before 1981 what rb had the most receiving yards through first season

Before 1981, Del Shofner had the most receiving yards by a running back in his first season, with 1,097 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Del Shofner D. Shofner	1,097	12	51	21.5	91.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
2	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	814	14	53	15.4	58.1	5	755	199	3.8	53.9	5
3	Jim Dooley J. Dooley	658	12	34	19.4	54.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
4	Ode Burrell O. Burrell	650	14	55	11.8	46.4	4	528	130	4.1	37.7	3
5	Leon Clarke L. Clarke	650	12	36	18.1	54.2	4	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jack McClairen J. McClairen	630	12	46	13.7	52.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
7	Billy Sims B. Sims	621	16	51	12.2	38.8	3	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	13
8	Steve Bagarus S. Bagarus	617	10	34	18.1	61.7	5	154	39	3.9	15.4	1
9	Glenn Davis G. Davis	592	12	42	14.1	49.3	4	416	88	4.7	34.7	3
10	Bo Roberson B. Roberson	583	14	29	20.1	41.6	3	270	89	3.0	19.3	3
11	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	576	14	55	10.5	41.1	3	875	156	5.6	62.5	9
12	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	567	16	83	6.8	35.4	4	720	171	4.2	45.0	5
13	Jim Podoley J. Podoley	554	12	27	20.5	46.2	4	442	114	3.9	36.8	2
14	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	549	12	32	17.2	45.8	4	20	1	20.0	1.7	0
15	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	541	9	37	14.6	60.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
16	Doak Walker D. Walker	534	12	35	15.3	44.5	6	386	83	4.7	32.2	5
17	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	507	14	29	17.5	36.2	6	867	166	5.2	61.9	14
18	Dave Middleton D. Middleton	506	12	29	17.4	42.2	3	1	2	0.5	0.1	0
19	Sid Blanks S. Blanks	497	14	56	8.9	35.5	1	756	145	5.2	54.0	6
20	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	496	15	48	10.3	33.1	3	545	126	4.3	36.3	5
21	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	483	14	40	12.1	34.5	3	919	235	3.9	65.6	4
22	Wray Carlton W. Carlton	477	14	29	16.4	34.1	4	533	137	3.9	38.1	7
23	Ray Pelfrey R. Pelfrey	462	12	38	12.2	38.5	5	44	3	14.7	3.7	0
24	Dub Jones D. Jones	458	12	31	14.8	38.2	5	384	83	4.6	32.0	6
25	Joe Margucci J. Margucci	450	11	36	12.5	40.9	2	14	34	0.4	1.3	3

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Sun 11/8	LAR	@	WAS	1:00 PM
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Rush Yards Rankings

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151.5

149.5

148.8

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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Eagles	2	4	0	.333
Cowboys	2	4	0	.333
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
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Bears	5	2	0	.714
Packers	4	2	0	.667
Lions	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Falcons	2	4	0	.333
Saints	2	4	0	.333
Buccaneers	1	5	0	.167
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Steelers	4	2	0	.667
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Bengals	3	2	0	.600
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Raiders	3	3	0	.500
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