Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie running back, with 8.4 per attempt in 1934.
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highest ypc with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by rookie runningback all-time| NAME | YPC | SEASON | TM | GP | RUSH YDS | ATT | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Feathers | 8.4 | 1934 |  CHB | 11 | 1,004 | 119 | 91.3 | 8 | 174 | 6 | 29.0 | 15.8 | 1 | |
| 2 | | L. Moore | 7.5 | 1956 |  BAL | 12 | 649 | 86 | 54.1 | 8 | 102 | 11 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| 3 | | H. McElhenny | 7.0 | 1952 |  SF | 12 | 684 | 98 | 57.0 | 6 | 367 | 26 | 14.1 | 30.6 | 3 | |
| 4 |  | J. Croskey-Merritt | 6.6 | 2025 |  WAS | 5 | 283 | 43 | 56.6 | 4 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 5 | | P. Lowe | 6.3 | 1960 |  LAC | 14 | 855 | 136 | 61.1 | 8 | 377 | 23 | 16.4 | 26.9 | 2 | |
| 6 | | B. Mitchell | 6.3 | 1958 |  CLE | 12 | 500 | 80 | 41.7 | 1 | 131 | 16 | 8.2 | 10.9 | 3 | |
| 7 |  | A. Kamara | 6.1 | 2017 |  NO | 16 | 728 | 120 | 45.5 | 8 | 826 | 81 | 100 | 10.2 | 51.6 | 5 |
| 8 |  | J.K. Dobbins | 6.0 | 2020 |  BAL | 15 | 805 | 134 | 53.7 | 9 | 120 | 18 | 24 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 9 | | N. Pietrosante | 5.9 | 1959 |  DET | 10 | 447 | 76 | 44.7 | 3 | 140 | 16 | 8.8 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | B. Osmanski | 5.8 | 1939 | CHB | 10 | 699 | 121 | 69.9 | 7 | 65 | 3 | 21.7 | 6.5 | 1 | |
| 11 | | M. Jones-Drew | 5.7 | 2006 |  JAX | 16 | 941 | 166 | 58.8 | 13 | 436 | 46 | 62 | 9.5 | 27.3 | 2 |
| 12 |  | T. Rawls | 5.6 | 2015 |  SEA | 13 | 830 | 147 | 63.8 | 4 | 76 | 9 | 11 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 1 |
| 13 |  | A. Peterson | 5.6 | 2007 |  MIN | 14 | 1,341 | 238 | 95.8 | 12 | 268 | 19 | 28 | 14.1 | 19.1 | 1 |
| 14 | | F. Harris | 5.6 | 1972 |  PIT | 14 | 1,055 | 188 | 75.4 | 10 | 180 | 21 | 8.6 | 12.9 | 1 | |
| 15 | | A. Haynes | 5.6 | 1960 |  DLT | 14 | 875 | 156 | 62.5 | 9 | 576 | 55 | 10.5 | 41.1 | 3 | |
| 16 | | E. Price | 5.6 | 1950 |  NYG | 10 | 703 | 126 | 70.3 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 17 | | S. Van Buren | 5.6 | 1944 |  PHI | 9 | 444 | 80 | 49.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | B. Hubbert | 5.5 | 1967 | SD | 14 | 643 | 116 | 45.9 | 2 | 214 | 19 | 11.3 | 15.3 | 2 | |
| 19 | | A. Ellington | 5.5 | 2013 |  ARI | 15 | 652 | 118 | 43.5 | 3 | 371 | 39 | 57 | 9.5 | 24.7 | 1 |
| 20 | | C. Portis | 5.5 | 2002 |  DEN | 16 | 1,508 | 273 | 94.3 | 15 | 364 | 33 | 48 | 11.0 | 22.8 | 2 |
| 21 | | M. Lee Hill | 5.5 | 1964 | KC | 14 | 576 | 105 | 41.1 | 4 | 144 | 19 | 7.6 | 10.3 | 2 | |
| 22 |  | D. Murray | 5.5 | 2011 |  DAL | 13 | 897 | 164 | 69.0 | 2 | 183 | 26 | 35 | 7.0 | 14.1 | 0 |
| 23 | | M. Garrett | 5.4 | 1966 | KC | 14 | 801 | 147 | 57.2 | 6 | 175 | 15 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 1 | |
| 24 | | C. McClinton | 5.4 | 1962 | DLT | 14 | 604 | 111 | 43.1 | 2 | 333 | 29 | 11.5 | 23.8 | 0 | |
| 25 |  | K. Johnson | 5.4 | 2018 | DET | 10 | 641 | 118 | 64.1 | 3 | 213 | 32 | 39 | 6.7 | 21.3 | 1 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.
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