rookie running backs with most rushing yards 2021

Najee Harris had the most rushing yards by a rookie running back in 2021, with 1,200 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Najee Harris N. Harris	1,200	2021	PIT	17	307	3.9	70.6	7	467	74	94	6.3	27.5	3
2	Elijah Mitchell E. Mitchell	963	2021	SF	11	207	4.7	87.5	5	137	19	20	7.2	12.5	1
3	Javonte Williams J. Williams	903	2021	DEN	17	203	4.4	53.1	4	316	43	53	7.3	18.6	3
4	Michael Carter M. Carter	639	2021	NYJ	14	147	4.3	45.6	4	325	36	55	9.0	23.2	0
5	Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard	612	2021	CAR	17	172	3.6	36.0	5	174	25	37	7.0	10.2	1
6	Rhamondre Stevenson R. Stevenson	606	2021	NE	12	133	4.6	50.5	5	123	14	18	8.8	10.3	0
7	Khalil Herbert K. Herbert	433	2021	CHI	17	103	4.2	25.5	2	96	14	16	6.9	5.6	0
8	Kenneth Gainwell K. Gainwell	291	2021	PHI	16	68	4.3	18.2	5	253	33	50	7.7	15.8	1
9	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	266	2021	WAS	17	68	3.9	15.6	2	73	10	11	7.3	4.3	0
10	Derrick Gore D. Gore	256	2021	KC	11	51	5.0	23.3	2	105	8	9	13.1	9.5	0
11	Ty'Son Williams T. Williams	185	2021	BAL	13	35	5.3	14.2	1	84	9	12	9.3	6.5	0
12	Trey Sermon T. Sermon	167	2021	SF	9	41	4.1	18.6	1	26	3	4	8.7	2.9	0
13	Eno Benjamin E. Benjamin	118	2021	ARI	9	34	3.5	13.1	1	42	6	7	7.0	4.7	0
14	Patrick Taylor Jr. P. Taylor Jr.	89	2021	GB	9	23	3.9	9.9	1	3	2	2	1.5	0.3	0
15	Larry Rountree L. Rountree	87	2021	LAC	12	36	2.4	7.3	1	-1	1	2	-1.0	-0.1	0
16	Chris Evans C. Evans	77	2021	CIN	14	17	4.5	5.5	0	151	15	17	10.1	10.8	2
17	Jermar Jefferson J. Jefferson	74	2021	DET	7	15	4.9	10.6	2	23	4	5	5.8	3.3	0
18	Kene Nwangwu K. Nwangwu	61	2021	MIN	11	13	4.7	5.5	0	9	4	5	2.3	0.8	0
19	Deon Jackson D. Jackson	31	2021	IND	9	13	2.4	3.4	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	JaQuan Hardy J. Hardy	29	2021	DAL	3	4	7.3	9.7	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Kylin Hill K. Hill	24	2021	GB	8	10	2.4	3.0	0	5	1	2	5.0	0.6	0
22	Demetric Felton D. Felton	24	2021	CLE	16	7	3.4	1.5	0	181	18	21	10.1	11.3	2
23	Jacques Patrick J. Patrick	12	2021	SF	2	2	6.0	6.0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Mekhi Sargent M. Sargent	11	2021	TOT	7	5	2.2	1.6	0	0	0	1		0.0	0
25	Trey Ragas T. Ragas	9	2021	LV	1	1	9.0	9.0	0	6	2	2	3.0	6.0	0

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