who holds record for most total yards per game from rushing and receiing for a year

Herb Mul-Key has gained the most yards per game in his rookie season in 1972, with 215.0 per game.

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	NAME	YDS/G	RUSH YDS	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Herb Mul-Key H. Mul-Key	215.0	155	66	1972	WAS	2	33	4.7	77.5	1	4		16.5	33.0	0
2	Roell Preston R. Preston	211.0	0	0	1997	GB	1	0		0.0	0	0			0.0	0
3	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	189.4	816	378	1975	STL	13	165	4.9	62.8	9	43		8.8	29.1	2
4	B.J. Sams	177.0	0	0	2007	BAL	1	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Mack Herron M. Herron	174.6	824	474	1974	NE	14	231	3.6	58.9	7	38		12.5	33.9	5
6	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	174.3	1,231	447	1966	CHI	14	229	5.4	87.9	8	34		13.1	31.9	2
7	Avery Williams A. Williams	174.0	0	0	2025	NYJ	1	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Bruce Perry B. Perry	173.5	74	0	2005	PHI	2	16	4.6	37.0	0	0	2		0.0	0
9	Timmy Brown T. Brown	173.4	841	487	1963	PHI	14	192	4.4	60.1	6	36		13.5	34.8	4
10	Derek Stanley D. Stanley	171.3	5	0	2007	STL	3	1	5.0	1.7	0	0	1		0.0	0
11	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	168.5	603	710	2011	NO	16	87	6.9	37.7	2	86	112	8.3	44.4	7
12	Derrick Mason D. Mason	168.1	1	895	2000	TEN	16	1	1.0	0.1	0	63	88	14.2	55.9	5
13	Ollie Matson O. Matson	166.6	506	611	1954	CHC	10	101	5.0	50.6	4	34		18.0	61.1	3
14	Floyd Little F. Little	165.9	584	331	1968	DEN	11	158	3.7	53.1	3	19		17.4	30.1	1
15	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	165.4	15	200	2002	NO	16	1	15.0	0.9	0	8	19	25.0	12.5	0
16	Timmy Brown T. Brown	164.7	545	849	1962	PHI	14	137	4.0	38.9	5	52		16.3	60.6	6
17	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	164.4	-2	326	2009	STL	14	3	-0.7	-0.1	0	43	63	7.6	23.3	1
18	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	163.4	1,615	672	2002	KC	14	313	5.2	115.4	21	70	81	9.6	48.0	3
19	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	162.6	856	117	1968	CHI	9	138	6.2	95.1	2	15		7.8	13.0	0
20	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	162.3	867	507	1965	CHI	14	166	5.2	61.9	14	29		17.5	36.2	6
21	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	161.5	515	162	1954	SF	6	64	8.0	85.8	6	8		20.3	27.0	0
22	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	161.0	4	0	2022	BUF	1	2	2.0	4.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	O.J. Simpson	160.2	1,817	426	1975	BUF	14	329	5.5	129.8	16	28		15.2	30.4	7
24	Bobby Leo B. Leo	159.0	7	25	1967	BOS	2	1	7.0	3.5	0	1		25.0	12.5	1
25	Lionel James L. James	158.4	516	1,027	1985	SD	16	105	4.9	32.3	2	86		11.9	64.2	6

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