most rushing yards in first two games in a season

Ottis Anderson had the most rushing yards in a season in his first 2 games, with 302 yards in his rookie season in 1979.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in first two games in a season

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	302	1979	STL	2	52	5.8	151.0	1	57	4		14.3	28.5	0
2	William Andrews W. Andrews	288	1979	ATL	2	54	5.3	144.0	1	25	4		6.3	12.5	0
3	Billy Sims B. Sims	287	1980	DET	2	42	6.8	143.5	4	158	4		39.5	79.0	1
4	Cadillac Williams C. Williams	276	2005	TB	2	51	5.4	138.0	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	247	1994	IND	2	41	6.0	123.5	3	113	8		14.1	56.5	0
6	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	244	1978	HOU	2	37	6.6	122.0	3	7	4		1.8	3.5	0
7	Jim Brown J. Brown	240	1960	CLE	2	43	5.6	120.0	2	-12	2		-6.0	-6.0	0
8	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	234	1960	GB	2	42	5.6	117.0	2	10	1		10.0	5.0	0
9	Charlie Garner C. Garner	233	1994	PHI	2	44	5.3	116.5	2	41	3		13.7	20.5	0
10	Edgerrin James E. James	230	1999	IND	2	58	4.0	115.0	2	23	5	6	4.6	11.5	0
11	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	229	2017	KC	2	30	7.6	114.5	3	126	8	8	15.8	63.0	2
12	George Rogers G. Rogers	223	1981	NO	2	42	5.3	111.5	1	1	1		1.0	0.5	0
13	Curt Warner C. Warner	221	1983	SEA	2	36	6.1	110.5	2	72	6		12.0	36.0	1
14	Ben Tate B. Tate	219	2011	HOU	2	47	4.7	109.5	1	32	4	4	8.0	16.0	0
15	Matt Forte M. Forte	215	2008	CHI	2	46	4.7	107.5	1	39	6	6	6.5	19.5	0
16	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	210	2008	OAK	2	30	7.0	105.0	1	20	2	2	10.0	10.0	0
17	Lionel Vital L. Vital	210	1987	WAS	2	54	3.9	105.0	2	13	1		13.0	6.5	0
18	De'Von Achane D. Achane	208	2023	MIA	2	19	10.9	104.0	2	34	5	5	6.8	17.0	2
19	Calvin Hill C. Hill	208	1969	DAL	2	41	5.1	104.0	2	-1	1		-1.0	-0.5	0
20	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	208	1960	CLE	2	30	6.9	104.0	3	106	8		13.3	53.0	1
21	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	203	2001	SD	2	63	3.2	101.5	2	39	3	4	13.0	19.5	0
22	Don Hardeman D. Hardeman	203	1975	HOU	2	45	4.5	101.5	1	0	0			0.0	0
23	Daniel Thomas D. Thomas	202	2011	MIA	2	41	4.9	101.0	0	37	4	4	9.3	18.5	1
24	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	202	2008	TEN	2	34	5.9	101.0	0	46	5	7	9.2	23.0	1
25	Marc Logan M. Logan	198	1987	CIN	2	30	6.6	99.0	1	-4	2		-2.0	-2.0	0

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