Kick & Punt Returns
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro
Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
1 | Rodger Bird | OAK | 24 | SS | 14 | 12 | 46 | 612 | 0 | 78 | 13.3 | 6 | 143 | 0 | 27 | 23.8 | 755 |
2 | Speedy Duncan* | SDG | 25 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 36 | 434 | 0 | 50 | 12.1 | 9 | 231 | 0 | 60 | 25.7 | 800 |
3 | Butch Byrd | BUF | 26 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 30 | 142 | 0 | 19 | 4.7 | 0 | 167 | ||||
4 | Noland Smith | KAN | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 26 | 212 | 0 | 59 | 8.2 | 41 | 1148 | 1 | 106 | 28.0 | 1400 |
5 | Bill Baird | NYJ | 28 | FS | 14 | 14 | 25 | 219 | 0 | 33 | 8.8 | 0 | 240 | ||||
6 | Jay Cunningham | BOS | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 17 | 105 | 0 | 44 | 6.2 | 30 | 627 | 0 | 41 | 20.9 | 786 |
7 | Floyd Little | DEN | 25 | HB | 13 | 12 | 16 | 270 | 1 | 72 | 16.9 | 35 | 942 | 0 | 60 | 26.9 | 1626 |
8 | Earl Christy | NYJ | 24 | HB | 10 | 0 | 16 | 83 | 0 | 16 | 5.2 | 23 | 521 | 0 | 33 | 22.7 | 604 |
9 | Joe Bellino | BOS | 29 | HB | 14 | 3 | 15 | 129 | 0 | 18 | 8.6 | 18 | 357 | 0 | 32 | 19.8 | 501 |
10 | Ed Rutkowski | BUF | 26 | SE | 14 | 2 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 12 | 2.9 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 38 | 23.7 | 173 |
11 | Joe Auer | MIA | 26 | LHB | 13 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 4.7 | 21 | 441 | 0 | 47 | 21.0 | 828 |
12 | Larry Carwell | HOU | 23 | DB | 9 | 0 | 9 | 154 | 0 | 54 | 17.1 | 8 | 164 | 0 | 27 | 20.5 | 349 |
13 | Sherman Lewis | NYJ | 25 | DB | 5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 3.4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 46 |
14 | Abner Haynes | 2TM | 30 | HB | 14 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 6.2 | 26 | 569 | 0 | 51 | 21.9 | 1052 |
15 | Bobby Jancik | HOU | 27 | SS | 11 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 3.2 | 16 | 349 | 0 | 49 | 21.8 | 370 |
16 | Bob Neff | MIA | 23 | FS/SS | 14 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 5.7 | 15 | 351 | 0 | 69 | 23.4 | 429 |
17 | Billy Johnson | BOS | 24 | DB | 6 | 2 | 6 | 124 | 0 | 52 | 20.7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 135 |
18 | Zeke Moore | HOU | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 46 | 16.4 | 14 | 405 | 1 | 92 | 28.9 | 487 |
19 | Bobby Leo | BOS | 22 | HB | 2 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 43 | 10.8 | 11 | 232 | 0 | 31 | 21.1 | 318 |
20 | Goldie Sellers | DEN | 25 | LCB | 13 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 6.0 | 6 | 120 | 0 | 32 | 20.0 | 222 |
21 | Mike Garrett*+ | KAN | 23 | HB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 5.5 | 0 | 1370 | ||||
22 | Jack Harper | MIA | 23 | HB | 9 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3.8 | 0 | 424 | ||||
23 | Dave Grayson | OAK | 28 | FS | 14 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3.7 | 19 | 405 | 0 | 29 | 21.3 | 479 |
24 | Tom Cassese | DEN | 21 | SS | 14 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 4.7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 62 |
25 | Kenny Graham* | SDG | 26 | SS | 13 | 12 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 42 | 15.3 | 0 | 122 | ||||
26 | Eric Crabtree | DEN | 23 | LE | 14 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 12.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 768 |
27 | Warren Powers | OAK | 26 | DB | 14 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 9.5 | 0 | 173 | ||||
28 | Emmitt Thomas | KAN | 24 | LCB | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 0 | 68 | ||||
29 | Charlie King | BUF | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 316 | 0 | 38 | 26.3 | 328 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Booker Edgerson | BUF | 28 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
31 | John Huard | DEN | 23 | MLB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 31 | ||||
32 | Johnny Robinson*+ | KAN | 29 | FS | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
33 | Jim Tolbert | SDG | 23 | DB | 14 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 441 | 0 | 45 | 24.5 | 460 | ||||
34 | Allen Smith | BUF | 25 | RB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 346 | 0 | 64 | 21.6 | 346 | ||||
35 | Dickie Post* | SDG | 22 | HB | 13 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 371 | 0 | 50 | 24.7 | 1312 | ||||
36 | Rod Sherman | OAK | 23 | FL | 13 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 279 | 0 | 49 | 23.3 | 353 | ||||
37 | Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 24 | HB | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 213 | 0 | 28 | 19.4 | 860 | ||||
38 | Solomon Brannan | NYJ | 25 | DB | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 204 | 0 | 47 | 22.7 | 214 | ||||
39 | Paul Lowe | SDG | 31 | HB | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 145 | 0 | 29 | 18.1 | 241 | ||||
40 | Charley Mitchell | DEN | 27 | HB | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 164 | 0 | 32 | 20.5 | 487 | ||||
41 | Gene Thomas | KAN | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 17 | 9.3 | 288 | ||||
42 | Larry Todd | OAK | 25 | RB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 0 | 40 | 24.6 | 281 | ||||
43 | J.D. Garrett | BOS | 26 | HB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 20 | 18.3 | 92 | ||||
44 | John Roderick | MIA | 23 | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | 63 | ||||
45 | Bake Turner | NYJ | 27 | SE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 10.0 | 80 | ||||
46 | Nemiah Wilson* | DEN | 24 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 0 | 37 | 26.5 | 259 | ||||
47 | Bob Cappadona | BOS | 25 | HB | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 8.7 | 230 | ||||
48 | Preston Carpenter | MIA | 33 | TE | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 45 | 29.0 | 214 | ||||
49 | Larry Garron* | BOS | 30 | HB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 0 | 26 | 24.3 | 743 | ||||
50 | Wendell Hayes | DEN | 27 | FB | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 0 | 39 | 34.7 | 484 | ||||
51 | Dudley Meredith | BUF | 32 | DT | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||
52 | Russ Smith | SDG | 23 | RB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 19 | 17.0 | 172 | ||||
53 | Roger Hagberg | OAK | 28 | FB | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 | 272 | ||||
54 | Ken Houston | HOU | 23 | SS | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 20.0 | 191 | ||||
55 | Stan Mitchell | MIA | 23 | FB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 37 | 28.5 | 459 | ||||
56 | Karl Singer | BOS | 24 | RT | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 14.5 | 29 | ||||
57 | Jim Waskiewicz | NYJ | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
58 | Tom Beer | DEN | 23 | TE | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 165 | ||||
59 | Duane Benson | OAK | 22 | LB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Buck Buchanan*+ | KAN | 28 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
61 | Woody Campbell* | HOU | 23 | HB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 668 | ||||
62 | Reggie Carolan | KAN | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 28 | ||||
63 | Bert Coan | KAN | 27 | HB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 345 | ||||
64 | Bernie Erickson | SDG | 23 | LB | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | ||||
65 | Miller Farr*+ | HOU | 24 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 281 | ||||
66 | Paul Guidry | BUF | 23 | LLB | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
67 | Dave Hill | KAN | 26 | RT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
68 | Roy Hopkins | HOU | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 77 | ||||
69 | Ray Ilg | BOS | 22 | LLB | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | ||||
70 | Willie Lanier | KAN | 22 | MLB | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||
71 | Ed Lothamer | KAN | 25 | DT | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
72 | Fran Lynch | DEN | 22 | RB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 34 | ||||
73 | Carl McAdams | NYJ | 23 | LB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||||
74 | Alvin Reed | HOU | 23 | TE | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 144 | ||||
75 | Mark Smolinski | NYJ | 28 | FB | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 319 | ||||
76 | Bert Wilder | NYJ | 28 | DT | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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