most rushing yards in first 5 seasons of career

Eric Dickerson rushed for the most yards in his first 5 seasons, with 8,256 yards.

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	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	8,256	74	1,748	4.7	111.6	61	1,045	136		7.7	14.1	2
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	7,361	79	1,702	4.3	93.2	72	2,392	342	455	7.0	30.3	8
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	7,183	77	1,630	4.4	93.3	71	1,576	239		6.6	20.5	4
4	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	6,995	71	1,561	4.5	98.5	57	475	93		5.1	6.7	0
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	6,926	73	1,548	4.5	94.9	59	1,424	156		9.1	19.5	4
6	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	6,888	79	1,463	4.7	87.2	44	1,658	230	318	7.2	21.0	4
7	Eddie George E. George	6,874	80	1,763	3.9	85.9	42	1,447	164	129	8.8	18.1	8
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	6,789	73	1,432	4.7	93.0	55	1,499	166		9.0	20.5	5
9	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	6,752	73	1,406	4.8	92.5	64	1,309	137	197	9.6	17.9	3
10	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	6,669	75	1,508	4.4	88.9	36	1,250	142	190	8.8	16.7	2
11	Terrell Davis T. Davis	6,624	65	1,410	4.7	101.9	58	1,207	155	3	7.8	18.6	5
12	Curtis Martin C. Martin	6,550	76	1,694	3.9	86.2	45	1,514	205	61	7.4	19.9	6
13	Jim Brown J. Brown	6,463	62	1,269	5.1	104.2	57	1,046	121		8.6	16.9	6
14	Clinton Portis C. Portis	6,453	68	1,385	4.7	94.9	52	1,299	158	223	8.2	19.1	4
15	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	6,384	71	1,413	4.5	89.9	46	1,957	241	315	8.1	27.6	10
16	Ricky Williams R. Williams	6,354	70	1,589	4.0	90.8	41	1,806	229	304	7.9	25.8	4
17	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	6,341	75	1,210	5.2	84.5	48	990	119	158	8.3	13.2	4
18	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	6,316	78	1,376	4.6	81.0	35	2,666	247		10.8	34.2	16
19	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	6,270	75	1,368	4.6	83.6	40	1,614	177		9.1	21.5	6
20	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	6,209	78	1,413	4.4	79.6	36	1,113	138	136	8.1	14.3	5
21	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	6,190	71	1,401	4.4	87.2	34	1,568	196		8.0	22.1	3
22	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	6,187	78	1,491	4.1	79.3	31	875	112		7.8	11.2	3
23	Edgerrin James E. James	6,172	65	1,494	4.1	95.0	42	2,019	261	354	7.7	31.1	10
24	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	6,013	67	1,228	4.9	89.7	51	1,091	141	184	7.7	16.3	5
25	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	5,937	80	1,347	4.4	74.2	62	1,309	173	245	7.6	16.4	10

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Bears	2	1	0	.667
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