most yards per carry in a players first 5 seasons

Greg Landry had the most rushing yards per attempt by a player in his first 5 seasons, with 7.3 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry with a minimum of 3.125 rushing attempts per team game by a player in a players first 5 seasons
NAMEYPCGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Greg Landry
G. Landry
7.3
54
1,686
232
31.2
15
0
0
0.0
0
2Michael Vick
M. Vick
6.9
58
2,820
406
48.6
19
2
1
1
2.0
0.0
0
3Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
6.8
65
2,495
368
38.4
18
-3
1
-3.0
0.0
0
4Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
6.6
53
2,207
332
41.6
18
0
0
0.0
0
5Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
6.6
70
1,517
231
21.7
11
-12
0
-0.2
0
6Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
6.4
70
2,239
349
32.0
17
-8
4
7
-2.0
-0.1
0
7Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
6.3
75
1,775
281
23.7
8
20
1
1
20.0
0.3
1
8Kenny Washington
K. Washington
6.1
27
859
140
31.8
8
227
15
15.1
8.4
1
9Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.1
70
4,437
727
63.4
24
0
0
2
0.0
0
10Steve McNair
S. McNair
6.1
56
1,777
292
31.7
22
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
6.1
45
1,670
275
37.1
10
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
6.0
57
1,832
306
32.1
11
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Justin Fields
J. Fields
5.9
59
2,892
489
49.0
23
0
0
1
0.0
0
14Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
5.9
73
1,738
296
23.8
23
0
0
0.0
0
15Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
5.9
49
1,514
258
30.9
9
1,181
75
15.7
24.1
6
16Mercury Morris
M. Morris
5.8
67
2,788
479
41.6
24
449
42
10.7
6.7
0
17Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.8
65
4,536
784
69.8
17
1,282
152
214
8.4
19.7
7
18Kyler Murray
K. Murray
5.7
65
2,441
425
37.6
26
7
0
0
0.1
0
19Daniel Jones
D. Jones
5.7
60
1,903
332
31.7
13
16
1
1
16.0
0.3
0
20Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
5.7
42
1,918
337
45.7
13
222
27
36
8.2
5.3
1
21Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
5.7
24
1,169
206
48.7
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Jaxson Dart
J. Dart
5.7
14
487
86
34.8
9
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Josh Allen
J. Allen
5.7
77
3,087
546
40.1
38
12
1
2
12.0
0.2
1
24Tobin Rote
T. Rote
5.7
60
1,475
261
24.6
13
39
1
39.0
0.7
1
25Lenny Moore
L. Moore
5.6
60
2,531
449
42.2
24
3,509
193
18.2
58.5
30
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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