most rush att in a career before the age of 27

Emmitt Smith has the most career carries by a player younger than 27, with 2,007 rush attempts.

Regular season

	NAME	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	2,007	93	8,956	4.5	96.3	96	1,951	301		6.5	21.0	4
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,865	89	8,386	4.5	94.2	65	1,791	202		8.9	20.1	5
3	Edgerrin James E. James	1,828	81	7,720	4.2	95.3	51	2,502	312	414	8.0	30.9	10
4	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,807	93	7,372	4.1	79.3	34	965	128		7.5	10.4	3
5	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,763	89	8,672	4.9	97.4	62	1,782	210		8.5	20.0	6
6	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,710	84	7,715	4.5	91.8	63	1,688	205	281	8.2	20.1	4
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,702	79	7,361	4.3	93.2	72	2,392	342	455	7.0	30.3	8
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,694	76	6,550	3.9	86.2	45	1,514	205	61	7.4	19.9	6
9	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,650	88	7,386	4.5	83.9	56	2,244	288	380	7.8	25.5	12
10	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	1,642	93	6,701	4.1	72.1	49	3,852	384	103	10.0	41.4	14
11	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	1,606	90	6,874	4.3	76.4	61	1,790	233	297	7.7	19.9	1
12	Ricky Williams R. Williams	1,589	70	6,354	4.0	90.8	41	1,806	229	304	7.9	25.8	4
13	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	1,551	84	7,598	4.9	90.5	69	1,469	187	239	7.9	17.5	7
14	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	1,548	84	6,707	4.3	79.8	41	2,287	281	378	8.1	27.2	7
15	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	1,547	87	5,989	3.9	68.8	47	1,227	159		7.7	14.1	2
16	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	1,508	75	6,669	4.4	88.9	36	1,250	142	190	8.8	16.7	2
17	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	1,484	93	6,854	4.6	73.7	62	2,473	278	370	8.9	26.6	10
18	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,465	62	6,968	4.8	112.4	55	874	118		7.4	14.1	2
19	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	1,461	90	6,792	4.6	75.5	44	2,282	300	382	7.6	25.4	10
20	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	1,460	88	6,082	4.2	69.1	67	2,254	243	336	9.3	25.6	12
21	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	1,452	88	6,132	4.2	69.7	46	1,216	166	227	7.3	13.8	3
22	Ray Rice R. Rice	1,430	92	6,180	4.3	67.2	37	3,034	369	487	8.2	33.0	6
23	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,410	65	6,624	4.7	101.9	58	1,207	155	3	7.8	18.6	5
24	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,406	73	6,752	4.8	92.5	64	1,309	137	197	9.6	17.9	3
25	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,404	62	6,457	4.6	104.1	55	345	75		4.6	5.6	0

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