which rb has had the highest ypc in his first year

Beattie Feathers had the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in his first season, with 8.4 per attempt in 1934.

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  • Assumption:6.25+ ATT/TG
  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt, Rush Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
1934
11
1,004
119
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
2Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.5
1956
12
649
86
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
3Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
1952
12
684
98
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
4Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
1960
14
855
136
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
5Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
6.3
1958
12
500
80
41.7
1
131
16
8.2
10.9
3
6Dick Bass
D. Bass
6.2
1961
14
608
98
43.4
4
145
16
9.1
10.4
0
7Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
8J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
2020
15
805
134
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
9Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
5.9
1959
10
447
76
44.7
3
140
16
8.8
14.0
0
10Marion Motley
M. Motley
5.8
1950
12
810
140
67.5
3
151
11
13.7
12.6
1
11Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
5.8
1939
10
699
121
69.9
7
65
3
21.7
6.5
1
12Billy Grimes
B. Grimes
5.7
1950
12
480
84
40.0
5
261
17
15.4
21.8
1
13Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5.7
2006
16
941
166
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
14Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
5.6
2015
13
830
147
63.8
4
76
9
11
8.4
5.8
1
15Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
2007
14
1,341
238
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
5.6
1972
14
1,055
188
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
17Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
5.6
1960
14
875
156
62.5
9
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
18Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
5.6
1950
10
471
84
47.1
1
78
8
9.8
7.8
1
19Eddie Price
E. Price
5.6
1950
10
703
126
70.3
4
30
4
7.5
3.0
0
20Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5.6
1944
9
444
80
49.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
21Brad Hubbert
B. Hubbert
5.5
1967
14
643
116
45.9
2
214
19
11.3
15.3
2
22Andre Ellington
A. Ellington
5.5
2013
15
652
118
43.5
3
371
39
57
9.5
24.7
1
23Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
2002
16
1,508
273
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
24Mack Lee Hill
M. Lee Hill
5.5
1964
14
576
105
41.1
4
144
19
7.6
10.3
2
25DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
5.5
2011
13
897
164
69.0
2
183
26
35
7.0
14.1
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