most receiving yards through first 3 seasons by a running back

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

PASS

1,268

Young

RUSH

306

Hubbard

REC

385

McMillan

Team Rankings

PPG

30.3

4th

OPP PPG

27.3

26th

RUSH YDS/G

104.5

18th

PASS YDS/G

317.0

1st

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Panthers	2	2	.500
Falcons	1	2	.333
Saints	1	2	.333
Buccaneers	0	4	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	CAR	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	TB	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CAR	@	GB	8:15 PM
Sun 11/8	DEN	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	CAR	@	NO	1:00 PM

Last Game

Lions

2 - 2

Final

Panthers

2 - 2

Sun 4 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

1,189

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

537

Walker

421

Cook

374

Henry

Rec Yards Leaders

498

Lamb

481

Smith-Njigba

401

Higgins

Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Young

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Taylor

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

173.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

305.7

303.5

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

83.8

Henry

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

75.2

Lamb

60.3

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

48.4

Kittle

36.6

Kelce

36.2

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

52

Reichard

47

McPherson

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3-1

1-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000