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1962 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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League Champion: Green Bay Packers

AP MVP: Jim Taylor

AP Rookie of the Year: Ronnie Bull

Passing Leader: Sonny Jurgensen, 3261 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Taylor, 1474 Yds

Receiving Leader: Bobby Mitchell, 1384 Yds

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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	Pat Studstill	DET	24	FL	14	8	29	457	0	44	15.8	20	511	0	59	25.6	1436
2	Willie Wood*	GNB	26	FS	14	14	23	273	0	65	11.9			0			441
3	Johnny Morris	CHI	27	FL	14	14	20	208	0	33	10.4			0			1104
4	Abe Woodson*	SFO	28	RCB	14	14	19	179	1	85	9.4	37	1157	0	79	31.3	1404
5	Dick James	WAS	28	RCB	14	6	19	145	0	33	7.6	32	889	0	72	27.8	1420
6	Billy Martin	CHI	24	HB	14	1	17	62	0	19	3.6	25	515	0	47	20.6	613
7	Bill Butler	MIN	25	FS	14	13	12	169	0	46	14.1	26	588	0	45	22.6	844
8	Pervis Atkins	RAM	27	RHB	14	10	11	94	0	45	8.5	28	676	0	41	24.1	1182
9	Alex Hawkins	BAL	25	HB	13	2	11	42	0	12	3.8	2	35	0	25	17.5	201
10	Bake Turner	BAL	22	FL	14	0	10	95	0	43	9.5	20	504	0	37	25.2	727
11	Bobby Reed	MIN	23	HB	6	1	9	82	0	19	9.1	13	337	0	40	25.9	478
12	Johnny Counts	NYG	23	HB	14	0	8	33	0	17	4.1	26	784	1	90	30.2	934
13	Howard Cassady	2TM	28	HB	10	3	8	49	0	13	6.1	24	482	0	34	20.1	725
14	Tom Watkins	DET	25	HB	13	5	8	42	0	20	5.3	17	452	0	40	26.6	1064
15	J.W. Lockett	DAL	25	FB	14	0	8	45	0	17	5.6	6	130	0	31	21.7	277
16	Wendell Harris	BAL	22	RCB	14	9	8	61	0	21	7.6	3	86	0	31	28.7	208
17	Jim Shofner	CLE	27	RCB	14	11	8	33	0	9	4.1			0			119
18	Brady Keys	PIT	26	RCB/LCB	14	13	7	46	0	25	6.6	28	667	0	57	23.8	729
19	Norm Beal	STL	22	SS	7	6	7	46	0	14	6.6	16	394	0	66	24.6	440
20	Preston Carpenter*	PIT	28	TE	13	12	7	109	0	60	15.6	1	29	0	29	29.0	627
21	Elijah Pitts	GNB	24	HB	14	0	7	17	0	7	2.4			0			171
22	Timmy Brown*	PHI	25	HB	14	14	6	81	0	38	13.5	30	831	1	99	27.7	2306
23	Dick Bass*	RAM	25	FB	14	13	6	81	0	48	13.5	19	446	0	40	23.5	1822
24	Tommy Mason*	MIN	23	HB	14	11	6	52	0	16	8.7	12	301	0	42	25.1	1696
25	Jim Steffen	WAS	26	LCB	14	14	6	30	0	10	5.0	4	107	0	39	26.8	213
26	Mike Gaechter	DAL	22	LCB	14	9	6	32	0	15	5.3	1	16	0	16	16.0	184
27	Ernie Green	CLE	24	HB	13	4	5	31	0	10	6.2	13	250	0	41	19.2	623
28	Hugh McElhenny	MIN	34	HB	11	3	5	43	0	14	8.6	7	160	0	40	22.9	594
29	Joe Morrison	NYG	25	HB	14	0	5	22	0	10	4.4	5	113	0	28	22.6	388
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Billy Stacy	STL	26	LCB	13	11	5	35	0	15	7.0	5	121	0	33	24.2	231
31	Jon Arnett	RAM	27	LHB	10	8	5	49	0	21	9.8	2	87	0	50	43.5	511
32	Eddie Dove	SFO	25	FS	14	11	5	21	0	10	4.2			0			36
33	Tommy McDonald*	PHI	28	FL	14	14	5	8	0	6	1.6			0			1154
34	Alvin Hall	RAM	28	RCB	14	6	4	21	0	11	5.3	8	178	0	32	22.3	199
35	Pat Fischer	STL	22	LCB/RCB	12	8	4	37	0	21	9.3	7	187	0	43	26.7	265
36	Johnny Sample	PIT	26	DB	6	5	4	1	0	1	0.3	2	52	0	30	26.0	74
37	Amos Marsh	DAL	23	FB	14	14	3	4	0	3	1.3	29	725	1	101	25.0	1998
38	Bobby Mitchell*+	WAS	27	FL	14	14	3	7	0	4	2.3	12	398	1	92	33.2	1794
39	Sam Horner	NYG	24	DB	9	0	3	3	0	3	1.0	11	242	0	33	22.0	245
40	Dale Messer	SFO	25	DB	13	3	3	7	0	7	2.3	4	112	0	43	28.0	184
41	Bobby Boyd	BAL	25	LCB	14	14	3	23	0	23	7.7			0			215
42	Bruce Maher	DET	25	RCB	14	4	2	3	0	3	1.5	7	141	0	35	20.1	152
43	Rosey Taylor	CHI	25	FS	14	13	2	11	1	11	5.5	4	98	0	33	24.5	179
44	Bobby Joe Conrad	STL	27	FL	14	14	2	10	0	10	5.0			0			964
45	John David Crow*	STL	27	HB	14	14	2	6	0	4	3.0			0			1017
46	Andy Nelson	BAL	29	SS	14	14	2	22	0	14	11.0			0			42
47	Dick Haley	PIT	25	SS	14	14	1	13	0	13	13.0	7	105	0	23	15.0	144
48	Ed Sharockman	MIN	23	RCB	14	14	1	16	0	16	16.0	3	71	0	47	23.7	267
49	Irv Cross	PHI	23	RCB	14	13	1	2	0	2	2.0	2	72	0	37	36.0	120
50	Bobby Smith	RAM	24	FS	14	9	1	7	0	7	7.0	2	60	0	41	30.0	114
51	Tom Franckhauser	MIN	25	LCB	14	6	1	12	0	12	12.0			0			39
52	Jim Kerr	WAS	23	FS	11	5	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			14
53	Ron Kostelnik	GNB	22	DT	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
54	Jimmy Patton*+	NYG	29	FS	14	14	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			125
55	Ralph Smith	PHI	24	TE	13	0	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			44
56	Tom Matte	BAL	23	HB	14	5			0			27	613	0	42	22.7	920
57	Bill Triplett	STL	22	SS	14	6			0			24	608	0	49	25.3	664
58	Glenn Glass	PIT	22	DB	7	0			0			16	396	0	55	24.8	396
59	Herb Adderley+	GNB	23	LCB	14	14			0			15	418	1	103	27.9	565
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Amos Bullocks	DAL	23	HB	11	0			0			14	265	0	62	18.9	507
61	Tom Moore*	GNB	24	HB	14	6			0			13	284	0	28	21.8	761
62	Charlie Bivins	CHI	24	HB	12	1			0			12	243	0	37	20.3	339
63	Bob Gaiters	2TM	24	HB	11	3			0			11	273	0	47	24.8	513
64	Tommy Wilson	CLE	30	HB	14	5			0			11	307	0	46	27.9	558
65	Leroy Jackson	WAS	23	HB	10	4			0			10	272	0	43	27.2	637
66	Ronnie Bull	CHI	22	HB	14	10			0			9	235	0	35	26.1	950
67	Charlie Scales	CLE	24	HB	14	5			0			9	154	0	22	17.1	460
68	Paul Dudley	NYG	23	HB	11	5			0			8	229	0	56	28.6	441
69	Merrill Douglas	PHI	26	FB	13	0			0			6	136	0	40	22.7	143
70	Prentice Gautt	STL	24	FB	13	7			0			6	124	0	35	20.7	834
71	Jim Vollenweider	SFO	23	HB	14	2			0			6	113	0	45	18.8	171
72	Donnie Davis	DAL	22	WR	11	1			0			4	66	0	23	16.5	97
73	Ted Dean	PHI	24	HB	2	1			0			4	83	0	28	20.8	83
74	Maxie Baughan	PHI	24	RLB	14	14			0			3	9	0	7	3.0	16
75	Joe Childress	STL	29	HB	14	2			0			3	19	0	10	6.3	388
76	Lloyd Winston	SFO	23	FB	2	1			0			3	67	0	29	22.3	54
77	Larry Bowie	MIN	23	G	14	0			0			2	7	0	6	3.5	7
78	Jim Cunningham	WAS	23	FB	14	0			0			2	54	0	31	27.0	241
79	Bob Ferguson	PIT	23	FB	13	0			0			2	30	0	21	15.0	73
80	Mal Hammack	STL	29	FB	14	5			0			2	36	0	19	18.0	223
81	Dick Hoak	PIT	23	HB	14	6			0			2	40	0	22	20.0	619
82	Phil King	NYG	26	HB	14	7			0			2	37	0	20	18.5	683
83	Joe Marconi	CHI	28	FB	13	4			0			2	30	0	21	15.0	742
84	Lou Michaels*	PIT	27	LDE	14	14			0			2	15	0	15	7.5	15
85	Pettis Norman	DAL	23	TE	14	3			0			2	5	0	5	2.5	39
86	Jim Prestel	MIN	25	LDT	14	14			0			2	29	0	17	14.5	29
87	Mark Smolinski	BAL	23	RB	14	6			0			2	20	0	14	10.0	413
88	Sam Tidmore	CLE	24	LB	13	2			0			2	39	0	31	19.5	39
89	Mike Woulfe	PHI	23	LB	13	0			0			2	5	0	5	2.5	5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Taz Anderson	STL	24	TE	14	14			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	541
91	Gail Cogdill*	DET	25	LE	14	14			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	1004
92	Jim Collier	NYG	23	TE	13	3			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	27
93	Gary Collins	CLE	22	WR	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	153
94	Bill Cooper	SFO	23	LB	10	0			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	15
95	Andy Cvercko	DAL	25	LG	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
96	Bob Denton	MIN	28	DE	14	2			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	17
97	John Diehl	BAL	26	DT	14	1			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	5
98	Earl Gros	GNB	22	FB	14	0			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	162
99	Tom Hall	DET	22	RB	13	0			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
100	Deacon Jones	RAM	24	LDE	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
101	Dale Memmelaar	DAL	25	RG	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
102	Al Miller	WAS	22	MLB	14	8			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
103	Ray Nitschke	GNB	26	MLB	14	14			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	63
104	Ed O'Bradovich	CHI	22	LDE	14	13			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	8
105	Mike Sandusky	PIT	27	LG	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
106	Steve Stonebreaker	MIN	24	TE	14	10			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	239
107	Don Talbert	DAL	23	RT	14	4			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
108	Mickey Walker	NYG	23	G	14	2			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
109	Joe Womack	PIT	26	HB	11	10			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	541

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