highest yards per carry through a running backs first two seasons minimum 200 carries

Jerious Norwood had the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 200+ rush attempts in his first 2 seasons, with 6.2 per attempt.

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jerious Norwood J. Norwood	6.2	202	29	1,246	43.0	3	379	40	54	9.5	13.1	0
2	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	5.9	211	24	1,243	51.8	6	482	51		9.5	20.1	7
3	J.K. Dobbins	5.9	226	23	1,325	57.6	11	162	25	32	6.5	7.0	1
4	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.7	257	31	1,477	47.6	7	569	67	96	8.5	18.4	2
5	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	5.7	223	19	1,276	67.2	20	123	10		12.3	6.5	2
6	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	5.7	210	24	1,187	49.5	9	841	56		15.0	35.0	5
7	Dick Bass D. Bass	5.6	294	28	1,641	58.6	10	407	46		8.8	14.5	2
8	De'Von Achane D. Achane	5.6	306	28	1,707	61.0	14	789	105	124	7.5	28.2	9
9	Nick Pietrosante N. Pietrosante	5.6	237	22	1,319	60.0	11	269	29		9.3	12.2	0
10	Clinton Portis C. Portis	5.5	563	29	3,099	106.9	29	678	71	99	9.5	23.4	2
11	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	5.5	214	24	1,176	49.0	12	228	35	53	6.5	9.5	1
12	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	5.5	432	32	2,357	73.7	26	833	104	134	8.0	26.0	5
13	Hoyle Granger H. Granger	5.4	292	25	1,582	63.3	7	404	43		9.4	16.2	4
14	Marion Motley M. Motley	5.4	201	23	1,083	47.1	4	203	21		9.7	8.8	1
15	Ron Waller R. Waller	5.4	234	21	1,259	60.0	8	304	33		9.2	14.5	1
16	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.4	459	24	2,469	102.9	26	193	32		6.0	8.0	2
17	J.D. Smith	5.3	233	24	1,245	51.9	13	192	19		10.1	8.0	1
18	Bob Hoernschemeyer B. Hoernschemeyer	5.3	216	21	1,149	54.7	3	341	31		11.0	16.2	4
19	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	5.3	395	28	2,098	74.9	22	954	63		15.1	34.1	8
20	Tatum Bell T. Bell	5.3	248	29	1,317	45.4	11	184	23	35	8.0	6.3	0
21	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	5.3	609	31	3,234	104.3	23	763	93	133	8.2	24.6	3
22	Gus Edwards G. Edwards	5.3	270	27	1,429	52.9	4	65	9	9	7.2	2.4	0
23	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	5.3	258	32	1,364	42.6	2	205	31		6.6	6.4	1
24	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	5.3	564	32	2,980	93.1	29	659	76	90	8.7	20.6	3
25	Frank Gore F. Gore	5.2	439	30	2,303	76.8	11	616	76	108	8.1	20.5	1

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