before 2003 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 3 seasons

Before 2003, 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	TRG	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	Edgerrin James E. James	3,924	38	907	4.3	103.3	29	1,373	149	203	9.2	36.1	9
9	Walter Payton W. Payton	3,921	41	846	4.6	95.6	34	631	75		8.4	15.4	2
10	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,799	45	958	4.0	84.4	32	890	117		7.6	19.8	5
11	Jim Brown J. Brown	3,798	36	749	5.1	105.5	40	383	56		6.8	10.6	2
12	William Andrews W. Andrews	3,632	47	793	4.6	77.3	17	1,500	171		8.8	31.9	5
13	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	3,459	46	758	4.6	75.2	19	727	86	49	8.5	15.8	2
14	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,439	44	748	4.6	78.2	25	1,026	111		9.2	23.3	4
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	3,422	47	776	4.4	72.8	19	1,409	127		11.1	30.0	8
16	Billy Sims B. Sims	3,379	39	781	4.3	86.6	30	1,414	113		12.5	36.3	5
17	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	3,354	38	715	4.7	88.3	32	744	90	68	8.3	19.6	5
18	George Rogers G. Rogers	3,353	35	756	4.4	95.8	21	216	32		6.8	6.2	0
19	John Brockington J. Brockington	3,276	42	755	4.3	78.0	15	469	49		9.6	11.2	2
20	Herschel Walker H. Walker	3,142	44	721	4.4	71.4	24	2,057	189		10.9	46.8	5
21	Ricky Williams R. Williams	3,129	38	814	3.8	82.3	16	1,092	132	183	8.3	28.7	2
22	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,091	47	796	3.9	65.8	13	643	75		8.6	13.7	1
23	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	3,056	42	676	4.5	72.8	31	875	78		11.2	20.8	4
24	Jim Nance J. Nance	2,995	42	679	4.4	71.3	23	382	42		9.1	9.1	1
25	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,978	41	581	5.1	72.6	29	1,080	79		13.7	26.3	9

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