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1968 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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AP MVP: Earl Morrall

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Earl McCullouch

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Claude Humphrey

Passing Leader: John Brodie, 3020 Yds

Rushing Leader: Leroy Kelly, 1239 Yds

Receiving Leader: Roy Jefferson, 1074 Yds

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Kick & Punt Returns

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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	Chuck Latourette	STL	23	DB	14	2	28	345	1	86	12.3	46	1237	0	75	26.9	1597
2	Roy Jefferson*	PIT	25	FL	14	13	28	274	1	80	9.8			0			1405
3	Ron Smith	RAM	25	SS	14	14	27	171	0	24	6.3	26	718	1	94	27.6	917
4	Willie Wood*	GNB	32	FS	14	14	26	126	0	16	4.8			0			180
5	Rick Volk	BAL	23	FS	14	14	25	198	0	24	7.9			0			352
6	Kermit Alexander*	SFO	27	RCB	14	14	24	87	0	26	3.6	20	360	0	35	18.0	602
7	Charlie West	MIN	22	DB	14	0	20	201	1	98	10.1	22	576	0	82	26.2	777
8	Rickie Harris	WAS	25	RCB	14	10	19	144	0	20	7.6	23	579	0	49	25.2	726
9	Eddie Meador*+	RAM	31	FS	14	14	17	136	0	40	8.0	1	20	0	20	20.0	207
10	Timmy Brown	BAL	31	RB	11	0	16	125	0	25	7.8	15	298	0	29	19.9	635
11	Tom Brown	GNB	28	SS	14	13	16	111	1	52	6.9			0			199
12	Alvin Haymond	PHI	26	RCB	11	9	15	201	1	54	13.4	28	677	1	98	24.2	888
13	John Gilliam	NOR	23	LE	14	4	15	60	0	21	4.0	15	328	0	48	21.9	708
14	Bob Hayes+	DAL	26	LE	14	14	15	312	2	90	20.8	1	20	0	20	20.0	1243
15	Charlie Leigh	CLE	23	RB	14	2	14	76	0	29	5.4	14	322	0	41	23.0	538
16	Lance Rentzel	DAL	25	FL	14	14	14	93	0	27	6.6			0			1102
17	Lem Barney*+	DET	23	LCB	14	14	13	79	0	18	6.1	25	670	1	98	26.8	831
18	Spider Lockhart*	NYG	25	FS	14	14	13	69	0	28	5.3			0			199
19	Johnny Fuller	SFO	22	FS	14	10	12	33	0	9	2.8	1	23	0	23	23.0	59
20	Jimmy Burson	ATL	28	FS/RCB	14	14	11	56	0	17	5.1			0			204
21	Bobby Bryant	MIN	24	DB	14	0	10	49	0	15	4.9	19	373	0	35	19.6	482
22	Cecil Turner	CHI	24	FL	14	14	9	19	0	12	2.1	20	363	0	33	18.2	606
23	Ben Davis	CLE	23	RCB	14	14	9	11	0	9	1.2	8	152	0	33	19.0	325
24	Gene Howard	NOR	22	RCB	14	10	8	42	0	12	5.3	23	533	0	36	23.2	626
25	Charlie Brown	NOR	23	RB	3	0	8	60	1	53	7.5	8	137	0	28	17.1	197
26	Bobby Duhon	NYG	22	RB	13	11	7	34	0	12	4.9	13	214	0	30	16.5	983
27	Jim Smith	WAS	22	FS	14	13	6	38	0	25	6.3	3	61	0	26	20.3	160
28	Bob Wallace	CHI	23	SE	12	1	6	27	0	9	4.5	3	80	0	42	26.7	417
29	Lou Harris	PIT	22	DB	14	4	6	21	0	10	3.5	1	19	0	19	19.0	40
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Joe Scarpati	PHI	25	FS	14	14	5	17	0	7	3.4			0			39
31	Nick Rassas	ATL	24	SS	14	7	4	10	0	5	2.5	10	180	0	24	18.0	208
32	John Mallory	PHI	22	RCB	14	4	4	46	0	28	11.5	6	94	0	23	15.7	203
33	Nick Eddy	DET	24	RB	5	3	4	10	0	11	2.5			0			277
34	Elijah Nevett	NOR	24	DB	10	1	3	-9	0	0	-3.0	2	94	0	55	47.0	85
35	Johnny Roland	STL	25	RB	14	13	3	11	0	8	3.7			0			563
36	Gale Sayers+	CHI	25	RB	9	9	2	29	0	18	14.5	17	461	0	48	27.1	1463
37	Aaron Martin	WAS	26	RCB	14	5	2	12	0	8	6.0	7	146	0	31	20.9	181
38	Rocky Bleier	PIT	22	RB	10	0	2	13	0	14	6.5	6	119	0	27	19.8	239
39	Tom Vaughn	DET	25	FS	13	13	2	0	0	0	0.0	5	128	0	31	25.6	161
40	Tom Watkins	PIT	31	HB	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	22	0	22	22.0	22
41	Bobby Mitchell	WAS	33	SE	14	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	11	235	0	43	21.4	411
42	Dick Gordon	CHI	24	LE	14	12	1	5	0	5	5.0	3	97	0	37	32.3	579
43	Dennis Homan	DAL	22	WR	10	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	21	0	21	10.5	113
44	Elijah Pitts	GNB	30	HB	14	3	1	1	0	1	1.0	2	40	0	27	20.0	447
45	Leroy Kelly*+	CLE	26	RB	14	14	1	9	0	9	9.0	1	10	0	10	10.0	1556
46	Jerry Logan	BAL	27	SS	14	14	1	27	0	27	27.0	1	14	0	14	14.0	50
47	Major Hazelton	CHI	24	DB	14	0	1	1	0	1	1.0			0			1
48	Brig Owens	WAS	25	SS	14	14	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			109
49	Cannonball Butler	ATL	25	RB	12	7			0			37	799	0	42	21.6	1291
50	Ronnie Blye	NYG	27	RB	13	0			0			35	734	0	66	21.0	1068
51	Jon Henderson	PIT	24	FL	14	1			0			29	589	0	44	20.3	615
52	Don Shy	PIT	23	RB	13	2			0			28	682	0	90	24.4	894
53	Travis Williams	GNB	22	RB	14	0			0			28	599	0	60	21.4	710
54	Craig Baynham	DAL	24	RB	14	8			0			23	590	0	40	25.7	1408
55	Bobby Thompson	DET	29	DB	14	0			0			17	363	0	40	21.4	363
56	Preston Pearson	BAL	23	RB	14	0			0			15	527	2	102	35.1	675
57	Herb Adderley	GNB	29	LCB	14	14			0			14	331	0	50	23.6	383
58	Doug Cunningham	SFO	23	RB	10	0			0			14	286	0	38	20.4	318
59	Carl Ward	CLE	24	DB	14	0			0			13	236	0	35	18.2	236
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Willie Ellison	RAM	23	RB	14	9			0			12	268	0	40	22.3	1132
61	Ben Hawkins	PHI	24	FL	14	14			0			12	254	0	46	21.2	961
62	Al Nelson	PHI	25	LCB	14	14			0			11	308	0	69	28.0	315
63	Clem Daniels	SFO	31	RB	9	0			0			10	206	0	29	20.6	266
64	Dick Smith	WAS	24	DB	10	0			0			10	228	0	30	22.8	248
65	Dick Daniels	DAL	24	FS	14	6			0			9	193	0	32	21.4	222
66	Clarence Childs	CHI	30	DB	4	0			0			8	291	0	88	36.4	291
67	Nate James	CLE	23	DB	12	0			0			8	166	0	43	20.8	166
68	Jim Holifield	NYG	22	DB	14	0			0			7	111	0	20	15.9	111
69	Willis Crenshaw	STL	27	RB	14	14			0			6	104	0	25	17.3	1149
70	Pete Larson	WAS	24	RB	14	3			0			6	151	0	49	25.2	429
71	Charlie Bryant	ATL	27	RB	2	1			0			5	112	0	29	22.4	152
72	Terry Cole	BAL	23	RB	14	5			0			5	123	0	34	24.6	616
73	Bill Tucker	SFO	25	RB	14	0			0			5	103	0	30	20.6	435
74	Clint Jones	MIN	23	RB	12	12			0			4	60	0	22	15.0	622
75	Ralph Kurek	CHI	25	RB	14	2			0			4	48	0	20	12.0	193
76	Reece Morrison	CLE	23	RB	14	0			0			4	85	0	33	21.3	164
77	Marshall Cropper	PIT	24	WR	5	0			0			3	53	0	23	17.7	107
78	Earl Denny	MIN	23	RB	14	0			0			3	19	0	10	6.3	28
79	Dwight Lee	2TM	23	RB	13	0			0			3	63	0	22	21.0	70
80	Ralph Neely+	DAL	25	RT	14	14			0			3	17	0	9	5.7	17
81	Tom Nowatzke	DET	26	FB	14	1			0			3	34	0	15	11.3	156
82	Roy Shivers	STL	27	RB	14	1			0			3	63	0	23	21.0	350
83	Joe Szczecko	ATL	26	DT	10	0			0			3	18	0	18	6.0	18
84	Don Talbert	ATL	29	LT	14	11			0			3	30	0	13	10.0	30
85	Joe Auer	ATL	27	RB	7	0			0			2	31	0	20	15.5	50
86	Dick Butkus*+	CHI	26	MLB	13	13			0			2	30	0	28	15.0	44
87	Mike Dennis	RAM	24	RB	14	0			0			2	2	0	2	1.0	191
88	Tucker Frederickson	NYG	25	RB	14	6			0			2	13	0	9	6.5	563
89	Harold Hays	SFO	29	LB	14	0			0			2	21	0	13	10.5	21
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Dave Kopay	DET	26	RB	14	5			0			2	29	0	15	14.5	366
91	Frank Nunley	SFO	23	LB	14	0			0			2	0	0	0	0.0	0
92	Dave Pivec	RAM	25	TE	14	2			0			2	0	0	0	0.0	27
93	Dave Robinson	GNB	27	LLB	14	14			0			2	29	0	19	14.5	47
94	Walt Rock	WAS	27	LT	14	10			0			2	10	0	10	5.0	10
95	Tim Rossovich	PHI	22	LDE	14	9			0			2	20	0	11	10.0	20
96	Grady Alderman	MIN	30	LT	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
97	Grady Allen	ATL	22	LLB	14	7			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
98	Billy Andrews	CLE	23	LB	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
99	Cas Banaszek	SFO	23	RT	14	14			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
100	Erich Barnes*	CLE	33	LCB	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	64
101	Walt Barnes	WAS	24	LDE	14	6			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
102	Joe Cerne	ATL	26	C	6	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
103	Jim Copeland	CLE	23	G	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
104	Mike Donohoe	ATL	23	TE	14	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	74
105	John Douglas	NOR	23	LCB	14	14			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	10
106	Scott Eaton	NYG	24	LCB	14	14			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	22
107	Vilnis Ezerins	RAM	24	RB	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	2
108	Billy Gambrell	DET	27	FL	14	11			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	504
109	Dave Graham	PHI	29	T	14	0			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	8
110	Dan Grimm	ATL	27	C/RG	14	14			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	4
111	Billy Harris	ATL	22	RB	6	4			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	278
112	Tommy Hart	SFO	24	LB	5	0			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	3
113	John Hilton	PIT	26	TE	14	13			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	294
114	Chuck Hinton	NYG	26	C	14	0			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	12
115	Jim Houston	CLE	31	LLB	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	11
116	Mike Howell	CLE	25	FS	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	55
117	Harry Jones	PHI	23	RB	4	3			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	129
118	Jerry Jones	NOR	24	RT	14	14			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	5
119	Les Kelley	NOR	24	LB	14	1			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	20
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Joe Koontz	NYG	23	WR	14	0			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
121	Rudy Kuechenberg	CHI	25	LB	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
122	Jim Lindsey	MIN	24	RB	14	0			0			1	7	0	7	7.0	307
123	Dave Long	STL	24	DE	14	3			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
124	Bob Lurtsema	NYG	26	RDT	14	14			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	50
125	Bill Martin	MIN	26	TE	14	7			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	101
126	Tom Matte*	BAL	29	RB	14	14			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	959
127	Marlin McKeever	WAS	28	TE	14	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
128	Ed Mooney	DET	23	LB	14	0			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
129	Pettis Norman	DAL	29	TE	13	13			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	255
130	Dave Olerich	SFO	24	TE	14	0			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	4
131	Woody Peoples	SFO	25	G	13	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
132	Ron Porter	BAL	23	RLB	14	6			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	19
133	Ed Sharockman	MIN	29	RCB	14	14			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	84
134	Ralph Smith	CLE	30	TE	14	0			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	27
135	Steve Stonebreaker	NOR	30	LB	14	1			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	22
136	Mike Taylor	PIT	23	T	14	3			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	18
137	Phil Vandersea	GNB	25	DE	10	0			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	8
138	Harmon Wages	ATL	22	RB	13	5			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	355
139	Dave Whitsell	NOR	32	FS	14	13			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	49
140	Clancy Williams	RAM	26	LCB	14	14			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	67
141	Willie Williams	NYG	26	RCB	14	14			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	103
142	Francis Winkler	GNB	22	DE	7	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0

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