youngest running backs in nfl history to have 100 yds

Rashaan Salaam is the youngest running back in a game with 100+ rushing yards. He was 21 years old versus the Panthers on October 8, 1995.

Interpreted as:
youngest running backs in NFL history to have 100 or more rushing yds in a regular-season game
NAMEAgeRUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
21
105
10/8/1995
vs
28
3.8
0
0
0
0
2Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
21-014
109
10/22/1995
vs
29
3.8
1
0
0
0
3Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
21-018
164
9/14/2008
@
21
7.8
1
9
1
1
9.0
0
4Clinton Portis
C. Portis
21-021
103
9/22/2002
vs
18
5.7
1
4
1
1
4.0
0
5Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
21-029
116
9/24/2000
vs
25
4.6
1
25
2
5
12.5
0
6Clinton Portis
C. Portis
21-035
102
10/6/2002
vs
20
5.1
0
17
2
3
8.5
1
7Edgerrin James
E. James
21-042
112
9/12/1999
vs
26
4.3
1
14
4
4
3.5
0
8Edgerrin James
E. James
21-049
118
9/19/1999
@
32
3.7
1
9
1
2
9.0
0
9Clinton Portis
C. Portis
21-056
111
10/27/2002
@
26
4.3
2
0
0
0
0
10Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
21-062
146
10/4/2015
@
19
7.7
0
15
2
2
7.5
0
11Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
21-063
105
12/10/1995
@
22
4.8
1
0
0
0
12Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
21-065
140
9/25/2016
vs
30
4.7
0
20
2
2
10.0
0
13Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
21-069
159
10/11/2015
@
30
5.3
0
0
0
0
0
14Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
21-070
134
12/17/1995
vs
27
5.0
3
7
1
7.0
0
15Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
21-070
126
9/24/1989
vs
18
7.0
1
10
1
10.0
0
16Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
21-071
109
11/5/2000
@
22
5.0
0
70
3
3
23.3
0
17Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
21-072
138
10/2/2016
@
23
6.0
1
19
1
1
19.0
0
18Amp Lee
A. Lee
21-073
134
12/13/1992
@
23
5.8
1
7
4
1.8
1
19Clinton Portis
C. Portis
21-077
136
11/17/2002
@
23
5.9
0
52
2
3
26.0
0
20Edgerrin James
E. James
21-077
111
10/17/1999
@
26
4.3
0
20
4
5
5.0
0
21Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
21-077
122
12/24/1995
vs
30
4.1
0
0
0
0
22Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
21-079
134
10/9/2016
vs
15
8.9
2
37
3
4
12.3
0
23Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
21-083
128
10/25/2015
vs
19
6.7
2
35
4
5
8.8
0
24Kerryon Johnson
K. Johnson
21-085
101
9/23/2018
vs
16
6.3
0
9
2
3
4.5
0
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
21-085
187
11/19/2000
vs
28
6.7
0
20
4
4
5.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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