Randy Moss had the most all-purpose yards in 1997, with 2,178 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Randy Moss R. Moss	2,178	1997	MRSH	12	25	2	0.2	0	1,647	137.3	25	263	21.9	0	266	22.2	0
2	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	2,144	1997	LT	11	16	190	17.3	3	1,707	155.2	13	241	21.9	0	6	0.5	0
3	Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	2,073	1997	MINN	12	8	77	6.4	0	924	77.0	5	776	64.7	2	296	24.7	0
4	Ricky Williams R. Williams	2,043	1997	TEX	11	26	1,893	172.1	25	150	13.6	0
5	Ahman Green A. Green	1,982	1997	NEB	12	22	1,877	156.4	22	105	8.8	0
6	Jerome Pathon J. Pathon	1,840	1997	WASH	11	8				1,245	113.2	8	386	35.1	0	209	19.0	0
7	Tavian Banks T. Banks	1,839	1997	IOWA	11	19	1,639	149.0	17	200	18.2	2
8	Sedrick Irvin S. Irvin	1,813	1997	MSU	11	14	1,211	110.1	9	339	30.8	4				263	23.9	1
9	Saladin McCullough S. McCullough	1,794	1997	ORE	11	11	1,193	108.5	8	160	14.5	2	441	40.1	1
10	Michael Perry M. Perry	1,784	1997	RICE	11	11	1,034	94.0	10	44	4.0	1	680	61.8	0	26	2.4	0
11	Tony Horne T. Horne	1,693	1997	CLEM	11	9	7	0.6	0	897	81.5	8	491	44.6	0	298	27.1	1
12	Tyrone Watley T. Watley	1,691	1997	ISU	11	8				827	75.2	8	852	77.5	0	12	1.1	0
13	Travis Prentice T. Prentice	1,687	1997	M-OH	11	25	1,549	140.8	25	138	12.5	0
14	Troy Walters T. Walters	1,664	1997	STAN	11	10	-7	-0.6	0	1,206	109.6	8	41	3.7	0	424	38.5	2
15	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	1,646	1997	LSU	9	15	1,144	127.1	15	93	10.3	0	217	24.1	0	192	21.3	0
16	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	1,630	1997	TENN	12	9	1,364	113.7	7	266	22.2	2
17	Autry Denson A. Denson	1,604	1997	ND	12	13	1,268	105.7	12	175	14.6	1	93	7.8	0	68	5.7	0
18	J.R. Redmond	1,590	1997	ASU	10	8	865	86.5	7	186	18.6	1	303	30.3	0	236	23.6	0
19	Amos Zereoue A. Zereoue	1,581	1997	WVU	10	16	1,505	150.5	16	76	7.6	0
20	Curtis Enis C. Enis	1,578	1997	PSU	11	20	1,363	123.9	19	215	19.5	1
21	Pat Johnson P. Johnson	1,559	1997	ORE	11	7	-6	-0.5	0	903	82.1	6	462	42.0	0	200	18.2	1
22	Savon Edwards S. Edwards	1,557	1997	EMU	10	8	627	62.7	6	444	44.4	1	486	48.6	1
23	Eugene Baker E. Baker	1,557	1997	KENT	11	18				1,549	140.8	18				8	0.7	0
24	Steve Smith S. Smith	1,548	1997	USU	11	5	66	6.0	0	686	62.4	3	439	39.9	0	344	31.3	2
25	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,538	1997	WIS	10	15	1,421	142.1	15	117	11.7	0