most rushing yards in first 3 years of career

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards in his first 3 seasons, with 5,147 yards.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in first 3 years of career

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	5,147	46	1,061	4.9	111.9	44	669	92		7.3	14.5	2
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	5,081	46	1,043	4.9	110.5	45	189	39		4.8	4.1	0
3	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	4,757	48	1,004	4.7	99.1	26	943	100	134	9.4	19.6	1
4	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	4,598	47	925	5.0	97.8	34	1,008	137	190	7.4	21.4	4
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	4,564	48	1,024	4.5	95.1	37	1,581	238	312	6.6	32.9	5
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4,484	46	915	4.9	97.5	40	829	83	124	10.0	18.0	1
7	Clinton Portis C. Portis	4,414	44	906	4.9	100.3	34	913	111	156	8.2	20.8	4
8	Terrell Davis T. Davis	4,405	45	951	4.6	97.9	35	964	127		7.6	21.4	3
9	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	4,333	48	960	4.5	90.3	26	1,003	128		7.8	20.9	2
10	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	4,322	46	877	4.9	94.0	43	1,069	101		10.6	23.2	4
11	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,213	48	979	4.3	87.8	41	821	132		6.2	17.1	2
12	Eddie George E. George	4,061	48	1,040	3.9	84.6	19	536	67		8.0	11.2	2
13	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	4,048	40	868	4.7	101.2	28	1,199	135	173	8.9	30.0	6
14	Alfred Morris A. Morris	3,962	48	876	4.5	82.5	28	310	37	54	8.4	6.5	0
15	Edgerrin James E. James	3,924	38	907	4.3	103.3	29	1,373	149	203	9.2	36.1	9
16	Walter Payton W. Payton	3,921	41	846	4.6	95.6	34	631	75		8.4	15.4	2
17	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	3,910	51	805	4.9	76.7	25	1,738	198	261	8.8	34.1	9
18	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	3,841	43	756	5.1	89.3	33	802	104	130	7.7	18.7	3
19	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,799	45	958	4.0	84.4	32	890	117		7.6	19.8	5
20	Jim Brown J. Brown	3,798	36	749	5.1	105.5	40	383	56		6.8	10.6	2
21	William Andrews W. Andrews	3,632	47	793	4.6	77.3	17	1,500	171		8.8	31.9	5
22	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	3,580	49	675	5.3	73.1	39	1,449	181	228	8.0	29.6	10
23	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	3,557	44	680	5.2	80.8	28	577	72	96	8.0	13.1	2
24	Travis Henry T. Henry	3,523	44	869	4.1	80.1	27	646	93	126	6.9	14.7	2
25	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	3,459	46	758	4.6	75.2	19	727	86	49	8.5	15.8	2

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