1968 AFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: New York Jets

AP MVP: Joe Namath

Passing Leader: John Hadl, 3473 Yds

Rushing Leader: Paul Robinson, 1023 Yds

Receiving Leader: Lance Alworth, 1312 Yds

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1	George Atkinson*	OAK	21	LCB	14	6	36	490	2	86	13.6	32	802	0	60	25.1	1358
2	Hagood Clarke	BUF	26	DB	14	1	29	241	1	82	8.3			0			241
3	Larry Carwell	HOU	24	RCB	14	9	27	227	0	32	8.4	15	335	0	38	22.3	643
4	Floyd Little*	DEN	26	RB	11	11	24	261	1	67	10.9	26	649	0	89	25.0	1825
5	Willie Porter	BOS	22	DB	13	0	22	135	0	24	6.1	36	812	0	61	22.6	949
6	Essex Johnson	CIN	22	RB	14	0	22	111	0	45	5.0	14	266	0	31	19.0	588
7	Sid Blanks	HOU	28	RB	14	8	22	179	0	39	8.1			0			532
8	Speedy Duncan	SDG	26	RCB	10	8	18	206	1	95	11.4	25	586	0	53	23.4	796
9	Noland Smith	KAN	25	WR	12	0	18	270	1	80	15.0	23	549	0	37	23.9	867
10	Bill Baird	NYJ	29	FS	14	8	18	111	0	20	6.2			0			185
11	Earl Christy	NYJ	25	DB	14	0	13	116	0	39	8.9	25	599	0	87	24.0	731
12	Kenny Graham*	SDG	27	SS	14	14	13	61	0	22	4.7			0			148
13	Rodger Bird	OAK	25	SS	10	8	11	128	0	50	11.6			0			190
14	Billy Johnson	BOS	25	DB	14	5	10	34	0	9	3.4	22	442	0	36	20.1	511
15	Charlie Greer	DEN	22	LCB	14	14	9	53	0	12	5.9	2	41	0	32	20.5	112
16	Bob Neff	MIA	24	DB	5	0	8	71	0	20	8.9	5	190	0	95	38.0	261
17	Ed Rutkowski	BUF	27	QB	13	3	8	23	0	9	2.9	5	87	0	26	17.4	233
18	Russ Smith	SDG	24	RB	14	5	8	25	0	8	3.1	1	20	0	20	20.0	542
19	Goldie Sellers	KAN	26	LCB	14	6	7	129	1	76	18.4	2	40	0	25	20.0	188
20	Gene Milton	MIA	24	WR	13	1	6	55	0	26	9.2	18	408	0	74	22.7	639
21	Eldridge Dickey	OAK	23	WR	11	0	6	48	0	18	8.0	1	17	0	17	17.0	99
22	Dick Anderson	MIA	22	FS	14	12	5	18	0	10	3.6	6	106	0	25	17.7	367
23	Gary Tucker	MIA	23	RB	14	0	5	40	0	15	8.0	3	54	0	25	18.0	109
24	Richard Trapp	BUF	22	LE	14	11	5	26	0	11	5.2			0			261
25	Jim Richards	NYJ	22	DB	12	0	4	57	0	37	14.3			0			57
26	Tommy Luke	DEN	24	DB	7	1	3	13	0	10	4.3	2	34	0	20	17.0	47
27	Jimmy Warren	MIA	29	LCB	14	14	2	-1	0	0	-0.5	10	227	0	36	22.7	252
28	Monk Williams	CIN	23	FL	2	0	2	14	0	13	7.0	5	112	0	33	22.4	126
29	Ode Burrell	HOU	29	RB	1	0	2	26	0	15	13.0	2	70	0	40	35.0	131
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Art Graham	BOS	27	LE	11	6	2	11	0	6	5.5	1	9	0	9	9.0	262
31	Pete Jaquess	DEN	28	SS	13	11	2	5	0	5	2.5	1	0	0	0	0.0	69
32	Jess Phillips	CIN	21	SS	14	11	2	16	0	11	8.0	1	23	0	23	23.0	72
33	Butch Byrd*	BUF	27	RCB	14	14	2	11	0	11	5.5			0			87
34	Mike Garrett	KAN	24	RB	13	12	2	4	0	9	2.0			0			927
35	Bobby Leo	BOS	23	HB	1	0	2	12	0	8	6.0			0			12
36	Johnny Robinson*+	KAN	30	FS	14	14	2	26	0	16	13.0			0			94
37	Zeke Moore	HOU	25	DB	14	0	1	11	0	11	11.0	32	787	0	45	24.6	798
38	Ceasar Belser	KAN	24	DB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	4	38	0	22	9.5	38
39	Nemiah Wilson	OAK	25	DB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	4	84	0	26	21.0	84
40	Daryl Johnson	BOS	22	RCB	14	12	1	5	0	5	5.0	3	63	0	26	21.0	88
41	Paul Robinson*+	CIN	24	RB	14	14	1	1	0	1	1.0	3	58	0	22	19.3	1210
42	Jack Harper	MIA	24	RB	5	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	1	18	0	18	18.0	25
43	Charlie King	CIN	25	RCB	14	13	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			37
44	Willie Mitchell	KAN	28	RCB	13	9	1	21	0	21	21.0			0			67
45	Gerry Philbin*+	NYJ	27	LDE	14	14	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			2
46	Art Shell	OAK	22	T	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
47	Dick Washington	MIA	23	DB	4	0	1	15	0	15	15.0			0			15
48	Max Anderson	BUF	23	RB	14	11			0			39	971	1	100	24.9	1636
49	Warren McVea	CIN	22	LE	12	7			0			14	310	0	30	22.1	707
50	Bake Turner	NYJ	28	FL	13	1			0			14	319	0	36	22.8	560
51	Charlie Brown	BUF	26	DB	8	0			0			12	274	0	32	22.8	313
52	Dickie Post	SDG	23	RB	13	12			0			10	199	0	38	19.9	1122
53	Charlie Smith	OAK	22	RB	14	3			0			8	167	0	32	20.9	982
54	Jim Allison	SDG	25	RB	12	0			0			7	121	0	23	17.3	174
55	Gus Hollomon	DEN	23	SS	13	4			0			7	194	0	67	27.7	210
56	Estes Banks	CIN	23	RB	14	3			0			6	106	0	24	17.7	252
57	Bert Coan	KAN	28	HB	12	2			0			5	100	0	31	20.0	275
58	Paul Costa	BUF	27	TE	14	13			0			5	68	0	33	13.6	251
59	Charley Mitchell	BUF	28	HB	3	0			0			5	98	0	24	19.6	98
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Jesse Stokes	DEN	24	DB	2	0			0			5	106	0	30	21.2	106
61	Aaron Marsh	BOS	23	FL	14	12			0			4	74	0	27	18.5	413
62	Alex Moore	DEN	23	RB	3	0			0			4	74	0	28	18.5	131
63	Terry Erwin	DEN	22	RB	9	2			0			3	55	0	25	18.3	152
64	Drake Garrett	DEN	22	RCB	14	13			0			3	77	0	30	25.7	83
65	Hub Lindsey	DEN	23	RB	3	0			0			3	72	0	29	24.0	89
66	Bill Peterson	CIN	23	TE	7	0			0			3	80	0	30	26.7	90
67	Matt Snell	NYJ	27	RB	14	14			0			3	28	0	15	9.3	880
68	Marty Baccaglio	2TM	24	DE	12	0			0			2	0	0	0	0.0	0
69	Fred Forsberg	DEN	24	RLB	13	7			0			2	16	0	12	8.0	22
70	Keith Lincoln	2TM	29	HB	5	0			0			2	37	0	27	18.5	124
71	Charley Long	BOS	30	G	13	0			0			2	20	0	11	10.0	20
72	Bob Robertson	HOU	22	T	14	0			0			2	9	0	9	4.5	9
73	Jim Urbanek	MIA	23	DT	8	0			0			2	15	0	10	7.5	15
74	Bud Whitehead	SDG	29	DB	3	0			0			2	81	0	63	40.5	81
75	Bud Abell	KAN	28	LB	12	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	14
76	Stew Barber	BUF	29	LT	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
77	Jim Cheyunski	BOS	23	MLB	13	5			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	21
78	Eric Crabtree	DEN	24	FL	14	14			0			1	30	0	30	30.0	631
79	Mike D'Amato	NYJ	25	DB	13	0			0			1	32	0	32	32.0	32
80	George Daney	KAN	22	G	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
81	Wallace Dickey	DEN	27	T	10	0			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
82	R.C. Gamble	BOS	22	RB	14	8			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	366
83	Roger Hagberg	OAK	29	FB	14	1			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	263
84	Jerry Hopkins	OAK	27	LB	5	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
85	Roy Hopkins	HOU	23	RB	13	1			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	165
86	Ken Houston*	HOU	24	SS	14	14			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	173
87	Jim Kearney	KAN	25	SS	14	14			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	32
88	Jim Kiick*	MIA	22	RB	14	13			0			1	28	0	28	28.0	1071
89	Bob Kruse	OAK	26	G	12	0			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Mack Lamb	MIA	24	RCB	13	4			0			1	24	0	24	24.0	24
91	Paul Latzke	SDG	26	C	7	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
92	Paul Maguire	BUF	30	P	14	0			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	11
93	Wayne McClure	CIN	26	LB	13	2			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
94	Gary McDermott	BUF	22	RB	14	4			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	233
95	John Neidert	2TM	22	LB	13	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
96	Gus Otto	OAK	25	RLB	13	12			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
97	Sammy Price	MIA	25	RB	13	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	49
98	Remi Prudhomme	KAN	26	C	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
99	Bill Rademacher	NYJ	26	WR	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	-2
100	Dennis Randall	CIN	23	DE	13	1			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
101	John Richardson	MIA	23	DT	11	3			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	1
102	Saint Saffold	CIN	24	LE	14	7			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	193
103	Mark Smolinski	NYJ	29	FB	14	0			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	72
104	Dick Speights	SDG	22	DB	2	0			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	21
105	Gene Thomas	BOS	26	RB	9	4			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	322
106	Freddie Woodson	MIA	24	G	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0

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