before 1997 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 4 seasons

Before 1997, Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 4 seasons, with 6,968 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	6,968	62	1,465	4.8	112.4	55	874	118	7.4	14.1	2
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	6,457	62	1,404	4.6	104.1	55	345	75	4.6	5.6	0
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	5,699	62	1,262	4.5	91.9	50	1,235	189	6.5	19.9	3
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5,674	62	1,189	4.8	91.5	52	1,294	130	10.0	20.9	5
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	5,316	57	1,179	4.5	93.3	45	1,111	125	8.9	19.5	2
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	5,055	48	964	5.2	105.3	49	587	75	7.8	12.2	4
7	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	4,920	56	1,105	4.5	87.9	29	1,109	142	7.8	19.8	2
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4,829	62	1,064	4.5	77.9	26	2,040	189	10.8	32.9	13
9	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4,638	57	1,081	4.3	81.4	44	2,304	237	9.7	40.4	13
10	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4,624	59	1,026	4.5	78.4	36	1,289	145	8.9	21.8	4
11	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	4,522	63	1,116	4.1	71.8	24	765	97	7.9	12.1	1
12	Billy Sims B. Sims	4,419	52	1,001	4.4	85.0	37	1,833	155	11.8	35.3	5
13	George Rogers G. Rogers	4,267	51	995	4.3	83.7	23	292	44	6.6	5.7	0
14	William Andrews W. Andrews	4,205	56	932	4.5	75.1	22	2,003	213	9.4	35.8	7
15	Larry Brown L. Brown	4,177	52	977	4.3	80.3	21	1,292	119	10.9	24.8	8
16	John Brockington J. Brockington	4,159	56	1,021	4.1	74.3	20	783	92	8.5	14.0	2
17	Ricky Watters R. Watters	4,113	59	990	4.2	69.7	36	1,884	202	9.3	31.9	9
18	Terry Allen T. Allen	4,104	63	979	4.2	65.1	33	907	103	8.8	14.4	4
19	Curt Warner C. Warner	4,064	49	955	4.3	82.9	34	993	131	7.6	20.3	2
20	Herschel Walker H. Walker	4,057	60	971	4.2	67.6	31	2,480	229	10.8	41.3	7
21	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	4,046	54	960	4.2	74.9	20	1,641	162	10.1	30.4	15
22	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	4,010	56	928	4.3	71.6	37	1,029	96	10.7	18.4	5
23	Franco Harris F. Harris	4,005	52	846	4.7	77.0	28	663	82	8.1	12.8	3
24	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	3,941	54	928	4.2	73.0	36	878	115	7.6	16.3	0
25	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	3,834	50	719	5.3	76.7	31	1,197	94	12.7	23.9	9

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