which running back had the most receiving touchdowns rookie season

Gale Sayers and Doak Walker are tied for the most receiving touchdowns by a rookie running back, with 6 touchdowns.

	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	6	1965	CHI	14	29		507	17.5	36.2	867	166	5.2	61.9	14
2	Doak Walker D. Walker	6	1950	DET	12	35		534	15.3	44.5	386	83	4.7	32.2	5
3	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	5	2025	LV	15	50	66	326	6.5	21.7	828	224	3.7	55.2	5
4	RJ Harvey	5	2025	DEN	16	46	54	351	7.6	21.9	512	131	3.9	32.0	7
5	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	5	2017	NO	16	81	100	826	10.2	51.6	728	120	6.1	45.5	8
6	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	5	2017	CAR	16	80	113	651	8.1	40.7	435	117	3.7	27.2	2
7	Bill Jones B. Jones	5	1990	KC	16	19		137	7.2	8.6	47	10	4.7	2.9	0
8	Jimmy Thomas J. Thomas	5	1969	SF	14	18		364	20.2	26.0	190	23	8.3	13.6	1
9	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	5	1964	WAS	14	53		814	15.4	58.1	755	199	3.8	53.9	5
10	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	5	1960	HOU	14	15		187	12.5	13.4	644	152	4.2	46.0	1
11	R.C. Owens	5	1957	SF	12	27		395	14.6	32.9	0	0		0.0	0
12	Hal Giancanelli H. Giancanelli	5	1953	PHI	12	20		346	17.3	28.8	131	44	3.0	10.9	1
13	Ray Pelfrey R. Pelfrey	5	1951	GB	12	38		462	12.2	38.5	44	3	14.7	3.7	0
14	Steve Bagarus S. Bagarus	5	1945	WAS	10	34		617	18.1	61.7	154	39	3.9	15.4	1
15	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	4	2023	ATL	17	58	86	487	8.4	28.6	976	214	4.6	57.4	4
16	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	4	2018	NYG	16	91	121	721	7.9	45.1	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	11
17	David Johnson D. Johnson	4	2015	ARI	16	36	57	457	12.7	28.6	581	125	4.6	36.3	8
18	Matt Forte M. Forte	4	2008	CHI	16	63	76	477	7.6	29.8	1,238	316	3.9	77.4	8
19	Edgerrin James E. James	4	1999	IND	16	62	87	586	9.5	36.6	1,553	369	4.2	97.1	13
20	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	4	1989	NYG	16	34		531	15.6	33.2	117	28	4.2	7.3	0
21	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	4	1989	CLE	16	54		397	7.4	24.8	633	187	3.4	39.6	6
22	Roger Craig R. Craig	4	1983	SF	16	48		427	8.9	26.7	725	176	4.1	45.3	8
23	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	4	1980	SF	16	83		567	6.8	35.4	720	171	4.2	45.0	5
24	Vic Washington V. Washington	4	1971	SF	14	36		317	8.8	22.6	811	191	4.2	57.9	3
25	Bobby Burnett B. Burnett	4	1966	BUF	14	34		419	12.3	29.9	766	187	4.1	54.7	4

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