most receiving yards by a running back in a career before 2000

Before 2000, Ronnie Harmon had the most receiving yards by a running back, with 6,076 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	6,076	181	582		10.4	33.6	24	2,774	615	4.5	15.3	10
2	Keith Byars K. Byars	5,661	189	610		9.3	30.0	31	3,109	865	3.6	16.4	23
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	5,411	222	587		9.2	24.4	21	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123
4	Roger Craig R. Craig	4,911	165	566		8.7	29.8	17	8,189	1,991	4.1	49.6	56
5	Herschel Walker H. Walker	4,859	187	512		9.5	26.0	21	8,225	1,954	4.2	44.0	61
6	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	4,656	149	546		8.5	31.2	19	5,006	1,245	4.0	33.6	18
7	Earnest Byner E. Byner	4,605	211	512		9.0	21.8	15	8,261	2,095	3.9	39.2	56
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	4,538	190	492		9.2	23.9	15	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110
9	Larry Centers L. Centers	4,480	126	538	90	8.3	35.6	19	1,635	505	3.2	13.0	10
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4,341	173	456	5	9.5	25.1	22	11,938	2,849	4.2	69.0	65
11	Lenny Moore L. Moore	4,087	111	248		16.5	36.8	29	4,016	859	4.7	36.2	50
12	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	4,066	170	490		8.3	23.9	9	4,072	1,031	3.9	24.0	34
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	3,852	93	384	103	10.0	41.4	14	6,701	1,642	4.1	72.1	49
14	John David Crow J. David Crow	3,699	125	258		14.3	29.6	35	4,963	1,157	4.3	39.7	38
15	James Brooks J. Brooks	3,621	162	383		9.5	22.4	30	7,962	1,685	4.7	49.1	49
16	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	3,592	123	383		9.4	29.2	16	3,543	732	4.8	28.8	16
17	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	3,576	90	174		20.6	39.7	35	682	137	5.0	7.6	4
18	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,554	173	398		8.9	20.5	13	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77
19	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	3,535	112	287		12.3	31.6	20	4,630	1,036	4.5	41.3	46
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	3,528	123	393	62	9.0	28.7	11	9,083	2,272	4.0	73.8	70
21	James Wilder J. Wilder	3,500	129	431		8.1	27.1	10	6,008	1,586	3.8	46.6	37
22	Joe Washington J. Washington	3,413	119	395		8.6	28.7	18	4,839	1,195	4.0	40.7	12
23	Timmy Brown T. Brown	3,399	108	235		14.5	31.5	26	3,862	889	4.3	35.8	31
24	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	3,314	96	203		16.3	34.5	24	5,140	1,145	4.5	53.5	30
25	Rickey Young R. Young	3,285	131	408		8.1	25.1	16	3,666	1,011	3.6	28.0	23

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