player with most rushing yards in first 3 nfl games

Cliff Battles had the most rushing yards in a game in his first 3 games, with 215 yards against the Giants on October 8, 1933.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Cliff Battles C. Battles	215	10/8/1933	BOS	vs	NYG	16	13.4	1
2	De'Von Achane D. Achane	203	9/24/2023	MIA	vs	DEN	18	11.3	2	30	4	4	7.5	2
3	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	194	9/25/1955	BAL	vs	CHB	21	9.2	1
4	Dutch Clark D. Clark	194	10/28/1934	DET	@	CIN	24	8.1	2
5	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	193	9/2/1979	STL	vs	DAL	21	9.2	1	0	0			0
6	Swede Hanson S. Hanson	190	11/6/1934	PHI	vs	CIN	18	10.6	2
7	Bill Paschal B. Paschal	188	12/5/1943	NYG	vs	WAS	24	7.8	2
8	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	187	9/17/2000	DEN	@	OAK	32	5.8	0	2	1	1	2.0	0
9	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	172	9/24/2017	KC	@	LAC	17	10.1	1	11	1	1	11.0	0
10	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	170	10/5/1952	SF	@	DAL	7	24.3	1	33	1		33.0	1
11	Jerry Nuzum J. Nuzum	168	11/20/1949	PIT	@	GB	20	8.4	1
12	Frank Akins F. Akins	168	10/21/1945	WAS	vs	PHI	24	7.0	2
13	William Andrews W. Andrews	167	9/2/1979	ATL	@	NO	30	5.6	1	22	3		7.3	0
14	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	164	9/14/2008	OAK	@	KC	21	7.8	1	9	1	1	9.0	0
15	George Rogers G. Rogers	162	9/13/1981	NO	vs	LA	29	5.6	1	0	0			0
16	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	159	10/11/2015	STL	@	GB	30	5.3	0	0	0	0		0
17	Elmer Angsman E. Angsman	159	12/28/1947	CHC	vs	PHI	10	15.9	2	-4	1		-4.0	0
18	Cadillac Williams C. Williams	158	9/25/2005	TB	@	GB	37	4.3	0	0	1	1	0.0	0
19	Don Woods D. Woods	157	9/29/1974	SD	vs	MIA	18	8.7	2	10	1		10.0	0
20	Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	154	9/19/1993	WAS	@	PHI	22	7.0	1	9	1		9.0	0
21	Billy Sims B. Sims	153	9/7/1980	DET	@	LA	22	7.0	3	64	2		32.0	0
22	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	153	10/1/1955	BAL	vs	DET	21	7.3	2
23	Ernie Caddel E. Caddel	153	11/15/1936	DET	vs	NYG	12	12.8	2
24	Bill Shepherd B. Shepherd	152	10/30/1938	DET	@	CHB	18	8.4	0
25	Julius Jones J. Jones	150	11/25/2004	DAL	vs	CHI	33	4.5	2	-1	1	3	-1.0	0

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