which jets rookie has the most rushing yards in a season

Matt Snell has the most rushing yards by a Jets rookie, with 948 yards in 1964.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Matt Snell
M. Snell
948
1964
NYJ NYJ
14
215
4.4
67.7
5
393
56
7.0
28.1
1
2John Riggins
J. Riggins
769
1971
NYJ NYJ
14
180
4.3
54.9
1
231
36
6.4
16.5
2
3Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
724
1976
NYJ NYJ
14
157
4.6
51.7
3
400
41
9.8
28.6
2
4Leon Washington
L. Washington
650
2006
NYJ NYJ
16
151
4.3
40.6
4
270
25
31
10.8
16.9
0
5Michael Carter
M. Carter
639
2021
NYJ NYJ
14
147
4.3
45.6
4
325
36
55
9.0
23.2
0
6Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
623
1981
NYJ NYJ
11
137
4.5
56.6
2
171
18
9.5
15.5
1
7Blair Thomas
B. Thomas
620
1990
NYJ NYJ
15
123
5.0
41.3
1
204
20
10.2
13.6
1
8Shonn Greene
S. Greene
540
2009
NYJ NYJ
14
108
5.0
38.6
2
0
0
5
0.0
0
9Breece Hall
B. Hall
463
2022
NYJ NYJ
7
80
5.8
66.1
4
218
19
31
11.5
31.1
1
10Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
455
1966
NYJ NYJ
14
97
4.7
32.5
5
133
8
16.6
9.5
0
11Dewey Bohling
D. Bohling
431
1960
NYT NYT
14
123
3.5
30.8
2
268
30
8.9
19.1
4
12Geno Smith
G. Smith
366
2013
NYJ NYJ
16
72
5.1
22.9
6
13
1
1
13.0
0.8
0
13Mike Augustyniak
M. Augustyniak
339
1981
NYJ NYJ
10
85
4.0
33.9
1
144
18
8.0
14.4
0
14Braelon Allen
B. Allen
334
2024
NYJ NYJ
17
92
3.6
19.6
2
148
19
27
7.8
8.7
1
15Elijah McGuire
E. McGuire
315
2017
NYJ NYJ
16
88
3.6
19.7
1
177
17
26
10.4
11.1
1
16Scott Dierking
S. Dierking
315
1977
NYJ NYJ
14
79
4.0
22.5
0
29
4
7.3
2.1
1
17Bill Mathis
B. Mathis
307
1960
NYT NYT
14
92
3.3
21.9
2
103
18
5.7
7.4
0
18Cedric Houston
C. Houston
302
2005
NYJ NYJ
12
81
3.7
25.2
2
66
8
10
8.3
5.5
0
19Bam Knight
B. Knight
300
2022
NYJ NYJ
7
85
3.5
42.9
1
100
13
14
7.7
14.3
0
20LaMont Jordan
L. Jordan
292
2001
NYJ NYJ
16
39
7.5
18.3
1
44
7
10
6.3
2.8
1
21Roger Vick
R. Vick
257
1987
NYJ NYJ
12
77
3.3
21.4
1
108
13
8.3
9.0
0
22La'Mical Perine
L. Perine
232
2020
NYJ NYJ
10
64
3.6
23.2
2
63
11
15
5.7
6.3
0
23Mel West
M. West
232
1961
NYT NYT
9
46
5.0
25.8
3
104
8
13.0
11.6
0
24Bruce Harper
B. Harper
198
1977
NYJ NYJ
14
44
4.5
14.1
0
209
21
10.0
14.9
1
25Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
189
2010
NYJ NYJ
9
39
4.8
21.0
0
20
3
4
6.7
2.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

21.0

24th

OPP PPG

27.6

28th

RUSH YDS/G

143.6

2nd

PASS YDS/G

184.0

32nd

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
Dolphins Dolphins
2
6
0
.250
Jets Jets
1
7
0
.125
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Sun
11/9
CLE CLE
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Thu
11/13
NYJ NYJ
@
NE NE
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
ATL ATL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
NYJ Jets

1 - 7 - 0

39

Final

38

CIN Bengals

3 - 5 - 0

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
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GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
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@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
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1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM