most rushing yards over the first 8 games in 1987

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards in his first 8 games in 1987, with 860 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	860	1987	TOT	8	189	4.6	107.5	4	87	10	8.7	10.9	0
2	Rueben Mayes R. Mayes	736	1987	NO	8	174	4.2	92.0	2	36	11	3.3	4.5	0
3	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	726	1987	HOU	8	168	4.3	90.8	3	111	22	5.0	13.9	0
4	Curt Warner C. Warner	680	1987	SEA	8	158	4.3	85.0	5	144	13	11.1	18.0	2
5	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	637	1987	ATL	8	139	4.6	79.6	2	136	19	7.2	17.0	0
6	Albert Bentley A. Bentley	581	1987	IND	8	125	4.6	72.6	5	293	23	12.7	36.6	2
7	Earnest Jackson E. Jackson	579	1987	PIT	8	148	3.9	72.4	1	51	6	8.5	6.4	0
8	Herschel Walker H. Walker	567	1987	DAL	8	132	4.3	70.9	3	495	39	12.7	61.9	1
9	Marcus Allen M. Allen	537	1987	RAI	8	135	4.0	67.1	3	193	27	7.1	24.1	0
10	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	529	1987	NYJ	8	120	4.4	66.1	0	242	23	10.5	30.3	1
11	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	528	1987	MIN	8	106	5.0	66.0	2	116	23	5.0	14.5	0
12	Christian Okoye C. Okoye	527	1987	KC	8	123	4.3	65.9	2	120	16	7.5	15.0	0
13	Roger Craig R. Craig	505	1987	SF	8	127	4.0	63.1	2	358	47	7.6	44.8	1
14	Charles White C. White	490	1987	RAM	8	121	4.0	61.3	2	84	12	7.0	10.5	0
15	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	455	1987	CHI	8	102	4.5	56.9	3	403	38	10.6	50.4	3
16	Kevin Mack K. Mack	449	1987	CLE	8	123	3.7	56.1	4	180	25	7.2	22.5	0
17	George Rogers G. Rogers	439	1987	WAS	8	110	4.0	54.9	3	23	4	5.8	2.9	0
18	Sammy Winder S. Winder	437	1987	DEN	8	117	3.7	54.6	3	38	6	6.3	4.8	0
19	Larry Kinnebrew L. Kinnebrew	424	1987	CIN	8	99	4.3	53.0	4	74	6	12.3	9.3	0
20	Troy Stradford T. Stradford	399	1987	MIA	8	81	4.9	49.9	3	329	34	9.7	41.1	1
21	Joe Morris J. Morris	398	1987	NYG	8	135	2.9	49.8	1	68	7	9.7	8.5	0
22	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	377	1987	STL	8	112	3.4	47.1	1	285	31	9.2	35.6	1
23	Tony Collins T. Collins	369	1987	NE	8	115	3.2	46.1	2	160	20	8.0	20.0	1
24	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	355	1987	PHI	8	56	6.3	44.4	3	-3	1	-3.0	-0.4	0
25	Anthony Toney A. Toney	353	1987	PHI	8	93	3.8	44.1	3	266	30	8.9	33.3	0

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