most rec yds by a running back in their third season

Roger Craig had the most receiving yards by a running back in his 3rd season, with 1,016 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Roger Craig
R. Craig
1,016
1985
SF SF
16
92
11.0
63.5
6
1,050
214
4.9
65.6
9
2Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,005
2019
CAR CAR
16
116
142
8.7
62.8
4
1,387
287
4.8
86.7
15
3Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
993
2019
LAC LAC
16
92
108
10.8
62.1
8
557
132
4.2
34.8
3
4Lenny Moore
L. Moore
938
1958
BAL BAL
12
50
18.8
78.2
7
598
82
7.3
49.8
7
5Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
846
1959
PHI PHI
12
47
18.0
70.5
10
-10
2
-5.0
-0.8
0
6Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
806
2006
STL STL
16
90
110
9.0
50.4
3
1,528
346
4.4
95.5
13
7Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
788
2017
LAR LAR
15
64
87
12.3
52.5
6
1,305
279
4.7
87.0
13
8Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
766
1958
PHI PHI
12
56
13.7
63.8
2
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
9Marcus Allen
M. Allen
758
1984
RAI RAI
16
64
11.8
47.4
5
1,168
275
4.2
73.0
13
10Joe Washington
J. Washington
750
1979
BAL BAL
15
82
9.1
50.0
3
884
242
3.7
58.9
4
11William Andrews
W. Andrews
735
1981
ATL ATL
16
81
9.1
45.9
2
1,301
289
4.5
81.3
10
12LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
725
2003
SD SD
16
100
137
7.3
45.3
4
1,645
313
5.3
102.8
13
13Ricky Watters
R. Watters
719
1994
SF SF
16
66
10.9
44.9
5
877
239
3.7
54.8
6
14Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
711
1949
NYG NYG
12
35
20.3
59.3
8
634
152
4.2
52.8
9
15Keith Byars
K. Byars
705
1988
PHI PHI
16
72
9.8
44.1
4
517
152
3.4
32.3
6
16Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
703
2004
PHI PHI
13
73
87
9.6
54.1
6
812
177
4.6
62.5
3
17Theo Riddick
T. Riddick
697
2015
DET DET
16
80
99
8.7
43.6
3
133
43
3.1
8.3
0
18Ted Brown
T. Brown
694
1981
MIN MIN
16
83
8.4
43.4
2
1,063
274
3.9
66.4
6
19Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
693
2017
CLE CLE
16
74
93
9.4
43.3
3
348
82
4.2
21.8
4
20Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
691
1975
MIN MIN
14
73
9.5
49.4
9
1,070
280
3.8
76.4
13
21Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
685
1963
OAK OAK
14
30
22.8
48.9
5
1,099
215
5.1
78.5
3
22Jerry Williams
J. Williams
668
1954
PHI PHI
11
44
15.2
60.7
3
183
47
3.9
16.6
1
23John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
651
1988
SEA SEA
16
58
11.2
40.7
3
877
189
4.6
54.8
4
24Dub Jones
D. Jones
651
1952
CLE CLE
12
43
15.1
54.3
4
270
65
4.2
22.5
2
25Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
618
1995
MIA MIA
16
66
9.4
38.6
3
414
108
3.8
25.9
4
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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