what rb has the most receiving td through first season

Del Shofner scored the most receiving touchdowns by a running back in his first season, with 8 touchdowns in 1958.

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NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Del Shofner
D. Shofner
8
1958
12
51
1,097
21.5
91.4
0
0
0.0
0
2Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
7
1954
12
34
658
19.4
54.8
0
0
0.0
0
3Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6
1965
14
29
507
17.5
36.2
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
4Doak Walker
D. Walker
6
1950
12
35
534
15.3
44.5
386
83
4.7
32.2
5
5Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
5
2025
17
55
73
346
6.3
20.4
975
266
3.7
57.4
5
6RJ Harvey
RJ Harvey
5
2025
17
47
58
356
7.6
20.9
540
146
3.7
31.8
7
7Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
5
2021
16
52
69
548
10.5
34.3
618
153
4.0
38.6
6
8Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
5
2017
16
81
100
826
10.2
51.6
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
9Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
5
2017
16
80
113
651
8.1
40.7
435
117
3.7
27.2
2
10Bill Jones
B. Jones
5
1990
16
19
137
7.2
8.6
47
10
4.7
2.9
0
11Jimmy Thomas
J. Thomas
5
1969
14
18
364
20.2
26.0
190
23
8.3
13.6
1
12Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
5
1964
14
53
814
15.4
58.1
755
199
3.8
53.9
5
13Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
5
1960
14
15
187
12.5
13.4
644
152
4.2
46.0
1
14R.C. Owens
R.C. Owens
5
1957
12
27
395
14.6
32.9
0
0
0.0
0
15Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
5
1956
12
27
376
13.9
31.3
0
0
0.0
0
16Hal Giancanelli
H. Giancanelli
5
1953
12
20
346
17.3
28.8
131
44
3.0
10.9
1
17Ray Pelfrey
R. Pelfrey
5
1951
12
38
462
12.2
38.5
44
3
14.7
3.7
0
18Sherman Howard
S. Howard
5
1950
12
12
278
23.2
23.2
362
71
5.1
30.2
3
19Dub Jones
D. Jones
5
1950
12
31
458
14.8
38.2
384
83
4.6
32.0
6
20George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
5
1950
12
21
299
14.2
24.9
411
88
4.7
34.3
4
21Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
5
1945
10
34
617
18.1
61.7
154
39
3.9
15.4
1
22Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
4
2023
17
58
86
487
8.4
28.6
976
214
4.6
57.4
4
23Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4
2018
16
91
121
721
7.9
45.1
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
11
24David Johnson
D. Johnson
4
2015
16
36
57
457
12.7
28.6
581
125
4.6
36.3
8
25Matt Forte
M. Forte
4
2008
16
63
76
477
7.6
29.8
1,238
316
3.9
77.4
8
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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