You knew it was long due for this sport... Dalvin Cook Stats vs. New Orleans: Rushing Yards: 127 Receiving Yards: 10 Result: Win, 29-19 Cook broke the record for the most yards in a rookie debut for anyone in Minnesota's history. The player he took the record from? Adrian Peterson, who happened to be there on the New Orleans' sidelines. The crazy thing about Cook was that he was not picked by Minnesota until the second round of the draft. They definitely won with this pick already in their first game. It will be great to see him prove the naysayers wrong throughout this season. Leonard Fournette Stats vs. Houston: Rushing Yards: 100 Touchdown(s): 1 Receiving Yards: 24 Result: Win, 29-7 Think that record-breaking was over for this rookie class? No way! Fournette became the first in Jacksonville's history to have 100 yards in his rookie debut. They may be one of the younger franchises, but they are over 20 years of existence, so this is still a big deal. Here's another interesting part of his 100 yard game, he faced 8+ defenders on 58% of his carries (per Josh Norris), which was the most in the NFL. He still managed to have a great game and break through a Houston defense to do so. Kareem Hunt Stats vs. New England: Rushing Yards: 148 Touchdown(s): 1 Receiving Yards: 98 Touchdown(s): 2 Result: Win, 42-27 Hunt had 246 yards from scrimmage, the most in a debut in NFL rookie history, against defending Super Bowl Champion New England. Hunt had 7 players miss tackles on his carries, the first rookie to do so in 12 years in Week 1 (from Nathan Jahnke). The game itself was a huge moment for Kansas City, because they were not the favorites going into Foxborough after a record of losing there. Hunt was able to turn that around and prove that being new to it all can be a good thing. DeShone Kizer Stats vs. Pittsburgh: Completion Percentage: 66.7% Passing Yards: 222 Touchdown(s): 1 Interception(s): 1 Rushing Yards: 17 Touchdown(s): 1 Result: Loss, 21-18 Pittsburgh Even though his team lost, it was still a solid debut for a rookie and especially for a rookie with Cleveland. Cleveland is not well known for developing rookie quarterbacks but Kizer was able to have a good start to his season. He broke a record in how his touchdown in the first quarter was the first time Cleveland scored a touchdown in the opening quarter of a season since 2010. That is huge for this team and hopefully he can help them be more successful than the teams in the past and give hope to this deserving team. Get ready for Week 2!
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