which running backs has the most receiving yards in their first five seasons

Alvin Kamara had the most yards on receptions by a running back in his first 5 seasons, with 3,263 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	3,263	73	373	476	8.7	44.7	20	4,238	912	4.6	58.1	47
2	Roger Craig R. Craig	3,234	78	358		9.0	41.5	14	4,069	964	4.2	52.2	34
3	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	3,015	58	357	439	8.4	52.0	17	3,587	781	4.6	61.8	30
4	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,804	77	297		9.4	36.4	9	5,320	1,389	3.8	69.1	42
5	Herschel Walker H. Walker	2,795	76	264		10.6	36.8	11	4,827	1,155	4.2	63.5	36
6	Lenny Moore L. Moore	2,788	58	166		16.8	48.1	23	2,627	464	5.7	45.3	22
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	2,757	70	283		9.7	39.4	15	5,397	1,289	4.2	77.1	49
8	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	2,739	70	199		13.8	39.1	17	3,814	794	4.8	54.5	39
9	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	2,726	72	282	355	9.7	37.9	24	2,812	607	4.6	39.1	21
10	Ray Rice R. Rice	2,713	77	311	414	8.7	35.2	6	5,520	1,216	4.5	71.7	33
11	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,666	78	247		10.8	34.2	16	6,316	1,376	4.6	81.0	35
12	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	2,660	62	312	397	8.5	42.9	7	5,336	1,229	4.3	86.1	35
13	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	2,646	75	278		9.5	35.3	12	3,128	764	4.1	41.7	9
14	William Andrews W. Andrews	2,612	72	272		9.6	36.3	11	5,772	1,263	4.6	80.2	29
15	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	2,580	80	279	365	9.2	32.3	11	1,696	382	4.4	21.2	7
16	Tiki Barber T. Barber	2,552	74	284	284	9.0	34.5	7	2,806	629	4.5	37.9	15
17	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	2,514	67	256		9.8	37.5	21	4,915	1,209	4.1	73.4	45
18	Keith Byars K. Byars	2,466	74	253		9.7	33.3	8	2,113	615	3.4	28.6	15
19	Gary Anderson G. Anderson	2,442	70	232		10.5	34.9	14	2,896	714	4.1	41.4	14
20	Brian Westbrook B. Westbrook	2,436	70	257	353	9.5	34.8	18	3,452	736	4.7	49.3	20
21	Joe Washington J. Washington	2,423	74	279		8.7	32.7	10	3,475	898	3.9	47.0	9
22	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	2,417	64	145		16.7	37.8	19	3,727	799	4.7	58.2	19
23	Dub Jones D. Jones	2,399	60	147		16.3	40.0	16	1,405	334	4.2	23.4	15
24	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	2,392	79	342	455	7.0	30.3	8	7,361	1,702	4.3	93.2	72
25	James Wilder J. Wilder	2,379	67	296		8.0	35.5	4	4,178	1,123	3.7	62.4	34

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