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 | Hagood Clarke | BUF | 22 | SS | 14 | 5 | 33 | 317 | 1 | 53 | 9.6 | 16 | 330 | 0 | 41 | 20.6 | 647 |
2 | Claude Gibson | OAK | 25 | FS | 14 | 7 | 29 | 419 | 0 | 58 | 14.4 | 0 | 493 | ||||
3 | Dave Cloutier | BOS | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 20 | 136 | 0 | 40 | 6.8 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 46.0 | 182 |
4 | Bill Baird | NYJ | 25 | LCB/FS | 14 | 14 | 18 | 170 | 0 | 27 | 9.4 | 11 | 240 | 0 | 33 | 21.8 | 548 |
5 | Lance Alworth*+ | SDG | 24 | FL | 12 | 12 | 18 | 189 | 0 | 43 | 10.5 | 0 | 1484 | ||||
6 | Willie Mitchell | KAN | 24 | LCB | 9 | 6 | 18 | 160 | 0 | 36 | 8.9 | 0 | 160 | ||||
7 | Odell Barry | DEN | 23 | WR | 14 | 1 | 16 | 149 | 1 | 52 | 9.3 | 47 | 1245 | 0 | 60 | 26.5 | 1432 |
8 | Bobby Jancik | HOU | 24 | RCB | 14 | 8 | 12 | 220 | 1 | 82 | 18.3 | 21 | 488 | 0 | 42 | 23.2 | 738 |
9 | Charley Warner | 2TM | 24 | CB | 9 | 4 | 12 | 165 | 0 | 40 | 13.8 | 12 | 301 | 0 | 44 | 25.1 | 496 |
10 | Ron Burton | BOS | 28 | HB | 14 | 10 | 11 | 78 | 0 | 19 | 7.1 | 7 | 131 | 0 | 27 | 18.7 | 855 |
11 | Frank Jackson | KAN | 25 | FL | 14 | 14 | 11 | 103 | 0 | 24 | 9.4 | 0 | 1051 | ||||
12 | Charley Mitchell | DEN | 24 | HB | 14 | 12 | 9 | 110 | 0 | 54 | 12.2 | 10 | 221 | 0 | 28 | 22.1 | 1146 |
13 | Ed Rutkowski | BUF | 23 | LE | 14 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 5.6 | 21 | 498 | 0 | 57 | 23.7 | 777 |
14 | Dainard Paulson* | NYJ | 27 | SS | 14 | 14 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 4.3 | 0 | 191 | ||||
15 | Jerry Robinson | SDG | 25 | WR | 14 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 5.9 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 26 | 23.3 | 214 |
16 | Fred Glick* | HOU | 27 | FS | 14 | 14 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 5.3 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 113 |
17 | Marshall Starks | NYJ | 25 | LCB | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 7.2 | 7 | 183 | 0 | 41 | 26.1 | 239 |
18 | Thomas Stephens | BOS | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 6.8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 39 |
19 | Speedy Duncan | SDG | 22 | DB | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 4.8 | 9 | 318 | 0 | 91 | 35.3 | 340 |
20 | Bill Pashe | NYJ | 24 | DB | 4 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 7.0 | 0 | 28 | ||||
21 | J.D. Garrett | BOS | 23 | HB | 14 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 14.0 | 32 | 749 | 0 | 42 | 23.4 | 1137 |
22 | Dick Westmoreland | SDG | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5.0 | 18 | 360 | 0 | 43 | 20.0 | 421 |
23 | Kenny Graham | SDG | 23 | SS | 14 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 12.0 | 7 | 172 | 0 | 34 | 24.6 | 220 |
24 | Vince Turner | NYJ | 22 | DB | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 27 |
25 | Butch Byrd* | BUF | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 182 | ||||
26 | Bo Roberson | OAK | 29 | FL | 14 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 36 | 975 | 0 | 59 | 27.1 | 1615 |
27 | Ode Burrell | HOU | 25 | RB | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 449 | 1 | 93 | 26.4 | 532 |
28 | Jimmy Warren | SDG | 25 | LCB | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 353 | 0 | 54 | 27.2 | 381 |
29 | Abner Haynes* | KAN | 27 | HB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 278 | 0 | 45 | 23.2 | 1548 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
30 | Bobby Jackson | 2TM | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 16.0 | 177 |
31 | Joe Krakoski | OAK | 27 | SS | 14 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
32 | Tommy Morrow | OAK | 26 | FS | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 101 | ||||
33 | Bill Rademacher | NYJ | 22 | FL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
34 | Johnny Robinson* | KAN | 26 | FS | 10 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 33 | ||||
35 | Dave Grayson*+ | KAN | 25 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 679 | 0 | 80 | 22.6 | 866 | ||||
36 | Billy Cannon | OAK | 27 | FB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 518 | 0 | 45 | 24.7 | 1310 | ||||
37 | Jim Evans | NYJ | 25 | WR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 259 | 0 | 30 | 19.9 | 315 | ||||
38 | Benny Nelson | HOU | 23 | SS | 14 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 304 | 0 | 47 | 23.4 | 349 | ||||
39 | Larry Garron* | BOS | 27 | FB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 198 | 0 | 31 | 19.8 | 1133 | ||||
40 | Sid Blanks* | HOU | 24 | HB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 207 | 0 | 32 | 23.0 | 1460 | ||||
41 | Gene Mingo | 2TM | 26 | HB | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 163 | 0 | 42 | 20.4 | 214 | ||||
42 | Matt Snell* | NYJ | 23 | FB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 158 | 0 | 31 | 22.6 | 1499 | ||||
43 | Hewritt Dixon | DEN | 24 | TE | 14 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 89 | 0 | 24 | 14.8 | 699 | ||||
44 | Bert Coan | KAN | 24 | HB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 124 | 0 | 25 | 24.8 | 188 | ||||
45 | Willie West | 2TM | 26 | DB-RCB | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 0 | 64 | 28.4 | 142 | ||||
46 | Curley Johnson | NYJ | 29 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 19 | 15.5 | 84 | ||||
47 | Bobby Smith | BUF | 22 | HB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 28 | 22.7 | 446 | ||||
48 | Stew Barber*+ | BUF | 25 | LT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
49 | Mike Dukes | BOS | 28 | RLB | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 16.5 | 39 | ||||
50 | Dalton Hoffman | HOU | 23 | FB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 30 | 26.0 | 56 | ||||
51 | Harold Olson | DEN | 26 | LT | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 13.5 | 27 | ||||
52 | Mark Smolinski | NYJ | 25 | FB | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 9.5 | 155 | ||||
53 | Ron Carpenter | SDG | 23 | LLB | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 44 | ||||
54 | Dan Conners | OAK | 23 | LB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
55 | Clem Daniels* | OAK | 27 | HB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 1552 | ||||
56 | Bo Dickinson | OAK | 30 | FB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | ||||
57 | Willie Frazier | HOU | 22 | TE | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 227 | ||||
58 | Gene Heeter | NYJ | 23 | TE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | ||||
59 | Larry Jordan | DEN | 26 | LB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
60 | Dick Klein | OAK | 30 | T | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
61 | Ed Lothamer | KAN | 22 | DE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
62 | Paul Maguire | BUF | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
63 | Bill Mathis | NYJ | 26 | HB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 344 | ||||
64 | Jim McCusker | NYJ | 28 | T | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
65 | Don Norton | SDG | 26 | LE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 669 | ||||
66 | Don Oakes | BOS | 26 | LT | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
67 | Pete Perreault | NYJ | 25 | RG | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
68 | Tony Romeo | BOS | 26 | TE | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 450 | ||||
69 | Hatch Rosdahl | 2TM | 23 | DE | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
70 | Don Shackelford | DEN | 21 | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | ||||
71 | Smokey Stover | KAN | 26 | LLB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | ||||
72 | Jerry Sturm* | DEN | 28 | C | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
73 | Dave Watson | BOS | 23 | G | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
74 | Ernie Wright | SDG | 25 | LT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
75 | Bob Yates | BOS | 26 | RT | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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