4.6
90.9
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
3Trent Richardson
T. Richardson
950
2012
15
267
3.6
63.3
11
367
51
70
7.2
24.5
1
4Vick Ballard
V. Ballard
814
2012
16
211
3.9
50.9
2
152
17
27
8.9
9.5
1
5Mikel Leshoure
M. Leshoure
798
2012
14
215
3.7
57.0
9
214
34
48
6.3
15.3
0
6Bryce Brown
B. Brown
564
2012
16
115
4.9
35.3
4
56
13
19
4.3
3.5
0
7Bernard Pierce
B. Pierce
532
2012
16
108
4.9
33.3
1
47
7
11
6.7
2.9
0
8Daryl Richardson
D. Richardson
475
2012
16
98
4.8
29.7
0
163
24
36
6.8
10.2
0
9David Wilson
D. Wilson
358
2012
16
71
5.0
22.4
4
34
4
9
8.5
2.1
1
10Robert Turbin
R. Turbin
354
2012
16
80
4.4
22.1
0
181
19
23
9.5
11.3
0
11Ronnie Hillman
R. Hillman
330
2012
14
85
3.9
23.6
1
62
10
12
6.2
4.4
0
12Brandon Bolden
B. Bolden
274
2012
10
56
4.9
27.4
2
11
2
2
5.5
1.1
0
13Lamar Miller
L. Miller
250
2012
13
51
4.9
19.2
1
45
6
9
7.5
3.5
0
14William Powell
W. Powell
217
2012
13
60
3.6
16.7
0
132
19
25
6.9
10.2
0
15Ryan Williams
R. Williams
164
2012
5
58
2.8
32.8
0
44
7
10
6.3
8.8
0
16LaMichael James
L. James
125
2012
4
27
4.6
31.3
0
29
3
5
9.7
7.3
0
17Chris Rainey
C. Rainey
102
2012
16
26
3.9
6.4
2
60
14
22
4.3
3.8
0
18Jeremy Stewart
J. Stewart
101
2012
4
25
4.0
25.3
0
62
8
8
7.8
15.5
0
19Richard Murphy
R. Murphy
92
2012
5
23
4.0
18.4
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
20Lance Dunbar
L. Dunbar
75
2012
12
21
3.6
6.3
0
33
6
12
5.5
2.8
0
21Isaiah Pead
I. Pead
54
2012
15
10
5.4
3.6
0
16
3
4
5.3
1.1
0
22Baron Batch
B. Batch
49
2012
12
25
2.0
4.1
1
31
4
5
7.8
2.6
0
23Cyrus Gray
C. Gray
44
2012
10
7
6.3
4.4
0
18
2
3
9.0
1.8
0
24Stanley Havili
S. Havili
22
2012
15
6
3.7
1.5
1
43
7
12
6.1
2.9
0
25Collin Mooney
C. Mooney
19
2012
2
5
3.8
9.5
0
0
0
0
0.0
0

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