most rushing yards by a rookie in nfl history

Eric Dickerson has the most rushing yards by a rookie, with 1,808 yards in 1983.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,808	1983	RAM	16	390	4.6	113.0	18	404	51		7.9	25.3	2
2	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,674	1981	NO	16	378	4.4	104.6	13	126	16		7.9	7.9	0
3	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,631	2016	DAL	15	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
4	Alfred Morris A. Morris	1,613	2012	WAS	16	335	4.8	100.8	13	77	11	16	7.0	4.8	0
5	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,605	1979	STL	16	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41		7.5	19.3	2
6	Edgerrin James E. James	1,553	1999	IND	16	369	4.2	97.1	13	586	62	87	9.5	36.6	4
7	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,508	2002	DEN	16	273	5.5	94.3	15	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
8	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	1,487	2000	DEN	16	297	5.0	92.9	15	169	23	32	7.3	10.6	0
9	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,487	1995	NE	16	368	4.0	92.9	14	261	30		8.7	16.3	1
10	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,470	1989	DET	15	280	5.3	98.0	14	282	24		11.8	18.8	0
11	Doug Martin D. Martin	1,454	2012	TB	16	319	4.6	90.9	11	472	49	70	9.6	29.5	1
12	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,450	1978	HOU	15	302	4.8	96.7	13	48	12		4.0	3.2	0
13	Curt Warner C. Warner	1,449	1983	SEA	16	335	4.3	90.6	13	325	42		7.7	20.3	1
14	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,429	1993	RAM	16	294	4.9	89.3	7	244	26		9.4	15.3	0
15	Eddie George E. George	1,368	1996	HOU	16	335	4.1	85.5	8	182	23		7.9	11.4	0
16	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	1,364	2000	BAL	16	309	4.4	85.3	6	296	27	36	11.0	18.5	0
17	Rueben Mayes R. Mayes	1,353	1986	NO	16	286	4.7	84.6	8	96	17		5.6	6.0	0
18	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,341	2007	MIN	14	238	5.6	95.8	12	268	19	28	14.1	19.1	1
19	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	1,327	2017	KC	16	272	4.9	82.9	8	455	53	63	8.6	28.4	3
20	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,313	2016	CHI	15	252	5.2	87.5	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
21	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	1,307	2018	NYG	16	261	5.0	81.7	11	721	91	121	7.9	45.1	4
22	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,303	1980	DET	16	313	4.2	81.4	13	621	51		12.2	38.8	3
23	Steve Slaton S. Slaton	1,282	2008	HOU	16	268	4.8	80.1	9	377	50	59	7.5	23.6	1
24	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	1,282	1994	IND	16	314	4.1	80.1	11	522	52		10.0	32.6	1
25	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,238	2008	CHI	16	316	3.9	77.4	8	477	63	76	7.6	29.8	4

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Sun 1/5	SEA	@	LAR	1:00 PM
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Sun 12/22	LAR	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Thu 12/12	LAR	@	SF	8:15 PM
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Fantasy WR Rankings

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Vikings	8	2	0	.800
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	6	5	0	.545
Buccaneers	4	6	0	.400
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Cardinals	6	4	0	.600
Rams	5	5	0	.500

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	9	2	0	.818
Dolphins	4	6	0	.400
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	8	3	0	.727
Ravens	7	4	0	.636
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Wed 11/20	PIT	@	CLE	19-24
Sun 11/17	HOU	@	DAL	34-10
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Sat 11/16	KC	@	BUF	21-30
Sat 11/16	ATL	@	DEN	6-38

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Sun 12/8	ATL	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Thu 12/5	GB	@	DET	8:15 PM
Mon 12/2	CLE	@	DEN	8:15 PM
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