before 1999 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 3 seasons

Before 1999, 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	Terrell Davis T. Davis	4,405	45	951	4.6	97.9	35	964	127	7.6	21.4	3
4	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	4,333	48	960	4.5	90.3	26	1,003	128	7.8	20.9	2
5	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	4,322	46	877	4.9	94.0	43	1,069	101	10.6	23.2	4
6	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,213	48	979	4.3	87.8	41	821	132	6.2	17.1	2
7	Eddie George E. George	4,061	48	1,040	3.9	84.6	19	536	67	8.0	11.2	2
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	3,921	41	846	4.6	95.6	34	631	75	8.4	15.4	2
9	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,799	45	958	4.0	84.4	32	890	117	7.6	19.8	5
10	Jim Brown J. Brown	3,798	36	749	5.1	105.5	40	383	56	6.8	10.6	2
11	William Andrews W. Andrews	3,632	47	793	4.6	77.3	17	1,500	171	8.8	31.9	5
12	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,439	44	748	4.6	78.2	25	1,026	111	9.2	23.3	4
13	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	3,422	47	776	4.4	72.8	19	1,409	127	11.1	30.0	8
14	Billy Sims B. Sims	3,379	39	781	4.3	86.6	30	1,414	113	12.5	36.3	5
15	George Rogers G. Rogers	3,353	35	756	4.4	95.8	21	216	32	6.8	6.2	0
16	John Brockington J. Brockington	3,276	42	755	4.3	78.0	15	469	49	9.6	11.2	2
17	Herschel Walker H. Walker	3,142	44	721	4.4	71.4	24	2,057	189	10.9	46.8	5
18	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,091	47	796	3.9	65.8	13	643	75	8.6	13.7	1
19	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	3,056	42	676	4.5	72.8	31	875	78	11.2	20.8	4
20	Jim Nance J. Nance	2,995	42	679	4.4	71.3	23	382	42	9.1	9.1	1
21	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,978	41	581	5.1	72.6	29	1,080	79	13.7	26.3	9
22	Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar A. al-Jabbar	2,968	47	860	3.5	63.1	32	502	73	6.9	10.7	1
23	Larry Brown L. Brown	2,961	40	692	4.3	74.0	13	819	87	9.4	20.5	4
24	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,947	45	801	3.7	65.5	29	1,425	164	8.7	31.7	4
25	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	2,915	38	697	4.2	76.7	17	1,117	105	10.6	29.4	8

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Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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Falcons	2	3	0	.400
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Saints	1	4	0	.200
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