rookie runningback leaders in the nfl 1990

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards in his rookie season by a running back in 1990, with 937 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	937	1990	DAL	16	241	3.9	58.6	11	228	24	9.5	14.3	0
2	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	926	1990	PHX	14	234	4.0	66.1	5	241	25	9.6	17.2	0
3	Blair Thomas B. Thomas	620	1990	NYJ	15	123	5.0	41.3	1	204	20	10.2	13.6	1
4	Reggie Cobb R. Cobb	480	1990	TB	16	151	3.2	30.0	2	299	39	7.7	18.7	0
5	Dexter Carter D. Carter	460	1990	SF	16	114	4.0	28.8	1	217	25	8.7	13.6	0
6	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	455	1990	NYG	15	109	4.2	30.3	2	274	32	8.6	18.3	2
7	Steve Broussard S. Broussard	454	1990	ATL	13	126	3.6	34.9	4	160	24	6.7	12.3	0
8	Anthony Thompson A. Thompson	390	1990	PHX	13	106	3.7	30.0	4	11	2	5.5	0.8	0
9	Gill Fenerty G. Fenerty	355	1990	NO	15	73	4.9	23.7	2	209	18	11.6	13.9	0
10	Harold Green H. Green	353	1990	CIN	12	83	4.3	29.4	1	90	12	7.5	7.5	1
11	Darrell Thompson D. Thompson	264	1990	GB	16	76	3.5	16.5	1	1	3	0.3	0.1	0
12	Barry Foster B. Foster	203	1990	PIT	16	36	5.6	12.7	1	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
13	Leroy Hoard L. Hoard	149	1990	CLE	14	58	2.6	10.6	3	73	10	7.3	5.2	0
14	John Harvey J. Harvey	113	1990	TB	16	27	4.2	7.1	0	86	11	7.8	5.4	1
15	Johnny Bailey J. Bailey	86	1990	CHI	16	26	3.3	5.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Blake Ezor B. Ezor	81	1990	DEN	9	23	3.5	9.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Derrick Gainer D. Gainer	81	1990	CLE	16	30	2.7	5.1	1	85	7	12.1	5.3	0
18	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	81	1990	WAS	15	15	5.4	5.4	1	5	2	2.5	0.3	0
19	Victor Jones V. Jones	75	1990	HOU	10	14	5.4	7.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Marcus Dupree M. Dupree	72	1990	RAM	7	19	3.8	10.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	James Rouse J. Rouse	56	1990	CHI	16	16	3.5	3.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Bill Jones B. Jones	47	1990	KC	16	10	4.7	2.9	0	137	19	7.2	8.6	5
23	Carwell Gardner C. Gardner	41	1990	BUF	7	15	2.7	5.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Bruce Perkins B. Perkins	36	1990	TB	16	13	2.8	2.3	0	85	8	10.6	5.3	2
25	Cedric Smith C. Smith	19	1990	MIN	15	9	2.1	1.3	0	0	0		0.0	0

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2,046

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528

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REC

709

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PPG

27.4

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OPP PPG

26.6

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RUSH YDS/G

94.1

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PASS YDS/G

255.8

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TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	SF	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 11/22	TEN	@	DAL	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	PHI	@	DAL	4:30 PM
Mon 12/7	DAL	@	SEA	8:15 PM

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Pass Yards Leaders

2,246

Love

2,146

Stafford

2,124

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

780

Robinson

773

Gibbs

770

Walker

Rec Yards Leaders

985

Smith-Njigba

726

Higgins

709

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

20

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19

Cousins

17

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Rush TD Leaders

10

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9

Allen

8

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Chase

QB Rating Leaders

112.6

Lawrence

111.6

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.5

Watt

7.0

Rousseau

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.3

29.4

29.0

28.1

28.0

27.6

Opp PPG Rankings

13.3

15.9

18.0

18.7

18.9

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

395.4

393.1

387.3

384.4

383.1

371.4

Rush Yards Rankings

168.6

150.8

148.4

134.8

134.1

133.5

Pass Yards Rankings

302.1

281.1

280.8

280.6

273.1

269.9

Sack Leaders

26.0

25.0

24.0

23.0

22.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

161.8

Gibbs

138.1

Walker

128.3

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

156

Smith-Njigba

108.3

Lamb

104.8

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

84.4

McBride

82.7

Bowers

71.5

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Fantasy K Rankings

90

Shrader

89

McLaughlin

83

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6-2

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Worst Record ATS

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1-7

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2-5

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	5	0	.375
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	4	0	.500
Rams	4	4	0	.500
Cardinals	3	5	0	.375

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	3	0	.625
Jets	2	6	0	.250
Dolphins	1	6	0	.143
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	5	2	0	.714
Browns	5	3	0	.625
Ravens	4	4	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	5	2	0	.714
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Colts	2	6	0	.250
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	6	2	0	.750
Chiefs	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	4	4	0	.500
Chargers	0	7	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)
Thu 11/5	JAX	@	BAL	8:15 PM
Sun 11/8	CIN	@	ATL	9:30 AM
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	LAR	@	WAS	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	CLE	@	NO	1:00 PM

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards in his rookie season by a running back in 1990, with 937 yards.

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