rookie rushing leaders 1981

George Rogers had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1981, with 1,674 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,674
1981
16
378
4.4
104.6
13
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
2Joe Delaney
J. Delaney
1,121
1981
15
234
4.8
74.7
3
246
22
11.2
16.4
0
3Tony Collins
T. Collins
873
1981
16
204
4.3
54.6
7
232
26
8.9
14.5
0
4Rick Parros
R. Parros
749
1981
16
176
4.3
46.8
2
216
25
8.6
13.5
1
5Andra Franklin
A. Franklin
711
1981
16
201
3.5
44.4
7
6
3
2.0
0.4
1
6Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
623
1981
11
137
4.5
56.6
2
171
18
9.5
15.5
1
7Randy McMillan
R. McMillan
597
1981
16
149
4.0
37.3
3
466
50
9.3
29.1
1
8James Brooks
J. Brooks
525
1981
14
109
4.8
37.5
3
329
46
7.2
23.5
3
9Billy Jackson
B. Jackson
398
1981
16
111
3.6
24.9
10
31
6
5.2
1.9
1
10James Wilder
J. Wilder
370
1981
16
107
3.5
23.1
4
507
48
10.6
31.7
1
11Mike Augustyniak
M. Augustyniak
339
1981
10
85
4.0
33.9
1
144
18
8.0
14.4
0
12Hubie Oliver
H. Oliver
329
1981
13
75
4.4
25.3
1
37
10
3.7
2.8
0
13Walt Easley
W. Easley
224
1981
12
76
2.9
18.7
1
62
9
6.9
5.2
0
14Vince Thompson
V. Thompson
211
1981
13
35
6.0
16.2
1
40
4
10.0
3.1
0
15Leon Bright
L. Bright
197
1981
15
51
3.9
13.1
2
291
28
10.4
19.4
0
16Toussaint Tyler
T. Tyler
183
1981
16
36
5.1
11.4
0
135
23
5.9
8.4
0
17Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
175
1981
16
31
5.6
10.9
0
35
6
5.8
2.2
1
18Frank Hawkins
F. Hawkins
165
1981
13
40
4.1
12.7
0
109
10
10.9
8.4
0
19David Hughes
D. Hughes
135
1981
16
47
2.9
8.4
0
263
35
7.5
16.4
2
20Calvin Murray
C. Murray
134
1981
7
23
5.8
19.1
0
7
1
7.0
1.0
0
21Tommy Vigorito
T. Vigorito
116
1981
16
35
3.3
7.3
1
237
33
7.2
14.8
2
22Bill Ring
B. Ring
106
1981
12
22
4.8
8.8
0
28
3
9.3
2.3
1
23Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
104
1981
14
19
5.5
7.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
24Louis Jackson
L. Jackson
68
1981
11
27
2.5
6.2
1
25
3
8.3
2.3
0
25Jim Hargrove
J. Hargrove
66
1981
15
16
4.1
4.4
1
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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