who had the most rush attempts in their rookie season

Eric Dickerson has the most carries by a rookie, with 390 carries in 1983.

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	NAME	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	390	1983	RAM	16	1,808	4.6	113.0	18	404	51		7.9	25.3	2
2	George Rogers G. Rogers	378	1981	NO	16	1,674	4.4	104.6	13	126	16		7.9	7.9	0
3	Edgerrin James E. James	369	1999	IND	16	1,553	4.2	97.1	13	586	62	87	9.5	36.6	4
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	368	1995	NE	16	1,487	4.0	92.9	14	261	30		8.7	16.3	1
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	339	2001	SD	16	1,236	3.6	77.3	10	367	59	74	6.2	22.9	0
6	Alfred Morris A. Morris	335	2012	WAS	16	1,613	4.8	100.8	13	77	11	16	7.0	4.8	0
7	Eddie George E. George	335	1996	HOU	16	1,368	4.1	85.5	8	182	23		7.9	11.4	0
8	Curt Warner C. Warner	335	1983	SEA	16	1,449	4.3	90.6	13	325	42		7.7	20.3	1
9	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	331	1979	STL	16	1,605	4.8	100.3	8	308	41		7.5	19.3	2
10	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	322	2016	DAL	15	1,631	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
11	Doug Martin D. Martin	319	2012	TB	16	1,454	4.6	90.9	11	472	49	70	9.6	29.5	1
12	Matt Forte M. Forte	316	2008	CHI	16	1,238	3.9	77.4	8	477	63	76	7.6	29.8	4
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	314	1994	IND	16	1,282	4.1	80.1	11	522	52		10.0	32.6	1
14	Billy Sims B. Sims	313	1980	DET	16	1,303	4.2	81.4	13	621	51		12.2	38.8	3
15	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	309	2000	BAL	16	1,364	4.4	85.3	6	296	27	36	11.0	18.5	0
16	Najee Harris N. Harris	307	2021	PIT	17	1,200	3.9	70.6	7	467	74	94	6.3	27.5	3
17	Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar A. al-Jabbar	307	1996	MIA	16	1,116	3.6	69.8	11	139	23		6.0	8.7	0
18	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	306	1980	BUF	16	1,185	3.9	74.1	11	415	52		8.0	25.9	1
19	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	302	1978	HOU	15	1,450	4.8	96.7	13	48	12		4.0	3.2	0
20	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	297	2000	DEN	16	1,487	5.0	92.9	15	169	23	32	7.3	10.6	0
21	John Stephens J. Stephens	297	1988	NE	16	1,168	3.9	73.0	4	98	14		7.0	6.1	0
22	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	296	1995	CHI	16	1,074	3.6	67.1	10	56	7		8.0	3.5	0
23	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	294	1993	RAM	16	1,429	4.9	89.3	7	244	26		9.4	15.3	0
24	Bobby Humphrey B. Humphrey	294	1989	DEN	16	1,151	3.9	71.9	7	156	22		7.1	9.8	1
25	Robert Edwards R. Edwards	291	1998	NE	16	1,115	3.8	69.7	9	331	35		9.5	20.7	3

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