most career yards from scrimmage before turning 27

Emmitt Smith has gained the most career scrimmage yards by a player younger than 27, with 10,907 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	10,907	93	8,956	2,007	4.5	96.3	96	1,951	301		6.5	21.0	4
2	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	10,553	93	6,701	1,642	4.1	72.1	49	3,852	384	103	10.0	41.4	14
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	10,454	89	8,672	1,763	4.9	97.4	62	1,782	210		8.5	20.0	6
4	Edgerrin James E. James	10,222	81	7,720	1,828	4.2	95.3	51	2,502	312	414	8.0	30.9	10
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	10,177	89	8,386	1,865	4.5	94.2	65	1,791	202		8.9	20.1	5
6	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	9,753	79	7,361	1,702	4.3	93.2	72	2,392	342	455	7.0	30.3	8
7	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	9,630	88	7,386	1,650	4.5	83.9	56	2,244	288	380	7.8	25.5	12
8	Clinton Portis C. Portis	9,403	84	7,715	1,710	4.5	91.8	63	1,688	205	281	8.2	20.1	4
9	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	9,327	93	6,854	1,484	4.6	73.7	62	2,473	278	370	8.9	26.6	10
10	Ray Rice R. Rice	9,214	92	6,180	1,430	4.3	67.2	37	3,034	369	487	8.2	33.0	6
11	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	9,074	90	6,792	1,461	4.6	75.5	44	2,282	300	382	7.6	25.4	10
12	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	9,067	84	7,598	1,551	4.9	90.5	69	1,469	187	239	7.9	17.5	7
13	Jim Brown J. Brown	9,022	76	7,459	1,499	5.0	98.1	70
14	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	8,994	84	6,707	1,548	4.3	79.8	41	2,287	281	378	8.1	27.2	7
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	8,982	78	6,316	1,376	4.6	81.0	35	2,666	247		10.8	34.2	16
16	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	8,664	90	6,874	1,606	4.3	76.4	61	1,790	233	297	7.7	19.9	1
17	Randy Moss R. Moss	8,534	96	159	23	6.9	1.7	0	8,375	525	774	16.0	87.2	77
18	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	8,518	94	38	15	2.5	0.4	1	8,480	579	871	14.6	90.2	42
19	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	8,482	75	4,726	1,025	4.6	63.0	38	3,756	442	547	8.5	50.1	22
20	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	8,337	93	7,372	1,807	4.1	79.3	34	965	128		7.5	10.4	3
21	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	8,336	88	6,082	1,460	4.2	69.1	67	2,254	243	336	9.3	25.6	12
22	Ricky Williams R. Williams	8,160	70	6,354	1,589	4.0	90.8	41	1,806	229	304	7.9	25.8	4
23	Marcus Allen M. Allen	8,154	70	5,397	1,289	4.2	77.1	49	2,757	283		9.7	39.4	15
24	Curtis Martin C. Martin	8,064	76	6,550	1,694	3.9	86.2	45	1,514	205	61	7.4	19.9	6
25	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	8,061	73	6,752	1,406	4.8	92.5	64	1,309	137	197	9.6	17.9	3

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Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
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Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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