before 2008 what rb had the most rushing through first 8 seasons

Before 2008, Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 8 seasons, with 11,903 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	11,903	116	2,616	4.6	102.6	86	1,725	220		7.8	14.9	4
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	11,725	121	2,384	4.9	96.9	84	2,327	282		8.3	19.2	7
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	11,234	124	2,595	4.3	90.6	112	2,434	388		6.3	19.6	7
4	Jim Brown J. Brown	10,768	104	2,070	5.2	103.5	89	2,171	228		9.5	20.9	16
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	10,650	111	2,365	4.5	95.9	115	3,375	458	621	7.4	30.4	14
6	Edgerrin James E. James	10,385	112	2,525	4.1	92.7	70	3,056	394	525	7.8	27.3	11
7	Curtis Martin C. Martin	10,361	124	2,604	4.0	83.6	71	2,704	377	277	7.2	21.8	8
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	10,204	114	2,352	4.3	89.5	72	2,481	275		9.0	21.8	7
9	Eddie George E. George	10,009	128	2,733	3.7	78.2	64	2,144	259	256	8.3	16.8	10
10	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	9,804	125	2,461	4.0	78.4	49	1,172	162	47	7.2	9.4	3
11	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	9,729	123	2,285	4.3	79.1	54	3,622	371		9.8	29.4	20
12	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	9,696	122	2,210	4.4	79.5	57	1,585	207	236	7.7	13.0	6
13	O.J. Simpson	9,626	105	1,997	4.8	91.7	57	1,786	159		11.2	17.0	12
14	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	9,525	116	2,136	4.5	82.1	59	2,539	292		8.7	21.9	8
15	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	9,442	121	2,155	4.4	78.0	79	5,447	548	320	9.9	45.0	31
16	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	9,429	119	2,176	4.3	79.2	100	1,511	214	315	7.1	12.7	12
17	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	9,407	115	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
18	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	9,105	106	2,120	4.3	85.9	54	1,613	190	255	8.5	15.2	4
19	Ricky Watters R. Watters	9,083	123	2,272	4.0	73.8	70	3,528	393	62	9.0	28.7	11
20	Franco Harris F. Harris	8,563	111	2,012	4.3	77.1	72	1,311	174		7.5	11.8	4
21	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	8,367	97	1,831	4.6	86.3	51	1,963	238	278	8.2	20.2	7
22	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	8,080	107	1,882	4.3	75.5	47	2,541	308		8.3	23.7	5
23	Terry Allen T. Allen	7,777	115	1,938	4.0	67.6	68	1,526	186	19	8.2	13.3	6
24	Clinton Portis C. Portis	7,715	84	1,710	4.5	91.8	63	1,688	205	281	8.2	20.1	4
25	Terrell Davis T. Davis	7,607	78	1,655	4.6	97.5	60	1,280	169	26	7.6	16.4	5

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