2008 NFL Yards per Attempt Leaders

Philip Rivers led the whole NFL in yards per attempt in 2008 with 8.38, 0.37 ahead of Matt Schaub (8.01). It was one of 3 times Philip Rivers led in yards per attempt.

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Led the whole NFL in 2008 Philip Rivers Los Angeles Chargers

8.38 Yards per Attempt 0.37 clear of Matt Schaub

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#	Player	Team	Y/A	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Philip Rivers	LAC	8.38	16	478	4,004	34
2	Matt Schaub	HOU	8.01	11	380	3,043	15
3	Drew Brees	NO	7.98	16	635	5,069	34
4	Jake Delhomme	CAR	7.93	16	414	3,284	15
5	Matt Ryan	ATL	7.93	16	434	3,440	16
6	Chad Pennington	MIA	7.67	16	476	3,653	19
7	Kurt Warner	ARI	7.65	16	599	4,582	30
8	Tony Romo	DAL	7.65	13	451	3,448	26
9	Aaron Rodgers	GB	7.53	16	536	4,038	28
10	Jay Cutler	DEN	7.35	16	616	4,525	25
11	Trent Edwards	BUF	7.22	14	374	2,699	11
12	Peyton Manning	IND	7.21	16	555	4,002	27
13	Jeff Garcia	TB	7.19	12	377	2,712	12
14	Gus Frerotte	MIN	7.17	11	301	2,157	12
15	Matt Cassel	NE	7.13	16	518	3,693	21
16	Shaun Hill	SF	7.10	9	288	2,046	13
17	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	7.05	16	470	3,314	17
18	Joe Flacco	BAL	6.94	16	428	2,971	14
19	Donovan McNabb	PHI	6.85	16	571	3,914	23
20	David Garrard	JAX	6.77	16	535	3,620	15
21	Eli Manning	NYG	6.76	16	479	3,238	21
22	Brett Favre	NYJ	6.65	16	522	3,472	22
23	JaMarcus Russell	LV	6.60	15	367	2,423	13
24	Kerry Collins	TEN	6.44	16	416	2,681	12
25	Jason Campbell	WAS	6.41	16	506	3,245	13
26	Kyle Orton	CHI	6.39	15	466	2,979	18
27	Dan Orlovsky	DET	6.34	10	255	1,616	8
28	Seneca Wallace	SEA	6.33	10	242	1,532	11
29	Tyler Thigpen	KC	6.21	14	420	2,608	18
30	Marc Bulger	LA	6.18	15	441	2,727	11
31	Derek Anderson	CLE	5.71	10	283	1,615	9
32	Ryan Fitzpatrick	CIN	5.12	12	372	1,905	8