before 1984 what rb had the most receptions through first 4 seasons

Before 1984, Tony Galbreath had the most catches by a running back in his first 4 seasons, with 227 receptions.

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Data note: Receptions: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	227	59	1,751	7.7	29.7	4	2,557	679	3.8	43.3	24
2	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	218	53	2,206	10.1	41.6	18	3,803	939	4.1	71.8	39
3	William Andrews W. Andrews	213	56	2,003	9.4	35.8	7	4,205	932	4.5	75.1	22
4	Joe Washington J. Washington	209	60	1,865	8.9	31.1	7	2,559	688	3.7	42.7	5
5	Ted Brown T. Brown	207	54	1,721	8.3	31.9	6	3,041	743	4.1	56.3	16
6	Rickey Young R. Young	204	58	1,734	8.5	29.9	7	2,339	591	4.0	40.3	14
7	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	183	55	1,738	9.5	31.6	8	2,329	525	4.4	42.3	14
8	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	167	53	1,348	8.1	25.4	7	3,128	801	3.9	59.0	19
9	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	163	51	1,459	9.0	28.6	7	2,699	599	4.5	52.9	20
10	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	162	54	1,641	10.1	30.4	15	4,046	960	4.2	74.9	20
11	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	161	56	2,177	13.5	38.9	14	3,117	655	4.8	55.7	35
12	James Wilder J. Wilder	158	35	1,353	8.6	38.7	4	1,334	351	3.8	38.1	11
13	Billy Sims B. Sims	155	52	1,833	11.8	35.3	5	4,419	1,001	4.4	85.0	37
14	Jim Kiick J. Kiick	155	55	1,700	11.0	30.9	1	2,592	698	3.7	47.1	22
15	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	153	41	1,197	7.8	29.2	5	1,127	293	3.8	27.5	6
16	Matt Snell M. Snell	153	47	1,057	6.9	22.5	5	2,562	623	4.1	54.5	13
17	Fred Willis F. Willis	151	51	1,021	6.8	20.0	4	1,869	514	3.6	36.6	14
18	Lenny Moore L. Moore	148	48	2,573	17.4	53.6	21	2,157	358	6.0	44.9	20
19	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	145	59	1,289	8.9	21.8	4	4,624	1,026	4.5	78.4	36
20	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	142	56	1,109	7.8	19.8	2	4,920	1,105	4.5	87.9	29
21	Sherman Smith S. Smith	142	54	1,668	11.7	30.9	8	2,880	641	4.5	53.3	25
22	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	140	53	1,367	9.8	25.8	10	1,410	289	4.9	26.6	7
23	Tony Reed T. Reed	138	56	1,382	10.0	24.7	2	2,184	513	4.3	39.0	8
24	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	137	55	1,227	9.0	22.3	7	3,184	715	4.5	57.9	24
25	Hewritt Dixon H. Dixon	136	46	1,398	10.3	30.4	8	1,806	450	4.0	39.3	14

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