nfl player most rush yards through first 29 games

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards in his first 29 games, with 3,243 yards.

	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	3,243	29	663	4.9	111.8	25	534	74		7.2	18.4	2
2	Clinton Portis C. Portis	3,099	29	563	5.5	106.9	29	678	71	99	9.5	23.4	2
3	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	3,013	29	634	4.8	103.9	24	667	70	97	9.5	23.0	3
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,998	29	580	5.2	103.4	21	393	40	67	9.8	13.6	1
5	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	2,926	29	534	5.5	100.9	21	679	86	121	7.9	23.4	3
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,925	29	569	5.1	100.9	19	741	72		10.3	25.6	4
7	Edgerrin James E. James	2,918	29	680	4.3	100.6	23	1,026	110	156	9.3	35.4	8
8	George Rogers G. Rogers	2,887	29	622	4.6	99.6	18	207	28		7.4	7.1	0
9	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	2,753	29	622	4.4	94.9	28	109	22		5.0	3.8	0
10	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,728	29	565	4.8	94.1	17	564	70		8.1	19.4	2
11	Alfred Morris A. Morris	2,689	29	557	4.8	92.7	19	126	17	24	7.4	4.3	0
12	Billy Sims B. Sims	2,664	29	590	4.5	91.9	26	1,033	76		13.6	35.6	5
13	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	2,657	29	528	5.0	91.6	26	342	46		7.4	11.8	1
14	Terrell Davis T. Davis	2,634	29	573	4.6	90.8	19	668	84		8.0	23.0	3
15	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,618	29	507	5.2	90.3	25	698	55		12.7	24.1	3
16	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	2,611	29	642	4.1	90.0	23	799	123	155	6.5	27.6	1
17	Eddie George E. George	2,602	29	645	4.0	89.7	14	226	30		7.5	7.8	1
18	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	2,595	29	494	5.3	89.5	28	641	74	86	8.7	22.1	3
19	Arian Foster A. Foster	2,529	29	535	4.7	87.2	24	1,040	101	134	10.3	35.9	3
20	Julius Jones J. Jones	2,501	29	619	4.0	86.2	15	413	55	78	7.5	14.2	0
21	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,483	29	592	4.2	85.6	15	589	65	87	9.1	20.3	0
22	Ricky Williams R. Williams	2,455	29	640	3.8	84.7	12	808	100	134	8.1	27.9	2
23	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	2,448	29	513	4.8	84.4	22	559	57	19	9.8	19.3	4
24	Curtis Martin C. Martin	2,445	29	635	3.9	84.3	27	561	68		8.3	19.3	4
25	Curt Warner C. Warner	2,402	29	571	4.2	82.8	20	599	82		7.3	20.7	2

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Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
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