most receiving yards by running back in first 3 seasons

Christian McCaffrey had the most yards on receptions by a running back in his first 3 seasons, with 2,523 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	2,523	48	303	379	8.3	52.6	15	2,920	623	4.7	60.8	24
2	Roger Craig R. Craig	2,118	48	211		10.0	44.1	13	2,424	545	4.4	50.5	24
3	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	2,068	45	243	302	8.5	46.0	10	2,408	485	5.0	53.5	27
4	Herschel Walker H. Walker	2,057	44	189		10.9	46.8	5	3,142	721	4.4	71.4	24
5	Gary Anderson G. Anderson	1,796	40	162		11.1	44.9	12	1,131	323	3.5	28.3	8
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	1,749	41	170		10.3	42.7	10	2,879	701	4.1	70.2	33
7	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	1,741	48	188	241	9.3	36.3	5	1,085	259	4.2	22.6	5
8	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	1,738	51	198	261	8.8	34.1	9	3,910	805	4.9	76.7	25
9	Lenny Moore L. Moore	1,727	36	101		17.1	48.0	15	1,735	266	6.5	48.2	18
10	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	1,707	42	128		13.3	40.6	12	2,765	556	5.0	65.8	31
11	Dub Jones D. Jones	1,679	36	104		16.1	46.6	14	1,146	252	4.5	31.8	15
12	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	1,677	34	85		19.7	49.3	22	22	17	1.3	0.6	0
13	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	1,676	46	158	196	10.6	36.4	14	1,371	285	4.8	29.8	8
14	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	1,646	36	155		10.6	45.7	6	1,037	287	3.6	28.8	9
15	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,639	39	163		10.1	42.0	17	2,648	661	4.0	67.9	26
16	Reggie Bush R. Bush	1,599	38	213	292	7.5	42.1	8	1,550	418	3.7	40.8	12
17	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,581	48	238	312	6.6	32.9	5	4,564	1,024	4.5	95.1	37
18	Tarik Cohen T. Cohen	1,534	48	203	266	7.6	32.0	9	1,027	250	4.1	21.4	5
19	Ray Rice R. Rice	1,531	45	174	227	8.8	34.0	2	3,013	668	4.5	67.0	12
20	Ted Brown T. Brown	1,514	46	176		8.6	32.9	4	2,526	623	4.1	54.9	15
21	William Andrews W. Andrews	1,500	47	171		8.8	31.9	5	3,632	793	4.6	77.3	17
22	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,495	48	171	218	8.7	31.1	7	3,236	811	4.0	67.4	18
23	James Jones J. Jones	1,463	44	168		8.7	33.3	9	1,893	516	3.7	43.0	15
24	Ricky Watters R. Watters	1,450	43	140		10.4	33.7	8	2,840	653	4.3	66.0	25
25	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	1,449	49	181	228	8.0	29.6	10	3,580	675	5.3	73.1	39

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Panthers	3	4	.429
Falcons	3	5	.375
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Sun 11/8	DEN	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	CAR	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	BAL	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Mon 11/30	CAR	@	TB	8:15 PM
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150.8

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137.8

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Pass Yards Rankings

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281.1

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273.1

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Sack Leaders

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23.0

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Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	5	0	.375
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	4	4	0	.500
Rams	4	4	0	.500
Cardinals	3	5	0	.375

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	3	0	.625
Jets	2	6	0	.250
Dolphins	1	6	0	.143
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	5	2	0	.714
Browns	5	3	0	.625
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Colts	2	6	0	.250
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Chiefs	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	4	4	0	.500
Chargers	0	7	0	.000