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 | Mel Renfro* | DAL | 23 | FS | 14 | 14 | 32 | 418 | 1 | 69 | 13.1 | 40 | 1017 | 0 | 65 | 25.4 | 1545 |
2 | Abe Woodson | SFO | 30 | RCB | 14 | 10 | 22 | 133 | 0 | 26 | 6.0 | 32 | 880 | 0 | 70 | 27.5 | 1014 |
3 | Bill Butler | MIN | 27 | S | 14 | 2 | 22 | 156 | 0 | 32 | 7.1 | 26 | 597 | 0 | 34 | 23.0 | 837 |
4 | Dick James | NYG | 30 | HB | 14 | 9 | 21 | 153 | 0 | 31 | 7.3 | 23 | 515 | 0 | 30 | 22.4 | 958 |
5 | Kermit Alexander | SFO | 23 | FS | 14 | 14 | 21 | 189 | 1 | 70 | 9.0 | 20 | 483 | 0 | 44 | 24.2 | 748 |
6 | Jon Arnett | CHI | 29 | LHB | 14 | 8 | 19 | 188 | 0 | 44 | 9.9 | 15 | 331 | 0 | 44 | 22.1 | 1142 |
7 | Willie Wood*+ | GNB | 28 | FS | 14 | 14 | 19 | 252 | 0 | 64 | 13.3 | 0 | 325 | ||||
8 | Pat Studstill | DET | 26 | WR | 14 | 3 | 17 | 137 | 0 | 36 | 8.1 | 29 | 708 | 0 | 53 | 24.4 | 947 |
9 | Wendell Harris | BAL | 24 | DB | 14 | 7 | 17 | 214 | 0 | 39 | 12.6 | 0 | 234 | ||||
10 | Tom Watkins | DET | 27 | HB | 14 | 7 | 16 | 238 | 2 | 68 | 14.9 | 16 | 368 | 0 | 57 | 23.0 | 952 |
11 | Alex Hawkins | BAL | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 16 | 122 | 0 | 30 | 7.6 | 0 | 164 | ||||
12 | Carver Shannon | RAM | 26 | HB | 12 | 2 | 15 | 81 | 0 | 22 | 5.4 | 18 | 442 | 0 | 40 | 24.6 | 562 |
13 | Elijah Pitts | GNB | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 15 | 191 | 1 | 65 | 12.7 | 0 | 356 | ||||
14 | Brady Keys | PIT | 28 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 14 | 172 | 0 | 90 | 12.3 | 7 | 168 | 0 | 34 | 24.0 | 351 |
15 | Pervis Atkins | WAS | 29 | FB | 13 | 4 | 13 | 138 | 0 | 68 | 10.6 | 14 | 319 | 0 | 33 | 22.8 | 600 |
16 | Paul Martha | PIT | 22 | HB | 14 | 2 | 13 | 64 | 0 | 19 | 4.9 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 247 |
17 | Jerry Logan | BAL | 23 | SS | 14 | 14 | 13 | 111 | 0 | 22 | 8.5 | 0 | 202 | ||||
18 | Bobby Smith | RAM | 26 | SS/RCB | 14 | 12 | 12 | 68 | 0 | 16 | 5.7 | 20 | 489 | 0 | 56 | 24.5 | 654 |
19 | Billy Gambrell | STL | 23 | LE | 14 | 7 | 12 | 126 | 0 | 36 | 10.5 | 4 | 92 | 0 | 29 | 23.0 | 616 |
20 | Jimmy Burson | STL | 24 | RCB | 14 | 7 | 12 | 125 | 1 | 68 | 10.4 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 21 | 19.0 | 216 |
21 | Billy Martin | CHI | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 2.8 | 24 | 534 | 0 | 36 | 22.3 | 574 |
22 | Timmy Brown | PHI | 27 | HB | 10 | 6 | 10 | 96 | 0 | 53 | 9.6 | 30 | 692 | 0 | 51 | 23.1 | 1388 |
23 | Walter Roberts | CLE | 22 | SE | 14 | 0 | 10 | 132 | 0 | 40 | 13.2 | 24 | 661 | 0 | 60 | 27.5 | 817 |
24 | Tommy Mason* | MIN | 25 | HB | 13 | 12 | 10 | 150 | 0 | 45 | 15.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 25 | 18.0 | 1116 |
25 | Leroy Kelly | CLE | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 9 | 171 | 1 | 68 | 19.0 | 24 | 582 | 0 | 45 | 24.3 | 765 |
26 | Clarence Childs | NYG | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 27 | 6.7 | 34 | 987 | 1 | 100 | 29.0 | 1226 |
27 | Izzy Lang | PHI | 22 | RB | 12 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 4.3 | 13 | 352 | 0 | 49 | 27.1 | 486 |
28 | Roger Gill | PHI | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 29 | 10.2 | 7 | 167 | 0 | 37 | 23.9 | 286 |
29 | Jim Shorter | WAS | 25 | DB | 14 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 3.2 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 26 | 16.2 | 102 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Mike Gaechter | DAL | 24 | SS | 11 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 4.8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 55 |
31 | Joe Hernandez | WAS | 24 | WR | 14 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 38 | 9.8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 89 |
32 | Ozzie Clay | WAS | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 | 19 | 482 | 0 | 84 | 25.4 | 487 |
33 | Willie Brown | RAM | 22 | WR | 9 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 5.8 | 6 | 122 | 0 | 26 | 20.3 | 164 |
34 | Eddie Meador* | RAM | 27 | FS | 14 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 148 | 0 | 30 | 24.7 | 207 |
35 | Ted Dean | MIN | 26 | HB | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 23 | 16.7 | 103 |
36 | Ollie Matson | PHI | 34 | HB | 12 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 5.0 | 3 | 104 | 0 | 43 | 34.7 | 760 |
37 | Preston Carpenter | WAS | 30 | TE | 14 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 9.5 | 0 | 492 | ||||
38 | Tommy McDonald | DAL | 30 | FL | 14 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 8.5 | 0 | 629 | ||||
39 | Marv Woodson | PIT | 23 | DB | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 178 | 0 | 63 | 35.6 | 178 |
40 | Hugh McElhenny | DET | 36 | HB | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 27 | 24.0 | 136 |
41 | Dick Bass | RAM | 27 | HB | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 450 |
42 | Jimmy Carr | WAS | 31 | RLB | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 |
43 | Ted Davis | BAL | 22 | LB | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 |
44 | Glenn Glass | PHI | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 30 |
45 | Alvin Haymond | BAL | 22 | DB | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 |
46 | Bobby Thompson | DET | 25 | LCB/RCB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 96 |
47 | Sid Williams | CLE | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
48 | John Baker | PIT | 29 | RDE | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
49 | Erich Barnes* | NYG | 29 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 26 | ||||
50 | Jim Bradshaw | PIT | 25 | SS/FS | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 121 | ||||
51 | Don Hultz | PHI | 24 | LB | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
52 | Carl Kammerer | WAS | 27 | LB | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
53 | Karl Kassulke | MIN | 23 | SS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
54 | Red Mack | PHI | 27 | FL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 169 | ||||
55 | Joe Scarpati | PHI | 21 | FS | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 47 | ||||
56 | Jim Stiger | DAL | 23 | FB | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 365 | ||||
57 | Jerry Stovall | STL | 23 | SS | 14 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 566 | 0 | 47 | 23.6 | 637 | ||||
58 | Herb Adderley* | GNB | 25 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 508 | 0 | 43 | 26.7 | 582 | ||||
59 | Tom Moore | GNB | 26 | HB | 14 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 431 | 0 | 55 | 26.9 | 942 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Gary Ballman* | PIT | 24 | FL/LE | 13 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 386 | 0 | 80 | 27.6 | 1364 | ||||
61 | Joe Don Looney | BAL | 22 | FB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 345 | 0 | 42 | 24.6 | 473 | ||||
62 | Willis Crenshaw | STL | 23 | RB | 14 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 340 | 0 | 44 | 26.2 | 697 | ||||
63 | Tony Lorick | BAL | 23 | FB | 14 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 385 | 0 | 71 | 29.6 | 1062 | ||||
64 | Clarence Peaks | PIT | 29 | HB | 12 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 326 | 0 | 49 | 27.2 | 942 | ||||
65 | Bob Paremore | STL | 25 | HB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 192 | 0 | 31 | 21.3 | 192 | ||||
66 | Charlie Bivins | CHI | 26 | HB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 218 | 0 | 41 | 27.3 | 369 | ||||
67 | Tom Michel | MIN | 24 | HB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 192 | 0 | 40 | 24.0 | 335 | ||||
68 | George Rose | MIN | 22 | LCB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 180 | 0 | 38 | 22.5 | 228 | ||||
69 | Tom Brown | GNB | 24 | DB | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 167 | 0 | 34 | 23.9 | 197 | ||||
70 | Clendon Thomas | PIT | 29 | LE/SS | 14 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 171 | 0 | 37 | 24.4 | 512 | ||||
71 | Homer Jones | NYG | 23 | FL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 111 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 | 193 | ||||
72 | Andy Livingston | CHI | 20 | RB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 167 | 1 | 86 | 27.8 | 164 | ||||
73 | Bill Brown* | MIN | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 23 | 13.6 | 1637 | ||||
74 | Prentice Gautt | STL | 26 | RB | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 0 | 27 | 20.8 | 367 | ||||
75 | Charlie Scales | CLE | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 24 | 15.0 | 103 | ||||
76 | Jerry Hill | BAL | 25 | FB | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 26 | 21.3 | 582 | ||||
77 | Joe Morrison | NYG | 27 | FB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 22 | 18.8 | 718 | ||||
78 | Theron Sapp | PIT | 29 | FB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 10.8 | 102 | ||||
79 | J.W. Lockett | WAS | 27 | FB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 26 | 24.0 | 451 | ||||
80 | Tom Matte | BAL | 25 | HB | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 34 | 23.7 | 455 | ||||
81 | Riley Mattson | WAS | 26 | LT | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 10.0 | 30 | ||||
82 | Bobby Mitchell* | WAS | 29 | FL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 28 | 19.3 | 995 | ||||
83 | Ronnie Bull | CHI | 24 | HB/FB | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 27 | 22.0 | 399 | ||||
84 | John Burrell | PIT | 24 | WR | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 113 | ||||
85 | Ernie Clark | DET | 27 | LLB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 14.5 | 29 | ||||
86 | Tommy Crutcher | GNB | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 37 | 27.0 | 59 | ||||
87 | Perry Lee Dunn | DAL | 23 | RB | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 16.5 | 166 | ||||
88 | Ken Gray*+ | STL | 28 | RG | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
89 | Earl Gros | PHI | 24 | FB | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 19.0 | 1020 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
90 | Mal Hammack | STL | 31 | FB | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 51 | 30.5 | 61 | ||||
91 | Phil King | PIT | 28 | HB | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 13.5 | 130 | ||||
92 | Dave Kopay | SFO | 22 | HB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 15.0 | 436 | ||||
93 | Gary Larsen | RAM | 24 | DT | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | ||||
94 | Joe Marconi | CHI | 30 | FB | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 298 | ||||
95 | Aaron Martin | RAM | 22 | RCB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 9.0 | 125 | ||||
96 | Mike Morgan | PHI | 22 | LLB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
97 | Nick Ryder | DET | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 18.5 | 78 | ||||
98 | Bobby Boyd*+ | BAL | 27 | LCB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 210 | ||||
99 | Amos Bullocks | DAL | 25 | HB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | ||||
100 | Lee Roy Caffey | GNB | 23 | RLB | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | ||||
101 | Monte Clark | CLE | 27 | RT | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
102 | Bobby Joe Conrad* | STL | 29 | FL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 815 | ||||
103 | Lee Folkins | DAL | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | ||||
104 | Bobby Franklin | CLE | 28 | FS | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||
105 | Tom Gilburg | BAL | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | ||||
106 | Marv Harris | RAM | 22 | LB | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
107 | Wally Hilgenberg | DET | 22 | LB | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | ||||
108 | Jim Kelly | PIT | 22 | TE | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 198 | ||||
109 | Monte Lee | DET | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | ||||
110 | Ray Lemek | PIT | 30 | RG/LG | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | ||||
111 | Gary Lewis | SFO | 22 | RB | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 188 | ||||
112 | Amos Marsh | DAL | 25 | FB | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 534 | ||||
113 | Bill McWatters | MIN | 22 | FB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 66 | ||||
114 | Bob Pellegrini | WAS | 30 | LB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
115 | Neal Petties | BAL | 24 | E | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 29 | ||||
116 | Ed Pine | SFO | 24 | LLB | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
117 | Jim Purnell | CHI | 23 | LB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||
118 | Wayne Rasmussen | DET | 22 | DB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||||
119 | Jim Simon | DET | 24 | RT | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
120 | Ron Snidow | WAS | 23 | RDE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||||
121 | Charley Taylor* | WAS | 23 | HB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 1589 | ||||
122 | John Thomas | SFO | 29 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
123 | Don Thompson | PHI | 25 | DE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
124 | Bill Thornton | STL | 25 | FB | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 284 | ||||
125 | Paul Warfield* | CLE | 22 | LE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 924 |
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