Kick & Punt Returns
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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 | 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 | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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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