what is the average career length of running backs

Gene Alford had 3.4 rushing yards per attempt in his career.

Interpreted as:
What is the rushing average career length of running backs?
NAMEYPCGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Gene Alford
G. Alford
3.4
24
136
40
5.7
0
98
5
19.6
4.1
1
2Marger Apsit
M. Apsit
3.7
14
41
11
2.9
0
24
1
24.0
1.7
0
3Cliff Battles
C. Battles
4.2
60
3,511
839
58.5
23
546
38
14.4
9.1
4
4Johnny (Blood) McNally
J. (Blood) McNally
3.2
63
386
120
6.1
0
1,117
67
16.7
17.7
15
5Hank Bruder
H. Bruder
2.9
93
778
265
8.4
6
536
36
14.9
5.8
4
6Dale Burnett
D. Burnett
2.1
87
167
79
1.9
0
1,310
92
14.2
15.1
15
7Chris Cagle
C. Cagle
2.7
30
391
144
13.0
1
194
13
14.9
6.5
2
8Bob Campiglio
B. Campiglio
4.7
17
534
114
31.4
2
59
3
19.7
3.5
1
9John Cavosie
J. Cavosie
3.0
11
184
62
16.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Stu Clancy
S. Clancy
3.2
37
409
128
11.1
3
72
6
12.0
1.9
1
11Algy Clark
A. Clark
1.9
29
13
7
0.4
0
125
8
15.6
4.3
0
12Dutch Clark
D. Clark
4.6
64
2,772
606
43.3
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
13George Corbett
G. Corbett
3.3
25
351
107
14.0
0
166
8
20.8
6.6
1
14John Doehring
J. Doehring
2.5
28
220
87
7.9
1
42
3
14.0
1.5
0
15Wuert Engelmann
W. Engelmann
4.5
21
263
58
12.5
0
87
5
17.4
4.1
0
16Tiny Feather
T. Feather
1.7
14
47
28
3.4
0
41
5
8.2
2.9
0
17Bernie Finn
B. Finn
3.0
3
9
3
3.0
0
37
3
12.3
12.3
0
18Paul Fitzgibbon
P. Fitzgibbon
-0.5
4
-1
2
-0.3
0
25
1
25.0
6.3
0
19Dick Frahm
D. Frahm
8.0
11
8
1
0.7
0
10
2
5.0
0.9
0
20Paul Franklin
P. Franklin
0.5
8
14
26
1.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Benny Friedman
B. Friedman
3.0
19
458
152
24.1
0
67
5
13.4
3.5
0
22Red Grange
R. Grange
3.3
37
569
170
15.4
5
288
16
18.0
7.8
6
23Jack Grossman
J. Grossman
2.8
34
646
231
19.0
4
356
23
15.5
10.5
4
24Roger Grove
R. Grove
3.8
37
308
82
8.3
1
489
32
15.3
13.2
6
25Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
3.6
86
3,279
922
38.1
20
64
3
21.3
0.7
0
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