who has the highest yards per catch by a running back in first 10 years

Carroll Hardy averaged the most yards per reception by a running back in his first 10 seasons, with 28.2 per catch.

Interpreted as:
Who has the highest yards per catch with a minimum of 0.9375 receptions per team game by a running back in first 10 years?
NAMEAVGGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Carroll Hardy
C. Hardy
28.2
10
12
338
33.8
4
37
15
2.5
3.7
0
2Bert Zagers
B. Zagers
21.9
11
14
306
27.8
0
395
89
4.4
35.9
2
3Ray McLean
R. McLean
21.7
76
103
2,232
29.4
21
412
152
2.7
5.4
5
4Del Shofner
D. Shofner
21.5
12
51
1,097
91.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
5Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
20.6
90
174
3,576
39.7
35
682
137
5.0
7.6
4
6Bo Roberson
B. Roberson
20.1
14
29
583
41.6
3
270
89
3.0
19.3
3
7Howie Yeager
H. Yeager
20.0
10
11
220
22.0
3
67
22
3.0
6.7
1
8Jim Podoley
J. Podoley
20.0
33
61
1,217
36.9
10
694
180
3.9
21.0
2
9Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
19.7
34
85
1,677
49.3
22
22
17
1.3
0.6
0
10J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
19.0
55
63
1,196
21.7
6
473
123
3.8
8.6
5
11Gene Schroeder
G. Schroeder
18.5
12
17
315
26.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Cloyce Box
C. Box
18.4
10
15
276
27.6
4
62
30
2.1
6.2
0
13Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
18.4
24
57
1,046
43.6
7
293
69
4.2
12.2
1
14Leon Clarke
L. Clarke
18.1
12
36
650
54.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
15Jim Doran
J. Doran
17.9
11
25
448
40.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
17.7
44
64
1,135
25.8
12
1,904
499
3.8
43.3
14
17George Cheverko
G. Cheverko
17.6
9
17
300
33.3
3
63
19
3.3
7.0
0
18Dave Middleton
D. Middleton
17.4
12
29
506
42.2
3
1
2
0.5
0.1
0
19Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
17.4
59
59
1,025
17.4
12
669
208
3.2
11.3
7
20Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
17.2
12
32
549
45.8
4
20
1
20.0
1.7
0
21Dub Jones
D. Jones
16.8
72
150
2,514
34.9
17
1,449
344
4.2
20.1
15
22Doak Walker
D. Walker
16.7
67
152
2,539
37.9
21
1,520
309
4.9
22.7
12
23Buddy Young
B. Young
16.6
67
119
1,978
29.5
13
1,275
335
3.8
19.0
8
24Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
16.5
24
75
1,238
51.6
10
0
0
0.0
0
25Lenny Moore
L. Moore
16.5
111
248
4,087
36.8
29
4,016
859
4.7
36.2
50
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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