before 1991 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 3 seasons

Before 1991, Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 3 seasons, with 5,147 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	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	5,147	46	1,061	4.9	111.9	44	669	92	7.3	14.5	2
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	5,081	46	1,043	4.9	110.5	45	189	39	4.8	4.1	0
3	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	4,333	48	960	4.5	90.3	26	1,003	128	7.8	20.9	2
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	3,921	41	846	4.6	95.6	34	631	75	8.4	15.4	2
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	3,798	36	749	5.1	105.5	40	383	56	6.8	10.6	2
6	William Andrews W. Andrews	3,632	47	793	4.6	77.3	17	1,500	171	8.8	31.9	5
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,439	44	748	4.6	78.2	25	1,026	111	9.2	23.3	4
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	3,422	47	776	4.4	72.8	19	1,409	127	11.1	30.0	8
9	Billy Sims B. Sims	3,379	39	781	4.3	86.6	30	1,414	113	12.5	36.3	5
10	George Rogers G. Rogers	3,353	35	756	4.4	95.8	21	216	32	6.8	6.2	0
11	John Brockington J. Brockington	3,276	42	755	4.3	78.0	15	469	49	9.6	11.2	2
12	Herschel Walker H. Walker	3,142	44	721	4.4	71.4	24	2,057	189	10.9	46.8	5
13	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	3,056	42	676	4.5	72.8	31	875	78	11.2	20.8	4
14	Jim Nance J. Nance	2,995	42	679	4.4	71.3	23	382	42	9.1	9.1	1
15	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,978	41	581	5.1	72.6	29	1,080	79	13.7	26.3	9
16	Larry Brown L. Brown	2,961	40	692	4.3	74.0	13	819	87	9.4	20.5	4
17	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	2,915	38	697	4.2	76.7	17	1,117	105	10.6	29.4	8
18	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	2,915	44	642	4.5	66.3	20	707	78	9.1	16.1	6
19	Rueben Mayes R. Mayes	2,898	44	699	4.1	65.9	16	267	43	6.2	6.1	0
20	Marcus Allen M. Allen	2,879	41	701	4.1	70.2	33	1,749	170	10.3	42.7	10
21	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	2,826	40	717	3.9	70.7	12	1,018	96	10.6	25.5	9
22	John Stephens J. Stephens	2,809	46	753	3.7	61.1	13	501	63	8.0	10.9	1
23	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,774	31	535	5.2	89.5	27	762	60	12.7	24.6	3
24	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	2,765	42	556	5.0	65.8	31	1,707	128	13.3	40.6	12
25	Franco Harris F. Harris	2,759	38	584	4.7	72.6	18	449	54	8.3	11.8	2

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