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Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | PRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | Ret | Yds | KRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | APYd | Awards |
1 | George Atkinson | 21 | OAK | LCB | 14 | 6 | 36 | 490 | 2 | 86 | 13.6 | 32 | 802 | 0 | 60 | 25.1 | 1358 | PB |
2 | Hagood Clarke | 26 | BUF | DB | 14 | 1 | 29 | 241 | 1 | 82 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 | ||
3 | Larry Carwell | 24 | HOU | RCB | 14 | 9 | 27 | 227 | 0 | 32 | 8.4 | 15 | 335 | 0 | 38 | 22.3 | 643 | |
4 | Floyd Little | 26 | DEN | RB | 11 | 11 | 24 | 261 | 1 | 67 | 10.9 | 26 | 649 | 0 | 89 | 25.0 | 1825 | PB |
5 | Sid Blanks | 28 | HOU | RB | 14 | 8 | 22 | 179 | 0 | 39 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 532 | ||
6 | Essex Johnson | 22 | CIN | RB | 14 | 0 | 22 | 111 | 0 | 45 | 5.0 | 14 | 266 | 0 | 31 | 19.0 | 588 | |
7 | Willie Porter | 22 | BOS | DB | 13 | 0 | 22 | 135 | 0 | 24 | 6.1 | 36 | 812 | 0 | 61 | 22.6 | 949 | |
8 | Bill Baird | 29 | NYJ | FS | 14 | 8 | 18 | 111 | 0 | 20 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 | ||
9 | Speedy Duncan | 26 | SDG | RCB | 10 | 8 | 18 | 206 | 1 | 95 | 11.4 | 25 | 586 | 0 | 53 | 23.4 | 796 | |
10 | Noland Smith | 25 | KAN | WR | 12 | 0 | 18 | 270 | 1 | 80 | 15.0 | 23 | 549 | 0 | 37 | 23.9 | 867 | |
11 | Earl Christy | 25 | NYJ | DB | 14 | 0 | 13 | 116 | 0 | 39 | 8.9 | 25 | 599 | 0 | 87 | 24.0 | 731 | |
12 | Kenny Graham | 27 | SDG | SS | 14 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 0 | 22 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | PB,AP-2 | |
13 | Rodger Bird | 25 | OAK | SS | 10 | 8 | 11 | 128 | 0 | 50 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | ||
14 | Billy Johnson | 25 | BOS | DB | 14 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 3.4 | 22 | 442 | 0 | 36 | 20.1 | 511 | |
15 | Charlie Greer | 22 | DEN | LCB | 14 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 5.9 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 32 | 20.5 | 112 | |
16 | Bob Neff | 24 | MIA | DB | 5 | 0 | 8 | 71 | 0 | 20 | 8.9 | 5 | 190 | 0 | 95 | 38.0 | 261 | |
17 | Ed Rutkowski | 27 | BUF | QB | 13 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 2.9 | 5 | 87 | 0 | 26 | 17.4 | 233 | |
18 | Russ Smith | 24 | SDG | RB | 14 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 3.1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 542 | |
19 | Goldie Sellers | 26 | KAN | LCB | 14 | 6 | 7 | 129 | 1 | 76 | 18.4 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 20.0 | 188 | |
20 | Eldridge Dickey | 23 | OAK | WR | 11 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 8.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 99 | |
21 | Gene Milton | 24 | MIA | WR | 13 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 26 | 9.2 | 18 | 408 | 0 | 74 | 22.7 | 639 | |
22 | Dick Anderson | 22 | MIA | FS | 14 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 3.6 | 6 | 106 | 0 | 25 | 17.7 | 367 | |
23 | Richard Trapp | 22 | BUF | LE | 14 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 261 | ||
24 | Gary Tucker | 23 | MIA | RB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 8.0 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 18.0 | 109 | |
25 | Jim Richards | 22 | NYJ | DB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 37 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | ||
26 | Tommy Luke | 24 | DEN | DB | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 4.3 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 20 | 17.0 | 47 | |
27 | Ode Burrell | 29 | HOU | RB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 13.0 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 40 | 35.0 | 131 | |
28 | Butch Byrd | 27 | BUF | RCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | PB,AP-2 | |
29 | Mike Garrett | 24 | KAN | RB | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 927 | ||
30 | Art Graham | 27 | BOS | LE | 11 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5.5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 262 | |
31 | Pete Jaquess | 28 | DEN | SS | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | |
32 | Bobby Leo | 23 | BOS | HB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
33 | Jess Phillips | 21 | CIN | SS | 14 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 8.0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 72 | |
34 | Johnny Robinson | 30 | KAN | FS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | PB,AP-1 | |
35 | Philip Spiller | 23 | CIN | DB | 4 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 40 | 25.5 | 5 | 91 | 0 | 28 | 18.2 | 142 | |
36 | Jimmy Warren | 29 | MIA | LCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | 10 | 227 | 0 | 36 | 22.7 | 252 | |
37 | Monk Williams | 23 | CIN | FL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 7.0 | 5 | 112 | 0 | 33 | 22.4 | 126 | |
38 | Ceasar Belser | 24 | KAN | DB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 22 | 9.5 | 38 | |
39 | Jack Harper | 24 | MIA | RB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 25 | |
40 | Daryl Johnson | 22 | BOS | RCB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 26 | 21.0 | 88 | |
41 | Charlie King | 25 | CIN | RCB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||
42 | Willie Mitchell | 28 | KAN | RCB | 13 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | ||
43 | Zeke Moore | 25 | HOU | DB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 32 | 787 | 0 | 45 | 24.6 | 798 | |
44 | Gerry Philbin | 27 | NYJ | LDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | PB,AP-1 | |
45 | Paul Robinson | 24 | CIN | RB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 22 | 19.3 | 1210 | PB,AP-1 |
46 | Art Shell | 22 | OAK | T | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
47 | Dick Washington | 23 | MIA | DB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
48 | Nemiah Wilson | 25 | OAK | DB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 26 | 21.0 | 84 | |
49 | Bud Abell | 28 | KAN | LB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | ||
50 | Jim Allison | 25 | SDG | RB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 121 | 0 | 23 | 17.3 | 174 | ||
51 | Max Anderson | 23 | BUF | RB | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 971 | 1 | 100 | 24.9 | 1636 | ||
52 | Marty Baccaglio | 24 | SDG | DE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
53 | Estes Banks | 23 | CIN | RB | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 106 | 0 | 24 | 17.7 | 252 | ||
54 | Stew Barber | 29 | BUF | LT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
55 | Charlie Brown | 26 | BUF | DB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 274 | 0 | 32 | 22.8 | 313 | ||
56 | Jim Cheyunski | 23 | BOS | MLB | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | ||
57 | Bert Coan | 28 | KAN | HB | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100 | 0 | 31 | 20.0 | 275 | ||
58 | Paul Costa | 27 | BUF | TE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 33 | 13.6 | 251 | ||
59 | Jim Cox | 22 | MIA | TE | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 188 | |||
60 | Eric Crabtree | 24 | DEN | FL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 631 | ||
61 | Mike D'Amato | 25 | NYJ | DB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | ||
62 | George Daney | 22 | KAN | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
63 | Wallace Dickey | 27 | DEN | T | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | ||
64 | Terry Erwin | 22 | DEN | RB | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 25 | 18.3 | 152 | ||
65 | Fred Forsberg | 24 | DEN | RLB | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 8.0 | 22 | ||
66 | R.C. Gamble | 22 | BOS | RB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 366 | ||
67 | Drake Garrett | 22 | DEN | RCB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 30 | 25.7 | 83 | ||
68 | Roger Hagberg | 29 | OAK | FB | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 263 | ||
69 | Gus Hollomon | 23 | DEN | SS | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 194 | 0 | 67 | 27.7 | 210 | ||
70 | Jerry Hopkins | 27 | OAK | LB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
71 | Roy Hopkins | 23 | HOU | RB | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 165 | ||
72 | Ken Houston | 24 | HOU | SS | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 173 | PB | |
73 | Jim Kearney | 25 | KAN | SS | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 32 | ||
74 | Jim Kiick | 22 | MIA | RB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 1071 | PB | |
75 | Bob Kruse | 26 | OAK | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||
76 | Mack Lamb | 24 | MIA | RCB | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | ||
77 | Paul Latzke | 26 | SDG | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
78 | Monte Ledbetter | 25 | BUF | WR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 112 | |||
79 | Keith Lincoln | 29 | SDG | HB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 | 37 | ||
80 | Hub Lindsey | 23 | DEN | RB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 29 | 24.0 | 89 | ||
81 | Charley Long | 30 | BOS | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 10.0 | 20 | ||
82 | Paul Maguire | 30 | BUF | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | ||
83 | Aaron Marsh | 23 | BOS | FL | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 | 413 | ||
84 | Wayne McClure | 26 | CIN | LB | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||
85 | Gary McDermott | 22 | BUF | RB | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 233 | ||
86 | Warren McVea | 22 | CIN | LE | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 310 | 0 | 30 | 22.1 | 707 | ||
87 | Charley Mitchell | 28 | BUF | HB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 0 | 24 | 19.6 | 98 | ||
88 | Alex Moore | 23 | DEN | RB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 28 | 18.5 | 131 | ||
89 | John Neidert | 22 | NYJ | LB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
90 | Gus Otto | 25 | OAK | RLB | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
91 | Bill Peterson | 23 | CIN | TE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 30 | 26.7 | 90 | ||
92 | Dickie Post | 23 | SDG | RB | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 199 | 0 | 38 | 19.9 | 1122 | AP-2 | |
93 | Sammy Price | 25 | MIA | RB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 49 | ||
94 | Remi Prudhomme | 26 | KAN | C | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
95 | Bill Rademacher | 26 | NYJ | WR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -2 | ||
96 | Dennis Randall | 23 | CIN | DE | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||
97 | John Richardson | 23 | MIA | DT | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||
98 | Bob Robertson | 22 | HOU | T | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | ||
99 | Saint Saffold | 24 | CIN | LE | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 | ||
100 | Charlie Smith | 22 | OAK | RB | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 167 | 0 | 32 | 20.9 | 982 | ||
101 | Mark Smolinski | 29 | NYJ | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 72 | ||
102 | Matt Snell | 27 | NYJ | RB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 9.3 | 880 | ||
103 | Dick Speights | 22 | SDG | DB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | ||
104 | Jesse Stokes | 24 | DEN | DB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 106 | 0 | 30 | 21.2 | 106 | ||
105 | Gene Thomas | 26 | BOS | RB | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 322 | ||
106 | Bake Turner | 28 | NYJ | FL | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 319 | 0 | 36 | 22.8 | 560 | ||
107 | Jim Urbanek | 23 | MIA | DT | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 7.5 | 15 | ||
108 | Bud Whitehead | 29 | SDG | DB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 63 | 40.5 | 81 | ||
109 | Freddie Woodson | 24 | MIA | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
League Average | 8.6 | 21.6 |
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Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | PRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | Ret | Yds | KRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | APYd | Awards |
1 | Rodger Bird | 25 | OAK | SS | 2 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
2 | Bill Baird | 29 | NYJ | FS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
3 | George Atkinson | 21 | OAK | LCB | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5.5 | 5 | 146 | 0 | 34 | 29.2 | 189 | |
4 | Noland Smith | 25 | KAN | WR | 1 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 2 | -4.5 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 28 | 14.2 | 62 | |
5 | Earl Christy | 25 | NYJ | DB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 111 | 0 | 35 | 27.8 | 111 | |
6 | Willie Lanier | 23 | KAN | MLB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
7 | Willie Mitchell | 28 | KAN | RCB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 28 | 23.0 | 46 | ||
8 | Charlie Smith | 22 | OAK | RB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 18 | ||
9 | Bake Turner | 28 | NYJ | FL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 27 | ||
League Average | 3.5 | 21.8 |
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