steelers leading rushers first seasons

Jerome Bettis had the most rushing yards by a player in his first season with the Steelers, with 1,431 yards in 1996.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,431
1996
16
320
4.5
89.4
11
122
22
5.5
7.6
0
2Najee Harris
N. Harris
1,200
2021
17
307
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
3Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,055
1972
14
188
5.6
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
4Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
910
1986
13
216
4.2
70.0
5
169
17
9.9
13.0
0
5DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
907
2015
16
200
4.5
56.7
11
367
40
47
9.2
22.9
0
6Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
860
2013
13
244
3.5
66.2
8
399
45
66
8.9
30.7
0
7Bam Morris
B. Morris
836
1994
15
198
4.2
55.7
7
204
22
9.3
13.6
0
8Duce Staley
D. Staley
830
2004
10
192
4.3
83.0
1
55
6
12
9.2
5.5
0
9Erric Pegram
E. Pegram
813
1995
15
213
3.8
54.2
5
206
26
7.9
13.7
1
10Tim Worley
T. Worley
770
1989
15
195
3.9
51.3
5
113
15
7.5
7.5
0
11Tom Tracy
T. Tracy
714
1958
12
169
4.2
59.5
5
535
32
16.7
44.6
4
12Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
696
1942
11
162
4.3
63.3
5
24
1
24.0
2.2
0
13John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
691
1970
14
138
5.0
49.4
7
289
23
12.6
20.6
2
14John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
621
1960
12
118
5.3
51.8
2
112
12
9.3
9.3
1
15Mewelde Moore
M. Moore
588
2008
16
140
4.2
36.8
5
320
40
53
8.0
20.0
1
16Whizzer White
W. White
567
1938
11
152
3.7
51.5
4
88
7
12.6
8.0
0
17Willie Asbury
W. Asbury
544
1966
14
169
3.2
38.9
7
228
19
12.0
16.3
2
18Joe Geri
J. Geri
543
1949
12
133
4.1
45.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
537
2025
17
114
4.7
31.6
5
486
73
85
6.7
28.6
3
20Billy Wells
B. Wells
532
1957
10
154
3.5
53.2
0
89
14
6.4
8.9
0
21Warren Heller
W. Heller
528
1934
12
132
4.0
44.0
1
96
6
16.0
8.0
0
22Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
503
1970
14
173
2.9
35.9
2
71
6
11.8
5.1
0
23Clarence Peaks
C. Peaks
503
1964
12
118
4.3
41.9
2
113
12
9.4
9.4
0
24Joe Womack
J. Womack
468
1962
11
128
3.7
42.5
5
57
6
9.5
5.2
0
25Theron Sapp
T. Sapp
431
1963
10
96
4.5
43.1
1
41
3
13.7
4.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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