what is the most rushing touchdowns for a running back before 27

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career rushing touchdowns by a running back younger than 27, with 96 touchdowns.

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Data note: Rushing Touchdowns: player game data complete from 1960

	NAME	RUSH TD	Age	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	96	26	93	8,956	2,007	4.5	96.3	1,951	301		6.5	21.0	4
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	72	26	79	7,361	1,702	4.3	93.2	2,392	342	455	7.0	30.3	8
3	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	69	26	84	7,598	1,551	4.9	90.5	1,469	187	239	7.9	17.5	7
4	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	67	26	88	6,082	1,460	4.2	69.1	2,254	243	336	9.3	25.6	12
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	65	26	89	8,386	1,865	4.5	94.2	1,791	202		8.9	20.1	5
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	64	26	73	6,752	1,406	4.8	92.5	1,309	137	197	9.6	17.9	3
7	Clinton Portis C. Portis	63	26	84	7,715	1,710	4.5	91.8	1,688	205	281	8.2	20.1	4
8	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	62	26	93	6,854	1,484	4.6	73.7	2,473	278	370	8.9	26.6	10
9	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	62	26	89	8,672	1,763	4.9	97.4	1,782	210		8.5	20.0	6
10	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	61	26	90	6,874	1,606	4.3	76.4	1,790	233	297	7.7	19.9	1
11	Terrell Davis T. Davis	58	27	65	6,624	1,410	4.7	101.9	1,207	155	3	7.8	18.6	5
12	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	56	26	88	7,386	1,650	4.5	83.9	2,244	288	380	7.8	25.5	12
13	Derrick Henry D. Henry	55	26	78	5,860	1,182	5.0	75.1	692	76	105	9.1	8.9	3
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	55	26	62	6,968	1,465	4.8	112.4	874	118		7.4	14.1	2
15	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	55	26	62	6,457	1,404	4.6	104.1	345	75		4.6	5.6	0
16	Edgerrin James E. James	51	26	81	7,720	1,828	4.2	95.3	2,502	312	414	8.0	30.9	10
17	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	49	26	93	6,701	1,642	4.1	72.1	3,852	384	103	10.0	41.4	14
18	Marcus Allen M. Allen	49	26	70	5,397	1,289	4.2	77.1	2,757	283		9.7	39.4	15
19	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	48	24	57	4,427	852	5.2	77.7	1,734	215	273	8.1	30.4	12
20	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	48	27	73	6,160	1,184	5.2	84.4	933	113	151	8.3	12.8	3
21	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	47	26	73	4,238	912	4.6	58.1	3,263	373	476	8.7	44.7	20
22	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	47	26	87	5,989	1,547	3.9	68.8	1,227	159		7.7	14.1	2
23	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	46	26	88	6,132	1,452	4.2	69.7	1,216	166	227	7.3	13.8	3
24	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	46	26	64	4,241	994	4.3	66.3	1,139	150	207	7.6	17.8	6
25	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	46	27	74	5,599	1,341	4.2	75.7	1,086	147		7.4	14.7	0

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Thu 11/26	PHI	@	DAL	4:30 PM
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Eagles	2	7	0	.222
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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
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Bengals	6	2	0	.750
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Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
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Chargers	0	8	0	.000