most receiving yards in a runningbacks first 3 seasons of their career since 1970

Lionel James had the most yards on receptions by a running back in a season in his first 3 seasons, with 1,027 yards in 1985.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Lionel James
L. James
1,027
1985
SD SD
16
86
11.9
64.2
6
516
105
4.9
32.3
2
2 Roger Craig
R. Craig
1,016
1985
SF SF
16
92
11.0
63.5
6
1,050
214
4.9
65.6
9
3 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,005
2019
CAR CAR
16
116
142
8.7
62.8
4
1,387
287
4.8
86.7
15
4 Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
993
2019
LAC LAC
16
92
108
10.8
62.1
8
557
132
4.2
34.8
3
5 David Johnson
D. Johnson
879
2016
ARI ARI
16
80
120
11.0
54.9
4
1,239
293
4.2
77.4
16
6 Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
874
1993
MIA MIA
16
75
11.7
54.6
3
390
119
3.3
24.4
3
7 Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
871
1986
SD SD
16
80
10.9
54.4
8
442
127
3.5
27.6
1
8 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
867
2018
CAR CAR
16
107
124
8.1
54.2
6
1,098
219
5.0
68.6
7
9 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
854
2014
PIT PIT
16
83
105
10.3
53.4
3
1,361
290
4.7
85.1
8
10 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
837
1986
DAL DAL
16
76
11.0
52.3
2
737
151
4.9
46.1
12
11 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
826
2017
NO NO
16
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
12 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
806
2006
STL STL
16
90
110
9.0
50.4
3
1,528
346
4.4
95.5
13
13 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
788
2017
LAR LAR
15
64
87
12.3
52.5
6
1,305
279
4.7
87.0
13
14 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
758
1984
RAI RAI
16
64
11.8
47.4
5
1,168
275
4.2
73.0
13
15 Joe Washington
J. Washington
750
1979
BAL BAL
15
82
9.1
50.0
3
884
242
3.7
58.9
4
16 Reggie Bush
R. Bush
742
2006
NO NO
16
88
121
8.4
46.4
2
565
155
3.6
35.3
6
17 William Andrews
W. Andrews
735
1981
ATL ATL
16
81
9.1
45.9
2
1,301
289
4.5
81.3
10
18 Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
725
2018
CHI CHI
16
71
91
10.2
45.3
5
444
99
4.5
27.8
3
19 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
725
2003
SD SD
16
100
137
7.3
45.3
4
1,645
313
5.3
102.8
13
20 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
721
2018
NYG NYG
16
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
11
21 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
719
1994
SF SF
16
66
10.9
44.9
5
877
239
3.7
54.8
6
22 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
715
1987
DAL DAL
12
60
11.9
59.6
1
891
209
4.3
74.3
7
23 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
709
2018
NO NO
15
81
105
8.8
47.3
4
883
194
4.6
58.9
14
24 Keith Byars
K. Byars
705
1988
PHI PHI
16
72
9.8
44.1
4
517
152
3.4
32.3
6
25 Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
703
2004
PHI PHI
13
73
87
9.6
54.1
6
812
177
4.6
62.5
3
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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6
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