before 1995 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 2 seasons

Before 1995, Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 2 seasons, with 3,913 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	3,913	32	769	5.1	122.3	32	543	72	7.5	17.0	2
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	3,147	31	670	4.7	101.5	32	142	28	5.1	4.6	0
3	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,957	32	632	4.7	92.4	17	616	77	8.0	19.3	2
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,774	31	535	5.2	89.5	27	762	60	12.7	24.6	3
5	Billy Sims B. Sims	2,740	30	609	4.5	91.3	26	1,072	79	13.6	35.7	5
6	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	2,500	32	606	4.1	78.1	23	486	73	6.7	15.2	1
7	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,469	24	459	5.4	102.9	26	193	32	6.0	8.0	2
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	2,454	32	613	4.0	76.7	10	537	57	9.4	16.8	1
9	Bobby Humphrey B. Humphrey	2,353	31	582	4.0	75.9	14	308	46	6.7	9.9	1
10	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	2,332	30	498	4.7	77.7	19	651	66	9.9	21.7	3
11	William Andrews W. Andrews	2,331	31	504	4.6	75.2	7	765	90	8.5	24.7	3
12	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	2,282	31	563	4.1	73.6	14	1,018	92	11.1	32.8	8
13	Rueben Mayes R. Mayes	2,270	28	529	4.3	81.1	13	164	32	5.1	5.9	0
14	George Rogers G. Rogers	2,209	22	500	4.4	100.4	16	147	20	7.4	6.7	0
15	John Brockington J. Brockington	2,132	28	490	4.4	76.1	12	341	33	10.3	12.2	2
16	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,125	31	505	4.2	68.5	8	877	78	11.2	28.3	6
17	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,098	28	395	5.3	74.9	22	954	63	15.1	34.1	8
18	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	2,075	28	446	4.7	74.1	25	530	48	11.0	18.9	4
19	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,069	27	507	4.1	76.6	20	362	48	7.5	13.4	0
20	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	2,020	27	489	4.1	74.8	9	773	68	11.4	28.6	7
21	Craig James C. James	2,017	31	423	4.8	65.1	6	519	49	10.6	16.7	2
22	Larry Brown L. Brown	2,013	27	439	4.6	74.6	9	643	71	9.1	23.8	2
23	John Stephens J. Stephens	2,001	30	541	3.7	66.7	11	305	35	8.7	10.2	0
24	Natrone Means N. Means	1,995	32	503	4.0	62.3	20	294	49	6.0	9.2	0
25	Greg Bell G. Bell	1,983	32	485	4.1	62.0	15	853	92	9.3	26.7	2

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