nfl rb with most receiving yards in first 2 seasons

Herschel Walker had the most receiving yards by a running back in his first 2 seasons, with 1,552 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,552
28
136
11.4
55.4
3
1,628
360
4.5
58.1
19
2Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
1,535
31
162
205
9.5
49.5
9
1,611
314
5.1
52.0
22
3Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,518
32
187
237
8.1
47.4
11
1,533
336
4.6
47.9
9
4Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
1,391
27
93
15.0
51.5
8
1,157
344
3.4
42.9
8
5David Johnson
D. Johnson
1,336
32
116
177
11.5
41.8
8
1,820
418
4.4
56.9
24
6Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
1,293
28
115
11.2
46.2
10
871
243
3.6
31.1
5
7Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
1,253
29
128
171
9.8
43.2
3
2,221
534
4.2
76.6
16
8Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
1,238
24
75
16.5
51.6
10
0
0
0.0
0
9Lionel James
L. James
1,233
32
109
11.3
38.5
6
631
130
4.9
19.7
2
10Edgerrin James
E. James
1,180
32
125
174
9.4
36.9
9
3,262
756
4.3
101.9
26
11Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,159
29
143
194
8.1
40.0
6
2,310
478
4.8
79.7
17
12Reggie Bush
R. Bush
1,159
28
161
219
7.2
41.4
4
1,146
312
3.7
40.9
10
13Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
1,134
28
89
12.7
40.5
6
1,716
335
5.1
61.3
18
14James Jones
J. Jones
1,129
30
123
9.2
37.6
6
1,007
272
3.7
33.6
9
15Roger Craig
R. Craig
1,102
32
119
9.3
34.4
7
1,374
331
4.2
42.9
15
16Del Shofner
D. Shofner
1,097
12
51
21.5
91.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
17Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
1,078
32
124
162
8.7
33.7
6
814
186
4.4
25.4
5
18Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,072
30
79
13.6
35.7
5
2,740
609
4.5
91.3
26
19Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
1,055
21
65
16.2
50.2
8
322
92
3.5
15.3
1
20Ode Burrell
O. Burrell
1,050
28
88
11.9
37.5
9
934
252
3.7
33.4
3
21Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
1,048
32
114
148
9.2
32.8
2
737
177
4.2
23.0
1
22Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
1,046
24
57
18.4
43.6
7
293
69
4.2
12.2
1
23Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
1,044
32
134
7.8
32.6
4
1,050
269
3.9
32.8
6
24Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
1,028
20
89
11.6
51.4
3
623
179
3.5
31.2
5
25Dub Jones
D. Jones
1,028
24
61
16.9
42.8
10
876
187
4.7
36.5
13
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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