2026 NFL Rookie Stats Leaders

Through week 4 · Updated October 6, 2026

How the 2026 rookie class is performing, through week 4 of the regular season. Each table ranks first-year players — drafted and undrafted — by the stat that matters most for the role, and shows where each was picked, so you can see which teams found value beyond the first round. Click any drafted player for his full draft profile and season stats. For all players, see the 2026 NFL stat leaders.

Rookie Passing Leaders

Athan Kaliakmanis leads all rookies with 186 passing yards.

#	Player	Team	Drafted	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
1	Athan Kaliakmanis	WAS	Rd 7, #223	1	15	33	186	1	1
2	Jalon Daniels	TB	Undrafted	2	19	30	148	1	3
3	Jack Strand	ATL	Undrafted	1	8	15	59	0	1

Rookie Rushing Leaders

Jeremiyah Love leads all rookies with 223 rushing yards.

#	Player	Team	Drafted	G	Car	Yds	TD
1	Jeremiyah Love	ARI	Rd 1, #3	4	55	223	1
2	Mike Washington Jr.	LV	Rd 4, #122	4	24	120	1
3	Kaelon Black	SF	Rd 3, #90	4	31	120	0
4	Jadarian Price	SEA	Rd 1, #32	3	28	119	0
5	Jalon Daniels	TB	Undrafted	2	9	64	0
6	Emmett Johnson	KC	Rd 5, #161	4	16	56	0
7	Seth McGowan	IND	Rd 7, #237	4	12	45	0
8	Kaytron Allen	WAS	Rd 6, #187	3	12	41	0
9	Jonah Coleman	DEN	Rd 4, #108	2	10	39	1
10	CJ Donaldson	NO	Undrafted	4	7	29	0
11	Athan Kaliakmanis	WAS	Rd 7, #223	1	3	16	0
12	Jack Strand	ATL	Undrafted	1	2	16	0
13	Deion Burks	IND	Rd 7, #254	2	2	14	0
14	Demond Claiborne	MIN	Rd 6, #198	3	6	13	0
15	Nicholas Singleton	TEN	Rd 5, #165	2	7	12	0

Rookie Receiving Leaders

Denzel Boston leads all rookies with 284 receiving yards.

#	Player	Team	Drafted	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD
1	Denzel Boston	CLE	Rd 2, #39	4	22	13	284	2
2	Carnell Tate	TEN	Rd 1, #4	4	32	22	268	0
3	KC Concepcion	CLE	Rd 1, #24	4	28	17	144	0
4	Kenyon Sadiq	NYJ	Rd 1, #16	4	18	12	143	1
5	Dohnte Meyers	CIN	Undrafted	4	16	11	129	0
6	Ted Hurst III	TB	Rd 3, #84	4	16	8	128	1
7	Malachi Fields	NYG	Rd 3, #74	4	15	8	126	1
8	Antonio Williams	WAS	Rd 3, #71	4	19	12	124	1
9	Caleb Douglas	MIA	Rd 3, #75	2	10	7	113	0
10	Chris Bell	MIA	Rd 3, #94	4	13	5	92	0
11	Emmett Johnson	KC	Rd 5, #161	4	5	5	74	0
12	Josh Cameron	JAX	Rd 6, #191	4	6	5	74	2
13	Matthew Hibner	BAL	Rd 4, #133	3	5	5	70	1
14	Makai Lemon	PHI	Rd 1, #20	4	15	10	65	0
15	Germie Bernard	PIT	Rd 2, #47	3	11	7	60	0
16	Bryce Lance	NO	Rd 4, #136	4	13	5	57	0
17	Eli Raridon	NE	Rd 3, #95	3	4	3	44	1
18	Jeremiyah Love	ARI	Rd 1, #3	4	13	11	36	1
19	Sam Roush	CHI	Rd 3, #69	3	5	3	33	0
20	Zachariah Branch	ATL	Rd 3, #79	4	6	5	31	0

Rookie Sack Leaders

David Bailey leads all rookies with 2 sacks.

#	Player	Team	Drafted	G	Sacks	QB Hits	TFL	Solo
1	David Bailey	NYJ	Rd 1, #2	4	2	3	3	12
2	Akheem Mesidor	LAC	Rd 1, #22	4	1.5	3	1	5
3	Gabe Jacas	NE	Rd 2, #55	4	1.5	4	2	6
4	Caleb Downs	DAL	Rd 1, #11	4	1	1	0	18
5	Ethan Burke	BAL	Undrafted	3	1	1	1	1
6	Sonny Styles	WAS	Rd 1, #7	4	1	2	2	10
7	Malik Muhammad	CHI	Rd 4, #124	4	1	2	1	7
8	Wesley Bailey	LA	Undrafted	3	1	1	0	3
9	R Mason Thomas	KC	Rd 2, #40	4	1	3	1	1
10	Josiah Trotter	TB	Rd 2, #46	3	1	1	2	17
11	Keldric Faulk	TEN	Rd 1, #31	4	1	1	2	3
12	Romello Height	SF	Rd 3, #70	2	1	0	0	3
13	Dani Dennis-Sutton	GB	Rd 4, #120	4	0.5	2	0	2
14	TJ Parker	BUF	Rd 2, #35	3	0.5	0	0	3
15	Nick Barrett	LAC	Rd 5, #145	3	0.5	2	0	4

Rookie Tackle Leaders

Arvell Reese leads all rookies with 26 solo tackles.

#	Player	Team	Drafted	G	Solo	Ast	TFL
1	Arvell Reese	NYG	Rd 1, #5	4	26	7	3
2	Jacob Rodriguez	MIA	Rd 2, #43	4	20	25	3
3	Caleb Downs	DAL	Rd 1, #11	4	18	9	0
4	Josiah Trotter	TB	Rd 2, #46	3	17	16	2
5	Keionte Scott	TB	Rd 4, #116	4	16	1	0
6	Anthony Hill Jr.	TEN	Rd 2, #60	4	15	27	0
7	Dillon Thieneman	CHI	Rd 1, #25	4	15	15	0
8	Brandon Cisse	GB	Rd 2, #52	4	14	5	0
9	Mansoor Delane	KC	Rd 1, #6	3	14	6	2
10	Jaishawn Barham	DAL	Rd 3, #92	4	12	9	4
11	David Bailey	NYJ	Rd 1, #2	4	12	6	3
12	Michael Taaffe	MIA	Rd 5, #158	4	12	14	0
13	Hezekiah Masses	LV	Rd 5, #175	4	11	7	1
14	Will Lee III	CAR	Rd 4, #129	4	11	7	0
15	Zakee Wheatley	CAR	Rd 5, #151	3	11	3	0

Rookie Interception Leaders

Hezekiah Masses leads all rookies with 3 interceptions.

#	Player	Team	Drafted	G	INT	PD	Solo
1	Hezekiah Masses	LV	Rd 5, #175	4	3	6	11
2	Genesis Smith	LAC	Rd 4, #131	4	2	3	7
3	Treydan Stukes	LV	Rd 2, #38	3	1	1	7
4	Xavier Nwankpa	KC	Undrafted	3	1	1	3
5	Sonny Styles	WAS	Rd 1, #7	4	1	2	10
6	Malik Muhammad	CHI	Rd 4, #124	4	1	3	7
7	Robert Spears-Jennings	PIT	Rd 7, #224	4	1	2	10
8	Josiah Trotter	TB	Rd 2, #46	3	1	1	17
9	Arvell Reese	NYG	Rd 1, #5	4	1	4	26
10	Jacob Rodriguez	MIA	Rd 2, #43	4	1	1	20

Rookie Kicking Leaders

Dominic Zvada leads all rookies with 9 field goals made.

#	Player	Team	Drafted	G	FGM	FGA	Long	XPM
1	Dominic Zvada	NYG	Undrafted	4	9	9	52	5
2	Drew Stevens	WAS	Undrafted	4	7	9	57	7
3	Trey Smack	GB	Rd 6, #216	4	6	7	59	7

Regular-season stats from nflverse. "G" counts games with at least one recorded statistic. Updated October 6, 2026.