before 1994 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 6 seasons

Before 1994, Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 6 seasons, with 9,915 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	9,915	90	2,136	4.6	110.2	75	1,422	172	8.3	15.8	3
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	8,386	89	1,865	4.5	94.2	65	1,791	202	8.9	20.1	5
3	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	8,296	85	1,883	4.4	97.6	69	691	112	6.2	8.1	0
4	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	7,631	94	1,731	4.4	81.2	41	3,053	295	10.3	32.5	16
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	7,459	76	1,499	5.0	98.1	70	1,563	168	9.3	20.6	11
6	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	7,364	86	1,690	4.4	85.6	40	2,179	266	8.2	25.3	5
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	7,015	84	1,545	4.5	83.5	45	1,793	201	8.9	21.3	6
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	6,789	73	1,432	4.7	93.0	55	1,499	166	9.0	20.5	5
9	George Rogers G. Rogers	6,563	81	1,529	4.3	81.0	48	345	51	6.8	4.3	0
10	O.J. Simpson	6,306	77	1,378	4.6	81.9	33	1,101	109	10.1	14.3	4
11	Franco Harris F. Harris	6,295	80	1,435	4.4	78.7	53	876	116	7.6	11.0	3
12	Marcus Allen M. Allen	6,151	82	1,489	4.1	75.0	54	3,167	334	9.5	38.6	15
13	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	6,143	82	1,474	4.2	74.9	47	1,213	164	7.4	14.8	0
14	Curt Warner C. Warner	6,074	77	1,455	4.2	78.9	52	1,314	170	7.7	17.1	6
15	William Andrews W. Andrews	5,986	87	1,315	4.6	68.8	30	2,647	277	9.6	30.4	11
16	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	5,699	62	1,262	4.5	91.9	50	1,235	189	6.5	19.9	3
17	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	5,664	81	1,446	3.9	69.9	50	2,910	317	9.2	35.9	23
18	Herschel Walker H. Walker	5,652	91	1,353	4.2	62.1	46	2,999	297	10.1	33.0	11
19	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	5,610	79	1,235	4.5	71.0	43	1,893	197	9.6	24.0	12
20	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	5,599	74	1,165	4.8	75.7	61	613	88	7.0	8.3	5
21	Roger Craig R. Craig	5,571	94	1,274	4.4	59.3	43	3,768	434	8.7	40.1	15
22	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	5,523	70	1,244	4.4	78.9	23	1,506	153	9.8	21.5	10
23	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	5,487	81	1,391	3.9	67.7	27	2,523	298	8.5	31.1	14
24	Larry Brown L. Brown	5,467	77	1,413	3.9	71.0	32	2,162	196	11.0	28.1	18
25	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	5,320	67	1,185	4.5	79.4	22	1,661	167	9.9	24.8	9

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