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 | Claude Gibson | OAK | 24 | DB | 14 | 5 | 26 | 307 | 2 | 85 | 11.8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 335 |
2 | Bob Suci | BOS | 24 | FS | 14 | 5 | 25 | 233 | 0 | 22 | 9.3 | 17 | 360 | 0 | 35 | 21.2 | 870 |
3 | Fred Glick*+ | HOU | 26 | FS | 14 | 14 | 19 | 171 | 0 | 22 | 9.0 | 20 | 451 | 0 | 43 | 22.6 | 802 |
4 | Ray Abruzzese | BUF | 26 | SS | 14 | 12 | 17 | 152 | 0 | 32 | 8.9 | 6 | 118 | 0 | 25 | 19.7 | 270 |
5 | Thomas Stephens | BOS | 28 | DB | 14 | 1 | 14 | 117 | 0 | 26 | 8.4 | 0 | 139 | ||||
6 | Bobby Jancik | HOU | 23 | RCB | 14 | 11 | 13 | 145 | 0 | 56 | 11.2 | 45 | 1317 | 0 | 53 | 29.3 | 1493 |
7 | Charley Mitchell | DEN | 23 | RCB | 14 | 11 | 12 | 141 | 0 | 28 | 11.8 | 37 | 954 | 1 | 90 | 25.8 | 1207 |
8 | Lance Alworth*+ | SDG | 23 | FL | 14 | 14 | 11 | 120 | 0 | 61 | 10.9 | 10 | 216 | 0 | 34 | 21.6 | 1555 |
9 | Willie West* | BUF | 25 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 11 | 86 | 0 | 24 | 7.8 | 6 | 146 | 0 | 32 | 24.3 | 289 |
10 | Frank Jackson | KAN | 24 | FL | 14 | 14 | 11 | 95 | 0 | 39 | 8.6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 952 |
11 | Dick Christy | NYJ | 28 | HB | 11 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 13 | 5.1 | 24 | 585 | 0 | 71 | 24.4 | 792 |
12 | Ed Rutkowski | BUF | 22 | HB | 14 | 7 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 29 | 8.4 | 13 | 396 | 0 | 65 | 30.5 | 871 |
13 | Keith Lincoln*+ | SDG | 24 | FB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 98 | 0 | 47 | 14.0 | 17 | 439 | 0 | 44 | 25.8 | 1688 |
14 | Gene Mingo | DEN | 25 | HB | 14 | 3 | 7 | 85 | 0 | 45 | 12.1 | 7 | 151 | 0 | 31 | 21.6 | 337 |
15 | Abner Haynes | KAN | 26 | HB | 14 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 20 | 9.5 | 12 | 317 | 0 | 45 | 26.4 | 1196 |
16 | Charley Warner | KAN | 23 | CB | 14 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 6.3 | 9 | 215 | 0 | 33 | 23.9 | 252 |
17 | Mike Sommer | OAK | 29 | HB | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 25 | 11.0 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 24 | 20.4 | 191 |
18 | Dick Harris | SDG | 26 | RCB | 14 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 23 | 10.8 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 17.0 | 160 |
19 | Bill Baird | NYJ | 24 | SS | 14 | 10 | 4 | 143 | 1 | 93 | 35.8 | 0 | 174 | ||||
20 | Joe Krakoski | OAK | 26 | RCB/SS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 49 | ||||
21 | Marshall Starks | NYJ | 24 | LCB | 14 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2.3 | 19 | 336 | 0 | 30 | 17.7 | 362 |
22 | Hewritt Dixon | DEN | 23 | RB | 5 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 47 | 19.3 | 9 | 195 | 0 | 37 | 21.7 | 488 |
23 | Al Frazier | DEN | 28 | FL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 19 | 14.0 | 7 | 185 | 0 | 49 | 26.4 | 227 |
24 | Willie Brown | DEN | 23 | LCB | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 9.7 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 54 | 23.3 | 99 |
25 | Bo Roberson | OAK | 28 | FL | 14 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 17.0 | 38 | 809 | 0 | 58 | 21.3 | 1297 |
26 | Larry Garron* | BOS | 26 | FB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 28 | 693 | 0 | 58 | 24.8 | 1884 |
27 | Dave Grayson* | KAN | 24 | RCB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 20 | 564 | 1 | 99 | 28.2 | 583 |
28 | Roger Kochman | BUF | 22 | HB | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 391 | ||||
29 | Don Maynard | NYJ | 28 | FL | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 792 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Johnny Robinson* | KAN | 25 | FS | 14 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 57 | ||||
31 | Bake Turner* | NYJ | 23 | LE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 299 | 0 | 49 | 21.4 | 1308 | ||||
32 | Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 30 | FL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 333 | 0 | 39 | 25.6 | 1292 | ||||
33 | Bob Gaiters | DEN | 25 | HB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 225 | 0 | 29 | 20.5 | 319 | ||||
34 | Dick Westmoreland | SDG | 22 | RCB | 14 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 204 | 0 | 26 | 20.4 | 204 | ||||
35 | George Saimes | BUF | 22 | FS | 14 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 140 | 0 | 31 | 20.0 | 233 | ||||
36 | Curley Johnson | NYJ | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 17 | 12.8 | 83 | ||||
37 | Paul Lowe* | SDG | 27 | HB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 132 | 0 | 41 | 26.4 | 1333 | ||||
38 | Bill Perkins | NYJ | 22 | HB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 18 | 13.8 | 63 | ||||
39 | Tony Stricker | NYJ | 23 | LCB | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 31 | 22.5 | 96 | ||||
40 | Harry Crump | BOS | 23 | FB | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 11.0 | 199 | ||||
41 | Gerry McDougall | SDG | 28 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 26 | 25.7 | 391 | ||||
42 | Fred Brown | BUF | 25 | HB | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 65 | ||||
43 | Billy Cannon | HOU | 26 | HB | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 19.5 | 123 | ||||
44 | Harold Olson | DEN | 25 | LT | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
45 | Jerry Robinson | SDG | 24 | LE | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 13.5 | 342 | ||||
46 | Glenn Shaw | OAK | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 9.5 | 129 | ||||
47 | Jack Spikes | KAN | 26 | FB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 | 394 | ||||
48 | Smokey Stover | KAN | 25 | LB | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | ||||
49 | Stew Barber*+ | BUF | 24 | LT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | ||||
50 | Dan Birdwell | OAK | 23 | LB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | ||||
51 | Jim Fraser* | DEN | 27 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
52 | Ken Herock | OAK | 22 | TE | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 272 | ||||
53 | Bobby Jackson | SDG | 23 | FB | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 165 | ||||
54 | Dick Klein | OAK | 29 | RT | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | ||||
55 | Dee Mackey | NYJ | 29 | TE | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 263 | ||||
56 | Paul Maguire | SDG | 25 | RLB | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 52 | ||||
57 | Bill Mathis* | NYJ | 25 | HB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 456 | ||||
58 | Marv Matuszak | BUF | 32 | LB | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
59 | Jim McMillin | OAK | 24 | FS | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 85 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Rich Michael* | HOU | 25 | RT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | ||||
61 | Jesse Murdock | 2TM | 24 | HB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | ||||
62 | Herb Paterra | BUF | 23 | LB | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
63 | Hank Rivera | BUF | 25 | DB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||||
64 | Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 24 | FL | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 471 | ||||
65 | Jackie Simpson | OAK | 27 | LLB | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 30 | ||||
66 | Mark Smolinski | NYJ | 24 | FB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 849 | ||||
67 | Walt Sweeney | SDG | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | ||||
68 | Bill Tobin | HOU | 22 | HB | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 454 | ||||
69 | Charley Tolar | HOU | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 938 | ||||
70 | John Tracey | BUF | 30 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 43 | ||||
71 | Dave Watson | BOS | 22 | G | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | ||||
72 | Jerrel Wilson | KAN | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 82 | ||||
73 | Bob Yates | BOS | 25 | RT | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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