before 1971 what running back has the most rushing yds through first 3 seasons

Jim Brown rushed for the most yards by a running back in his first 3 seasons, with 3,798 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
3,798
36
749
5.1
105.5
40
383
56
6.8
10.6
2
2Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
3,056
42
676
4.5
72.8
31
875
78
11.2
20.8
4
3Jim Nance
J. Nance
2,995
42
679
4.4
71.3
23
382
42
9.1
9.1
1
4Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,978
41
581
5.1
72.6
29
1,080
79
13.7
26.3
9
5Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
2,765
42
556
5.0
65.8
31
1,707
128
13.3
40.6
12
6Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
2,632
42
488
5.4
62.7
25
671
66
10.2
16.0
4
7Rick Casares
R. Casares
2,498
36
563
4.4
69.4
22
564
64
8.8
15.7
3
8Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
2,452
41
547
4.5
59.8
18
795
94
8.5
19.4
5
9Hoyle Granger
H. Granger
2,430
38
494
4.9
63.9
14
765
69
11.1
20.1
4
10Eddie Price
E. Price
2,422
33
580
4.2
73.4
16
85
20
4.3
2.6
0
11Don Perkins
D. Perkins
2,374
39
571
4.2
60.9
18
486
59
8.2
12.5
1
12Matt Snell
M. Snell
2,355
40
562
4.2
58.9
13
1,003
142
7.1
25.1
5
13Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
2,312
36
535
4.3
64.2
22
467
68
6.9
13.0
2
14Dickie Post
D. Post
2,294
40
494
4.6
57.4
16
678
74
9.2
17.0
1
15Charley Tolar
C. Tolar
2,248
42
595
3.8
53.5
14
745
95
7.8
17.7
2
16Dick Bass
D. Bass
2,161
40
437
4.9
54.0
15
755
76
9.9
18.9
2
17Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
2,160
36
438
4.9
60.0
16
584
55
10.6
16.2
0
18Paul Robinson
P. Robinson
2,134
42
547
3.9
50.8
18
407
61
6.7
9.7
2
19Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
2,066
42
499
4.1
49.2
14
1,224
90
13.6
29.1
20
20Ken Willard
K. Willard
2,051
41
549
3.7
50.0
15
846
97
8.7
20.6
7
21Joe Perry
J. Perry
2,049
35
418
4.9
58.5
16
317
46
6.9
9.1
2
22Johnny Roland
J. Roland
2,026
41
547
3.7
49.4
17
579
49
11.8
14.1
1
23J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
2,025
36
407
5.0
56.3
18
373
55
6.8
10.4
2
24Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
2,019
36
407
5.0
56.1
12
1,153
67
17.2
32.0
6
25Larry Brown
L. Brown
2,013
27
439
4.6
74.6
9
643
71
9.1
23.8
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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