1979 running back with most receiving yards

Joe Washington had the most receiving yards by a running back in 1979, with 750 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Joe Washington J. Washington	750	1979	BAL	15	82	9.1	50.0	3	884	242	3.7	58.9	4
2	Paul Hofer P. Hofer	662	1979	SF	15	58	11.4	44.1	2	615	123	5.0	41.0	7
3	Don McCauley D. McCauley	575	1979	BAL	15	55	10.5	38.3	3	168	59	2.8	11.2	3
4	Rickey Young R. Young	519	1979	MIN	16	72	7.2	32.4	4	708	188	3.8	44.3	3
5	Sherman Smith S. Smith	499	1979	SEA	16	48	10.4	31.2	4	775	194	4.0	48.4	11
6	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	494	1979	PHI	16	41	12.0	30.9	5	1,512	338	4.5	94.5	9
7	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	484	1979	NO	15	58	8.3	32.3	1	708	189	3.7	47.2	9
8	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	474	1979	OAK	16	51	9.3	29.6	2	818	223	3.7	51.1	7
9	Clarence Harmon C. Harmon	434	1979	WAS	16	32	13.6	27.1	5	267	65	4.1	16.7	0
10	Dan Doornink D. Doornink	432	1979	SEA	16	54	8.0	27.0	1	500	152	3.3	31.3	8
11	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	422	1979	SF	16	53	8.0	26.4	0	375	114	3.3	23.4	2
12	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	417	1979	CIN	16	43	9.7	26.1	2	688	140	4.9	43.0	0
13	Curtis Brown C. Brown	401	1979	BUF	15	39	10.3	26.7	3	574	172	3.3	38.3	1
14	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	388	1979	SD	14	32	12.1	27.7	0	353	91	3.9	25.2	1
15	Calvin Hill C. Hill	381	1979	CLE	14	38	10.0	27.2	2	193	53	3.6	13.8	1
16	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	375	1979	DAL	14	45	8.3	26.8	1	1,107	250	4.4	79.1	6
17	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	372	1979	CLE	16	41	9.1	23.3	2	1,294	264	4.9	80.9	9
18	Dave Williams D. Williams	354	1979	CHI	14	42	8.4	25.3	5	401	127	3.2	28.6	1
19	Tony Reed T. Reed	352	1979	KC	11	34	10.4	32.0	0	446	113	3.9	40.5	1
20	Clarence Williams C. Williams	352	1979	SD	16	51	6.9	22.0	0	752	200	3.8	47.0	12
21	Preston Pearson P. Pearson	333	1979	DAL	14	26	12.8	23.8	1	14	7	2.0	1.0	1
22	Walter Payton W. Payton	313	1979	CHI	16	31	10.1	19.6	2	1,610	369	4.4	100.6	14
23	William Andrews W. Andrews	309	1979	ATL	15	39	7.9	20.6	2	1,023	239	4.3	68.2	3
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	308	1979	STL	16	41	7.5	19.3	2	1,605	331	4.8	100.3	8
25	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	308	1979	NO	16	40	7.7	19.3	0	1,198	238	5.0	74.9	11

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