rookie rushing leaders in the nfl 2005

Cadillac Williams rushed for the most yards by a rookie in 2005, with 1,178 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Cadillac Williams
C. Williams
1,178
2005
14
290
4.1
84.1
6
81
20
25
4.1
5.8
0
2Ronnie Brown
R. Brown
907
2005
15
207
4.4
60.5
4
232
32
47
7.3
15.5
1
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
608
2005
14
127
4.8
43.4
3
131
15
22
8.7
9.4
0
4Samkon Gado
S. Gado
582
2005
8
143
4.1
72.8
6
77
10
12
7.7
9.6
1
5Marion Barber
M. Barber
538
2005
13
138
3.9
41.4
5
115
18
25
6.4
8.8
0
6J.J. Arrington
J.J. Arrington
370
2005
15
112
3.3
24.7
2
139
25
33
5.6
9.3
0
7Cedric Houston
C. Houston
302
2005
12
81
3.7
25.2
2
66
8
10
8.3
5.5
0
8Ryan Moats
R. Moats
278
2005
7
55
5.1
39.7
3
7
4
6
1.8
1.0
0
9Cedric Benson
C. Benson
272
2005
9
67
4.1
30.2
0
3
1
1
3.0
0.3
0
10Vernand Morency
V. Morency
184
2005
12
46
4.0
15.3
2
87
10
15
8.7
7.3
0
11Tyson Thompson
T. Thompson
182
2005
15
46
4.0
12.1
0
16
3
4
5.3
1.1
0
12Alvin Pearman
A. Pearman
149
2005
16
39
3.8
9.3
1
240
32
36
7.5
15.0
0
13Noah Herron
N. Herron
123
2005
TOT
7
48
2.6
17.6
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Jarrett Payton
J. Payton
105
2005
13
33
3.2
8.1
2
30
6
10
5.0
2.3
0
15Alex Smith
A. Smith
103
2005
9
30
3.4
11.4
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Brandon Jacobs
B. Jacobs
99
2005
16
38
2.6
6.2
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Leonard Weaver
L. Weaver
80
2005
16
17
4.7
5.0
0
12
1
3
12.0
0.8
0
18Bruce Perry
B. Perry
74
2005
2
16
4.6
37.0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
19Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
64
2005
4
14
4.6
16.0
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Ciatrick Fason
C. Fason
62
2005
13
32
1.9
4.8
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Charlie Frye
C. Frye
60
2005
7
18
3.3
8.6
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Matt Jones
M. Jones
51
2005
16
12
4.3
3.2
0
432
36
69
12.0
27.0
5
23Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
50
2005
15
8
6.3
3.3
0
10
3
4
3.3
0.7
0
24Bradlee Van Pelt
B. Van Pelt
48
2005
3
11
4.4
16.0
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Kyle Orton
K. Orton
44
2005
15
24
1.8
2.9
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
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