running backs to average 5yards per touch in a single season with at least 200 touches

Tuffy Leemans had 210 touches with 200+ touches in his rookie season in 1936.

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	NAME	TOUCHES	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Tuffy Leemans T. Leemans	210	1936	NYG	12	830	206	4.0	69.2	2	22	4	5.5	1.8	0
2	Cliff Battles C. Battles	225	1937	WAS	10	874	216	4.0	87.4	5	81	9	9.0	8.1	1
3	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	226	1947	PHI	12	1,008	217	4.6	84.0	13	79	9	8.8	6.6	0
4	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	211	1948	PHI	11	945	201	4.7	85.9	10	96	10	9.6	8.7	0
5	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	211	1949	GB	12	1,052	208	5.1	87.7	4	-2	3	-0.7	-0.2	0
6	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	267	1949	PHI	12	1,146	263	4.4	95.5	11	88	4	22.0	7.3	1
7	Rob Goode R. Goode	211	1951	WAS	12	951	208	4.6	79.3	9	45	3	15.0	3.8	0
8	Eddie Price E. Price	276	1951	NYG	12	971	271	3.6	80.9	7	19	5	3.8	1.6	0
9	Joe Perry J. Perry	211	1953	SF	12	1,018	192	5.3	84.8	10	191	19	10.1	15.9	3
10	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	240	1955	BAL	12	961	213	4.5	80.1	9	141	27	5.2	11.8	0
11	Howie Ferguson H. Ferguson	214	1955	GB	12	859	192	4.5	71.6	4	153	22	7.0	12.8	0
12	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	204	1956	BAL	12	858	178	4.8	71.5	8	189	26	7.3	15.8	0
13	Preston Carpenter P. Carpenter	204	1956	CLE	12	756	188	4.0	63.0	0	124	16	7.8	10.3	0
14	Rick Casares R. Casares	257	1956	CHB	12	1,126	234	4.8	93.8	12	203	23	8.8	16.9	2
15	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	210	1956	NYG	12	819	159	5.2	68.3	5	603	51	11.8	50.3	4
16	Ollie Matson O. Matson	207	1956	CHC	12	924	192	4.8	77.0	5	199	15	13.3	16.6	2
17	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	201	1956	SF	12	916	185	5.0	76.3	8	193	16	12.1	16.1	0
18	Jim Brown J. Brown	218	1957	CLE	12	942	202	4.7	78.5	9	55	16	3.4	4.6	1
19	Rick Casares R. Casares	229	1957	CHB	12	700	204	3.4	58.3	6	225	25	9.0	18.8	0
20	Jim Brown J. Brown	273	1958	CLE	12	1,527	257	5.9	127.3	17	138	16	8.6	11.5	1
21	Rick Casares R. Casares	208	1958	CHB	12	651	176	3.7	54.3	2	290	32	9.1	24.2	1
22	Tom Tracy T. Tracy	201	1958	PIT	12	714	169	4.2	59.5	5	535	32	16.7	44.6	4
23	Billy Ray Barnes B. Ray Barnes	213	1959	PHI	12	687	181	3.8	57.3	7	314	32	9.8	26.2	2
24	Jim Brown J. Brown	314	1959	CLE	12	1,329	290	4.6	110.8	14	190	24	7.9	15.8	0
25	Rick Casares R. Casares	204	1959	CHB	12	699	177	3.9	58.3	10	273	27	10.1	22.8	2

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