before 1985 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 6 seasons

Before 1985, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards by a running back in his first 6 seasons, with 8,386 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	8,386	89	1,865	4.5	94.2	65	1,791	202	8.9	20.1	5
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	8,296	85	1,883	4.4	97.6	69	691	112	6.2	8.1	0
3	Jim Brown J. Brown	7,459	76	1,499	5.0	98.1	70	1,563	168	9.3	20.6	11
4	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	7,364	86	1,690	4.4	85.6	40	2,179	266	8.2	25.3	5
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	7,015	84	1,545	4.5	83.5	45	1,793	201	8.9	21.3	6
6	O.J. Simpson	6,306	77	1,378	4.6	81.9	33	1,101	109	10.1	14.3	4
7	Franco Harris F. Harris	6,295	80	1,435	4.4	78.7	53	876	116	7.6	11.0	3
8	William Andrews W. Andrews	5,772	72	1,263	4.6	80.2	29	2,612	272	9.6	36.3	11
9	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	5,664	81	1,446	3.9	69.9	50	2,910	317	9.2	35.9	23
10	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	5,610	79	1,235	4.5	71.0	43	1,893	197	9.6	24.0	12
11	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	5,599	74	1,165	4.8	75.7	61	613	88	7.0	8.3	5
12	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	5,523	70	1,244	4.4	78.9	23	1,506	153	9.8	21.5	10
13	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	5,487	81	1,391	3.9	67.7	27	2,523	298	8.5	31.1	14
14	Larry Brown L. Brown	5,467	77	1,413	3.9	71.0	32	2,162	196	11.0	28.1	18
15	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	5,196	85	1,174	4.4	61.1	51	1,682	192	8.8	19.8	1
16	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	5,151	78	1,089	4.7	66.0	32	578	68	8.5	7.4	3
17	Billy Sims B. Sims	5,106	60	1,131	4.5	85.1	42	2,072	186	11.1	34.5	5
18	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	5,022	81	1,025	4.9	62.0	25	1,787	194	9.2	22.1	7
19	Calvin Hill C. Hill	5,009	73	1,166	4.3	68.6	39	1,359	139	9.8	18.6	6
20	John Brockington J. Brockington	4,999	84	1,282	3.9	59.5	29	1,074	136	7.9	12.8	3
21	Delvin Williams D. Williams	4,927	84	1,125	4.4	58.7	31	1,208	121	10.0	14.4	6
22	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	4,919	88	1,214	4.1	55.9	28	1,148	126	9.1	13.0	3
23	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	4,918	66	978	5.0	74.5	39	1,307	112	11.7	19.8	9
24	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	4,904	63	1,020	4.8	77.8	59	461	39	11.8	7.3	3
25	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	4,892	84	986	5.0	58.2	37	1,020	109	9.4	12.1	7

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Commanders	1	3	0	.250
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Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Falcons	2	2	0	.500
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Saints	1	4	0	.200
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