how many yards did tony dorsett average per game

Tony Dorsett had 4.3 rushing yards per attempt in his career.

Interpreted as:
How many rushing yards did Tony Dorsett average per game?
NAMEYPCGPSEASONTMRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.8
14
1977
1,007
208
71.9
12
273
29
9.4
19.5
1
2Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.6
16
1978
1,325
290
82.8
7
378
37
10.2
23.6
2
3Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.4
14
1979
1,107
250
79.1
6
375
45
8.3
26.8
1
4Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.3
15
1980
1,185
278
79.0
11
263
34
7.7
17.5
0
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.8
16
1981
1,646
342
102.9
4
325
32
10.2
20.3
2
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.2
9
1982
745
177
82.8
5
179
24
7.5
19.9
0
7Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.6
16
1983
1,321
289
82.6
8
287
40
7.2
17.9
1
8Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3.9
16
1984
1,189
302
74.3
6
459
51
9.0
28.7
1
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.3
16
1985
1,307
305
81.7
7
449
46
9.8
28.1
3
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.1
13
1986
748
184
57.5
5
267
25
10.7
20.5
1
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3.5
12
1987
456
130
38.0
1
177
19
9.3
14.8
1
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3.9
16
1988
703
181
43.9
5
122
16
7.6
7.6
0
Total4.317312,7392,93673.6773,5543988.920.513
Average4.314.41061.6244.773.66.4296.233.28.920.51.1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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