rookie running back with most receiving yards in a season in nfl history

Terry Kirby has the most yards on receptions by a rookie running back, with 874 yards in 1993.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	874	1993	MIA	16	75		11.7	54.6	3	390	119	3.3	24.4	3
2	Herschel Walker H. Walker	837	1986	DAL	16	76		11.0	52.3	2	737	151	4.9	46.1	12
3	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	826	2017	NO	16	81	100	10.2	51.6	5	728	120	6.1	45.5	8
4	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	814	1964	WAS	14	53		15.4	58.1	5	755	199	3.8	53.9	5
5	Reggie Bush R. Bush	742	2006	NO	16	88	121	8.4	46.4	2	565	155	3.6	35.3	6
6	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	721	2018	NYG	16	91	121	7.9	45.1	4	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	11
7	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	651	2017	CAR	16	80	113	8.1	40.7	5	435	117	3.7	27.2	2
8	Leon Clarke L. Clarke	650	1956	LA	12	36		18.1	54.2	4	0	0		0.0	0
9	Billy Sims B. Sims	621	1980	DET	16	51		12.2	38.8	3	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	13
10	Steve Bagarus S. Bagarus	617	1945	WAS	10	34		18.1	61.7	5	154	39	3.9	15.4	1
11	Glenn Davis G. Davis	592	1950	LA	12	42		14.1	49.3	4	416	88	4.7	34.7	3
12	Edgerrin James E. James	586	1999	IND	16	62	87	9.5	36.6	4	1,553	369	4.2	97.1	13
13	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	576	1960	DLT	14	55		10.5	41.1	3	875	156	5.6	62.5	9
14	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	567	1980	SF	16	83		6.8	35.4	4	720	171	4.2	45.0	5
15	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	557	1996	TB	16	65		8.6	34.8	3	377	96	3.9	23.6	3
16	Jim Podoley J. Podoley	554	1957	WAS	12	27		20.5	46.2	4	442	114	3.9	36.8	2
17	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	549	1959	GB	12	32		17.2	45.8	4	20	1	20.0	1.7	0
18	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	534	2015	CLE	16	61	74	8.8	33.4	2	379	104	3.6	23.7	0
19	Doak Walker D. Walker	534	1950	DET	12	35		15.3	44.5	6	386	83	4.7	32.2	5
20	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	531	1989	NYG	16	34		15.6	33.2	4	117	28	4.2	7.3	0
21	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	522	1994	IND	16	52		10.0	32.6	1	1,282	314	4.1	80.1	11
22	Giovani Bernard G. Bernard	514	2013	CIN	16	56	70	9.2	32.1	3	695	170	4.1	43.4	5
23	Miles Sanders M. Sanders	509	2019	PHI	16	50	63	10.2	31.8	3	818	179	4.6	51.1	3
24	James Wilder J. Wilder	507	1981	TB	16	48		10.6	31.7	1	370	107	3.5	23.1	4
25	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	507	1965	CHI	14	29		17.5	36.2	6	867	166	5.2	61.9	14

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