before 1997 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 5 seasons

Before 1997, Eric Dickerson rushed for the most yards by a running back in his first 5 seasons, with 8,256 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	8,256	74	1,748	4.7	111.6	61	1,045	136	7.7	14.1	2
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	7,183	77	1,630	4.4	93.3	71	1,576	239	6.6	20.5	4
3	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	6,995	71	1,561	4.5	98.5	57	475	93	5.1	6.7	0
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	6,926	73	1,548	4.5	94.9	59	1,424	156	9.1	19.5	4
5	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	6,789	73	1,432	4.7	93.0	55	1,499	166	9.0	20.5	5
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	6,463	62	1,269	5.1	104.2	57	1,046	121	8.6	16.9	6
7	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	6,316	78	1,376	4.6	81.0	35	2,666	247	10.8	34.2	16
8	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	6,270	75	1,368	4.6	83.6	40	1,614	177	9.1	21.5	6
9	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	6,190	71	1,401	4.4	87.2	34	1,568	196	8.0	22.1	3
10	William Andrews W. Andrews	5,772	72	1,263	4.6	80.2	29	2,612	272	9.6	36.3	11
11	Ricky Watters R. Watters	5,524	75	1,343	4.1	73.7	49	2,328	253	9.2	31.0	9
12	Terry Allen T. Allen	5,457	79	1,326	4.1	69.1	54	1,101	135	8.2	13.9	4
13	Marcus Allen M. Allen	5,397	70	1,289	4.2	77.1	49	2,757	283	9.7	39.4	15
14	George Rogers G. Rogers	5,360	66	1,226	4.4	81.2	30	321	48	6.7	4.9	0
15	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	5,268	70	1,271	4.1	75.3	45	1,014	139	7.3	14.5	0
16	O.J. Simpson	5,181	63	1,108	4.7	82.2	30	912	94	9.7	14.5	3
17	Franco Harris F. Harris	5,133	66	1,135	4.5	77.8	42	814	105	7.8	12.3	3
18	Billy Sims B. Sims	5,106	60	1,131	4.5	85.1	42	2,072	186	11.1	34.5	5
19	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	5,095	71	1,121	4.5	71.8	36	1,635	177	9.2	23.0	10
20	Curt Warner C. Warner	5,049	61	1,189	4.2	82.8	42	1,160	148	7.8	19.0	4
21	Larry Brown L. Brown	5,037	66	1,250	4.0	76.3	29	1,774	159	11.2	26.9	14
22	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	4,915	67	1,209	4.1	73.4	45	2,514	256	9.8	37.5	21
23	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	4,866	64	955	5.1	76.0	39	1,313	111	11.8	20.5	9
24	Herschel Walker H. Walker	4,827	76	1,155	4.2	63.5	36	2,795	264	10.6	36.8	11
25	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	4,807	71	1,241	3.9	67.7	37	1,085	135	8.0	15.3	2

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