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 | Jerry LeVias* | HOU | 23 | wr | 14 | 7 | 35 | 292 | 0 | 46 | 8.3 | 38 | 940 | 0 | 87 | 24.7 | 1946 |
2 | Mercury Morris | MIA | 22 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 172 | 0 | 38 | 6.9 | 43 | 1136 | 1 | 105 | 26.4 | 1483 | |
3 | Mike Battle | NYJ | 23 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 235 | 0 | 22 | 6.9 | 31 | 750 | 0 | 45 | 24.2 | 1010 | |
4 | Speedy Duncan | SDG | 27 | RCB | 14 | 10 | 27 | 280 | 0 | 38 | 10.4 | 21 | 587 | 0 | 52 | 28.0 | 985 |
5 | Bill Thompson | DEN | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 25 | 288 | 0 | 40 | 11.5 | 18 | 513 | 0 | 63 | 28.5 | 893 |
6 | George Atkinson* | OAK | 22 | LS | 14 | 12 | 25 | 153 | 0 | 30 | 6.1 | 16 | 382 | 0 | 39 | 23.9 | 573 |
7 | Carl Garrett * | BOS | 22 | RB | 14 | 9 | 12 | 159 | 0 | 45 | 13.3 | 28 | 792 | 0 | 63 | 28.3 | 1909 |
8 | Essex Johnson | CIN | 23 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 85 | 0 | 17 | 5.0 | 16 | 362 | 0 | 51 | 22.6 | 504 | |
9 | Bubba Thornton | BUF | 22 | wr | 14 | 6 | 30 | 749 | 0 | 58 | 25.0 | 883 | |||||
10 | Max Anderson | BUF | 24 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 142 | 0 | 30 | 7.5 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 28 | 21.5 | 367 | |
11 | Wandy Williams | DEN | 23 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 574 | 0 | 38 | 25.0 | 648 | ||||||
12 | Rod Sherman | OAK | 25 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 14 | 5.1 | 12 | 300 | 0 | 31 | 25.0 | 346 | |
13 | O.J. Simpson* | BUF | 22 | RB | 13 | 13 | 21 | 529 | 0 | 73 | 25.2 | 1569 | |||||
14 | Willie Mitchell | KAN | 29 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 101 | 0 | 35 | 7.8 | 7 | 178 | 0 | 36 | 25.4 | 307 | |
15 | Ken Riley | CIN | 22 | RCB | 14 | 9 | 14 | 334 | 0 | 40 | 23.9 | 415 | |||||
16 | Warren McVea | KAN | 23 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 318 | 0 | 40 | 24.5 | 889 | ||||||
17 | Dick Anderson | MIA | 23 | RS | 14 | 14 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 29 | 6.8 | 196 | |||||
18 | Sid Blanks | BOS | 29 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 25 | 21.8 | 187 | |
19 | George Burrell | DEN | 21 | rs | 14 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 42 | 11.2 | 6 | 108 | 0 | 30 | 18.0 | 229 |
20 | Charlie Smith | OAK | 23 | RB | 14 | 14 | 10 | 247 | 0 | 41 | 24.7 | 1169 | |||||
21 | Tom Beier | MIA | 24 | ls | 14 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1.6 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 17 | 14.5 | 73 |
22 | John Guillory | CIN | 24 | rcb | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 170 | 0 | 28 | 21.3 | 170 |
23 | Floyd Little *+ | DEN | 27 | RB | 9 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 52 | 11.7 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 30 | 27.0 | 1098 |
24 | Gene Milton | MIA | 25 | wr | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 166 | 0 | 37 | 20.8 | 412 |
25 | Mike Garrett | KAN | 25 | RB | 14 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 3.5 | 1192 | |||||
26 | Cecil Leonard | NYJ | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 120 | 0 | 23 | 17.1 | 133 | |
27 | Butch Byrd *+ | BUF | 28 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 32 | 5.3 | 158 | |||||
28 | Ed Podolak | KAN | 22 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 165 | 0 | 28 | 23.6 | 165 | ||||||
29 | Mike Richardson | HOU | 23 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 27 | 13.3 | 144 | ||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Russ Smith | SDG | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 138 | 0 | 27 | 23.0 | 498 | |
31 | Ode Burrell | HOU | 30 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 101 | 0 | 32 | 20.2 | 282 | |
32 | Larry Carwell | BOS | 25 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 8.6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 185 |
33 | Aaron Marsh | BOS | 24 | wr | 14 | 4 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 41 | 22.7 | 244 | |||||
34 | Clarence Scott | BOS | 25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 7.2 | 43 | ||||||
35 | Ron Lamb | CIN | 26 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 19 | 12.8 | 106 | ||||||
36 | Paul Lowe | KAN | 33 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 0 | 30 | 23.2 | 149 | ||||||
37 | Paul Robinson* | CIN | 25 | RB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 168 | 0 | 74 | 33.6 | 761 | |||||
38 | Jackie Allen | OAK | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 38 | 22.3 | 65 | |
39 | Bill Baird | NYJ | 30 | RS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 5.3 | 31 | |||||
40 | Bob Gladieux | BOS | 22 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 15.3 | 61 | ||||||
41 | Dave Grayson*+ | OAK | 30 | RS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 7.0 | 175 | |||||
42 | Dickie Post* | SDG | 24 | RB | 14 | 11 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 | 1182 | |||||
43 | Speedy Thomas | CIN | 22 | WR | 14 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 3.8 | 512 | |||||
44 | Hilton Crawford | BUF | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 31 | 24.7 | 81 | ||||||
45 | Ken Criter | DEN | 22 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 10.3 | 31 | ||||||
46 | Jim Fetherston | SDG | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
47 | Kenny Graham* | SDG | 28 | LS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 5.0 | 129 | |||||
48 | Charlie Joiner | HOU | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 0 | 28 | 24.3 | 150 | ||||||
49 | Jess Phillips | CIN | 22 | RB | 14 | 12 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 29 | 17.3 | 758 | |||||
50 | Alvin Reed* | HOU | 25 | TE | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 664 | |||||
51 | Bake Turner | NYJ | 29 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 28 | 24.7 | 291 | ||||||
52 | Clem Turner | CIN | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 5.0 | 134 | ||||||
53 | Jerald Collins | BUF | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | ||||||
54 | Wendell Hayes | KAN | 29 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 45 | 40.5 | 353 | ||||||
55 | Robert Holmes* | KAN | 24 | RB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 36 | 27.0 | 932 | |||||
56 | Jim Mertens | MIA | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 27 | ||||||
57 | Roy Reeves | BUF | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | ||||||
58 | Jim Richards | NYJ | 23 | LS | 14 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 20 | 18.0 | 84 | |||||
59 | Ron Sayers | SDG | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 95 | ||||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Goldie Sellers | KAN | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 7.5 | 34 | ||||||
61 | Walt Barnes | DEN | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||||||
62 | Bobby Bell*+ | KAN | 29 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | |||||
63 | Duane Benson | OAK | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
64 | Ron Berger | BOS | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||||||
65 | Bob Briggs | SDG | 24 | LDE | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
66 | Jim Carroll | NYJ | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
67 | Al Coleman | CIN | 25 | LS | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
68 | Bill Enyart | BUF | 22 | rb | 14 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 389 | |||||
69 | Gene Foster | SDG | 27 | rb | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 320 | |||||
70 | R.C. Gamble | BOS | 23 | rb | 13 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 132 | |||||
71 | Charlie Greer | DEN | 23 | LS | 12 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 49 | |||||
72 | Harry Gunner | CIN | 25 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | ||||||
73 | Waddey Harvey | BUF | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||||||
74 | Jimmy Hines | MIA | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 52 | ||||||
75 | Gus Hollomon | DEN | 24 | ls | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | |||||
76 | Gene Huey | SDG | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
77 | Robert James | BUF | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 21 | ||||||
78 | Tom Janik | BOS | 29 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||||
79 | Dale McCullers | MIA | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
80 | Lloyd Mumphord | MIA | 23 | RCB | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 102 | |||||
81 | Chip Myrtle | DEN | 24 | RLB | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
82 | Pete Richardson | BUF | 23 | rs | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | |||||
83 | Preston Ridlehuber | BUF | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 28 | ||||||
84 | George Sauer* | NYJ | 26 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 750 | |||||
85 | Marty Schottenheimer | BOS | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 16 | ||||||
86 | Howard Twilley | MIA | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158 | ||||||
87 | Jimmy Warren | MIA | 30 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
88 | Lee White | NYJ | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 91 |
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