which rookie rb has the most receiving yards per game

Steve Bagarus has the most receiving yards per game in his rookie season by a running back, with 61.7 per game in 1945.

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	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Steve Bagarus S. Bagarus	61.7	1945	WAS	10	34		617	18.1	5	154	39	3.9	15.4	1
2	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	58.1	1964	WAS	14	53		814	15.4	5	755	199	3.8	53.9	5
3	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	54.6	1993	MIA	16	75		874	11.7	3	390	119	3.3	24.4	3
4	Leon Clarke L. Clarke	54.2	1956	LA	12	36		650	18.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
5	Herschel Walker H. Walker	52.3	1986	DAL	16	76		837	11.0	2	737	151	4.9	46.1	12
6	Lavale Thomas L. Thomas	52.0	1987	GB	1	2		52	26.0	1	19	5	3.8	19.0	0
7	John David Crow J. David Crow	51.7	1958	CHC	7	20		362	18.1	3	221	52	4.3	31.6	2
8	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	51.6	2017	NO	16	81	100	826	10.2	5	728	120	6.1	45.5	8
9	Glenn Davis G. Davis	49.3	1950	LA	12	42		592	14.1	4	416	88	4.7	34.7	3
10	Reggie Bush R. Bush	46.4	2006	NO	16	88	121	742	8.4	2	565	155	3.6	35.3	6
11	Jim Podoley J. Podoley	46.2	1957	WAS	12	27		554	20.5	4	442	114	3.9	36.8	2
12	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	45.8	1959	GB	12	32		549	17.2	4	20	1	20.0	1.7	0
13	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	45.1	2018	NYG	16	91	121	721	7.9	4	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	11
14	Kelvin Bryant K. Bryant	44.9	1986	WAS	10	43		449	10.4	3	258	69	3.7	25.8	4
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	44.6	1982	RAI	9	38		401	10.6	3	697	160	4.4	77.4	11
16	Doak Walker D. Walker	44.5	1950	DET	12	35		534	15.3	6	386	83	4.7	32.2	5
17	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	41.1	1960	DLT	14	55		576	10.5	3	875	156	5.6	62.5	9
18	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	40.7	2017	CAR	16	80	113	651	8.1	5	435	117	3.7	27.2	2
19	John Tagliaferri J. Tagliaferri	39.0	1987	MIA	3	12		117	9.8	0	45	13	3.5	15.0	1
20	Billy Sims B. Sims	38.8	1980	DET	16	51		621	12.2	3	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	13
21	Ray Pelfrey R. Pelfrey	38.5	1951	GB	12	38		462	12.2	5	44	3	14.7	3.7	0
22	Troy Stradford T. Stradford	38.1	1987	MIA	12	48		457	9.5	1	619	145	4.3	51.6	6
23	Charlie McBride C. McBride	38.0	1936	CHC	1	1		38	38.0	1	1	2	0.5	1.0	0
24	Edgerrin James E. James	36.6	1999	IND	16	62	87	586	9.5	4	1,553	369	4.2	97.1	13
25	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	36.2	1965	CHI	14	29		507	17.5	6	867	166	5.2	61.9	14

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