most rushing yards per game by a rookie running back all-time

Lionel Vital has the most rushing yards per game by a rookie running back, with 115.3 per game in 1987.

NAME RUSH YDS/G SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Lionel Vital
L. Vital
115.3
1987
WAS WAS
3
346
80
4.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
2 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
113.0
1983
RAM RAM
16
1,808
390
4.6
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
3 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
108.7
2016
DAL DAL
15
1,631
322
5.1
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
4 George Rogers
G. Rogers
104.6
1981
NO NO
16
1,674
378
4.4
13
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
5 Julius Jones
J. Jones
102.4
2004
DAL DAL
8
819
197
4.2
7
109
17
26
6.4
13.6
0
6 Alfred Morris
A. Morris
100.8
2012
WAS WAS
16
1,613
335
4.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
7 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
100.3
1979
STL STL
16
1,605
331
4.8
8
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
8 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
98.0
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
280
5.3
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
9 Edgerrin James
E. James
97.1
1999
IND IND
16
1,553
369
4.2
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
10 Don Woods
D. Woods
96.8
1974
SD SD
12
1,162
227
5.1
7
349
26
13.4
29.1
3
11 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
96.7
1978
HOU HOU
15
1,450
302
4.8
13
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
12 Olandis Gary
O. Gary
96.6
1999
DEN DEN
12
1,159
276
4.2
7
159
21
29
7.6
13.3
0
13 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
95.8
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
238
5.6
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
14 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
94.3
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
5.5
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
15 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
92.9
2000
DEN DEN
16
1,487
297
5.0
15
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
16 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
92.9
1995
NE NE
16
1,487
368
4.0
14
261
30
8.7
16.3
1
17 Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
91.3
1934
CHB CHB
11
1,004
119
8.4
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
18 Doug Martin
D. Martin
90.9
2012
TB TB
16
1,454
319
4.6
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
19 Curt Warner
C. Warner
90.6
1983
SEA SEA
16
1,449
335
4.3
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
20 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
89.3
1993
RAM RAM
16
1,429
294
4.9
7
244
26
9.4
15.3
0
21 Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
88.5
2017
MIN MIN
4
354
74
4.8
2
90
11
16
8.2
22.5
0
22 Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
88.5
2019
OAK OAK
13
1,150
242
4.8
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
23 Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
87.5
2021
SF SF
11
963
207
4.7
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
24 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
87.5
2016
CHI CHI
15
1,313
252
5.2
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
25 Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
87.5
1993
NO NO
2
175
21
8.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
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PPG

26.8

8th

OPP PPG

20.2

9th

RUSH YDS/G

156.4

1st

PASS YDS/G

205.4

23rd

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
Cowboys Cowboys
2
2
1
.500
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Last Game
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Final

27

WAS Commanders

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
20-13

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
SEA SEA
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM