most rushing yards in a running backs first 2 seasons

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in a season in his first 2 seasons, with 2,105 yards in 1984.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,105	1984	RAM	16	379	5.6	131.6	14	139	21		6.6	8.7	0
2	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	2,006	2009	TEN	16	358	5.6	125.4	14	503	50	71	10.1	31.4	2
3	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	1,811	2021	IND	17	332	5.5	106.5	18	360	40	51	9.0	21.2	2
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,808	1983	RAM	16	390	4.6	113.0	18	404	51		7.9	25.3	2
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,760	2008	MIN	16	363	4.8	110.0	10	125	21	39	6.0	7.8	0
6	Edgerrin James E. James	1,709	2000	IND	16	387	4.4	106.8	13	594	63	87	9.4	37.1	5
7	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,697	1979	HOU	16	368	4.6	106.1	19	94	16		5.9	5.9	0
8	Frank Gore F. Gore	1,695	2006	SF	16	312	5.4	105.9	8	485	61	86	8.0	30.3	1
9	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,683	2002	SD	16	372	4.5	105.2	14	489	79	101	6.2	30.6	1
10	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,674	1981	NO	16	378	4.4	104.6	13	126	16		7.9	7.9	0
11	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,631	2016	DAL	15	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
12	Arian Foster A. Foster	1,616	2010	HOU	16	327	4.9	101.0	16	604	66	84	9.2	37.8	2
13	Alfred Morris A. Morris	1,613	2012	WAS	16	335	4.8	100.8	13	77	11	16	7.0	4.8	0
14	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,605	1979	STL	16	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41		7.5	19.3	2
15	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,591	2003	DEN	13	290	5.5	122.4	14	314	38	51	8.3	24.2	0
16	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,563	1991	DAL	16	365	4.3	97.7	12	258	49		5.3	16.1	1
17	Edgerrin James E. James	1,553	1999	IND	16	369	4.2	97.1	13	586	62	87	9.5	36.6	4
18	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,538	1996	DEN	16	345	4.5	96.1	13	310	36		8.6	19.4	2
19	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,527	1958	CLE	12	257	5.9	127.3	17	138	16		8.6	11.5	1
20	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,508	2002	DEN	16	273	5.5	94.3	15	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
21	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	1,494	2019	CLE	16	298	5.0	93.4	8	278	36	49	7.7	17.4	0
22	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	1,487	2000	DEN	16	297	5.0	92.9	15	169	23	32	7.3	10.6	0
23	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,487	1995	NE	16	368	4.0	92.9	14	261	30		8.7	16.3	1
24	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,470	1989	DET	15	280	5.3	98.0	14	282	24		11.8	18.8	0
25	Jim Nance J. Nance	1,458	1966	BOS	14	299	4.9	104.1	11	103	8		12.9	7.4	0

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