most rushing yards in playoffs before 27 years old

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards by a player younger than 27 in the playoffs, with 1,217 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSAgeGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,217
26
13
279
4.4
93.6
16
294
37
7.9
22.6
2
2Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1,140
26
8
204
5.6
142.5
12
131
19
6.9
16.4
0
3Franco Harris
F. Harris
958
26
10
230
4.2
95.8
8
212
17
12.5
21.2
1
4Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
878
26
13
212
4.1
67.5
7
469
51
9.2
36.1
3
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
823
26
10
162
5.1
82.3
7
211
23
9.2
21.1
1
6Marcus Allen
M. Allen
756
25
7
129
5.9
108.0
8
328
34
9.6
46.9
2
7Ray Rice
R. Rice
750
25
12
191
3.9
62.5
5
296
37
53
8.0
24.7
1
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
674
26
6
133
5.1
112.3
3
26
12
2.2
4.3
0
9Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
669
26
10
164
4.1
66.9
6
367
36
10.2
36.7
0
10Natrone Means
N. Means
650
25
8
144
4.5
81.3
5
84
12
7.0
10.5
0
11Derrick Henry
D. Henry
630
25
5
118
5.3
126.0
3
77
10
11
7.7
15.4
0
12James Cook III
J. Cook III
627
26
9
145
4.3
69.7
4
119
18
21
6.6
13.2
0
13Ricky Watters
R. Watters
569
26
9
136
4.2
63.2
8
384
34
11.3
42.7
4
14Joseph Addai
J. Addai
561
26
9
145
3.9
62.3
4
298
46
54
6.5
33.1
0
15Edgerrin James
E. James
560
26
8
144
3.9
70.0
4
196
23
38
8.5
24.5
0
16Joe Morris
J. Morris
553
26
7
140
4.0
79.0
4
74
11
6.7
10.6
0
17Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
549
26
7
146
3.8
78.4
2
119
14
8.5
17.0
0
18Isiah Pacheco
I. Pacheco
547
25
10
131
4.2
54.7
4
142
21
24
6.8
14.2
0
19Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
542
25
7
134
4.0
77.4
7
192
25
33
7.7
27.4
1
20Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
518
24
6
130
4.0
86.3
4
72
11
6.5
12.0
1
21Arian Foster
A. Foster
515
26
4
105
4.9
128.8
5
148
23
25
6.4
37.0
1
22Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
507
26
6
51
9.9
84.5
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Shonn Greene
S. Greene
502
25
6
99
5.1
83.7
3
13
2
2
6.5
2.2
0
24Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
495
27
8
129
3.8
61.9
3
26
4
6.5
3.3
1
25Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
493
23
4
90
5.5
123.3
2
55
3
4
18.3
13.8
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