before 1985 what rb had the most receiving yards through first 5 seasons

Before 1985, Lenny Moore had the most receiving yards by a running back in his first 5 seasons, with 2,788 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Lenny Moore L. Moore	2,788	58	166	16.8	48.1	23	2,627	464	5.7	45.3	22
2	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	2,739	70	199	13.8	39.1	17	3,814	794	4.8	54.5	39
3	William Andrews W. Andrews	2,612	72	272	9.6	36.3	11	5,772	1,263	4.6	80.2	29
4	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	2,514	67	256	9.8	37.5	21	4,915	1,209	4.1	73.4	45
5	Joe Washington J. Washington	2,423	74	279	8.7	32.7	10	3,475	898	3.9	47.0	9
6	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	2,417	64	145	16.7	37.8	19	3,727	799	4.7	58.2	19
7	Dub Jones D. Jones	2,399	60	147	16.3	40.0	16	1,405	334	4.2	23.4	15
8	Joe Morrison J. Morrison	2,343	68	178	13.2	34.5	23	1,533	400	3.8	22.5	11
9	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	2,303	60	146	15.8	38.4	21	1,041	289	3.6	17.4	5
10	Rickey Young R. Young	2,253	74	276	8.2	30.4	11	3,047	779	3.9	41.2	17
11	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	2,221	75	284	7.8	29.6	6	2,865	760	3.8	38.2	27
12	Doak Walker D. Walker	2,111	55	130	16.2	38.4	16	1,425	286	5.0	25.9	10
13	Ted Brown T. Brown	2,078	64	248	8.4	32.5	7	3,517	863	4.1	55.0	26
14	Billy Sims B. Sims	2,072	60	186	11.1	34.5	5	5,106	1,131	4.5	85.1	42
15	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	2,050	71	219	9.4	28.9	10	2,910	648	4.5	41.0	18
16	James Wilder J. Wilder	2,038	51	243	8.4	40.0	4	2,878	758	3.8	56.4	24
17	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,903	67	227	8.4	28.4	10	4,328	1,090	4.0	64.6	24
18	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	1,886	54	99	19.1	34.9	17	643	132	4.9	11.9	4
19	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	1,862	65	197	9.5	28.6	9	3,438	748	4.6	52.9	24
20	Jim Kiick J. Kiick	1,847	69	176	10.5	26.8	2	3,113	835	3.7	45.1	27
21	Timmy Brown T. Brown	1,847	54	111	16.6	34.2	14	1,759	388	4.5	32.6	14
22	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	1,828	69	192	9.5	26.5	11	2,095	440	4.8	30.4	10
23	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	1,818	54	144	12.6	33.7	13	2,182	485	4.5	40.4	15
24	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	1,793	67	163	11.0	26.8	11	3,712	969	3.8	55.4	16
25	Larry Brown L. Brown	1,774	66	159	11.2	26.9	14	5,037	1,250	4.0	76.3	29

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Packers	4	2	0	.667
Lions	3	2	0	.600
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