2000 NFL Rookie Leaders
The best of the 2000 rookie class in every major stat, top five in each.
Doug Johnson, an undrafted rookie, led 2000 NFL rookies in passing yards with 406. Mike Anderson, the No. 189 pick, led in rushing yards (1,500), Darrell Jackson led in receiving yards (713) and Darren Howard led in sacks (11.0).
Passing Yards
YDS- 1 Doug Johnson 406
- 2 Spergon Wynn 167
- 3 Chad Pennington 67
- 4 Clint Stoerner 53
- 5 Sylvester Morris 31
- 1 Doug Johnson 2
- 2 Chad Pennington 1
- 2 Clint Stoerner 1
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Mike Anderson 1,500
- 2 Jamal Lewis 1,364
- 3 Ron Dayne 770
- 4 Travis Prentice 512
- 5 J.R. Redmond 406
- 1 Mike Anderson 15
- 2 Travis Prentice 7
- 3 Jamal Lewis 6
- 4 Ron Dayne 5
- 5 Sammy Morris 4
Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Darrell Jackson 713
- 2 Peter Warrick 592
- 3 Sylvester Morris 566
- 4 Dennis Northcutt 422
- 5 Laveranues Coles 370
Receptions
REC- 1 Darrell Jackson 53
- 2 Peter Warrick 51
- 3 Sylvester Morris 42
- 4 Dennis Northcutt 39
- 5 Travis Prentice 37
- 1 Darrell Jackson 6
- 2 Peter Warrick 4
- 3 Travis Taylor 3
- 4 Jermaine Wiggins 2
- 4 J.R. Redmond 2
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 Mike Anderson 1,669
- 2 Jamal Lewis 1,660
- 3 Ron Dayne 781
- 4 Peter Warrick 740
- 5 Darrell Jackson 712
Tackles
TKL- 1 Brian Urlacher 106
- 2 Mike Brown 89
- 3 Lester Towns 75
- 4 Greg Wesley 73
- 5 Ahmed Plummer 67
Sacks
SK- 1 Darren Howard 11.0
- 2 Corey Simon 9.5
- 3 Shaun Ellis 8.5
- 4 Brian Urlacher 8.0
- 5 Cornelius Griffin 5.0
Interceptions
INT- 1 Julian Peterson 2
- 1 David Macklin 2
- 1 Greg Wesley 2
- 1 Brian Urlacher 2
- 1 Jason Webster 2
Tackles for Loss
TFL- 1 Courtney Brown 15
- 1 Brian Urlacher 15
- 3 Darren Howard 11
- 4 Cornelius Griffin 10
- 4 Shaun Ellis 10
- 1 Jason Webster 11
- 2 Lewis Sanders 10
- 2 Julian Peterson 10
- 4 David Macklin 8
- 4 Courtney Brown 8
- 1 John Abraham 2
- 1 Kareem Larrimore 2
- 1 Al Lucas 2
- 1 Corey Simon 2
- 1 Greg Wesley 2
Field Goals Made
FGM- 1 Tim Seder 25
- 2 Sebastian Janikowski 22
- 3 Paul Edinger 21
- 4 Rian Lindell 15
- 5 Neil Rackers 12
Points Scored
PTS- 1 Sebastian Janikowski 112
- 2 Tim Seder 108
- 3 Mike Anderson 92
- 4 Paul Edinger 84
- 5 Rian Lindell 70
A rookie is a player in his first NFL season, as the league counts it: a draft pick who spent a year on injured reserve is not a rookie the next. Counting stats only; rookies who clear the rate boards' minimums are too few to rank.