best kick return average in a 1980s season

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Ron Brown averaged the most yards per kick return in a season, averaging 32.8 per return in 1985.

Interpreted as:

best kick return average with a minimum of 1.25 kickoff returns per team game by a player in a 1980s season

	NAME	KR AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Ron Brown R. Brown	32.8	1985	RAM	13	28	918	70.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
2	Bobby Humphery B. Humphery	30.7	1984	NYJ	16	22	675	42.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
3	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	29.7	1981	WAS	16	37	1,099	68.7	0	45	492	10.9	30.8	2
4	Dennis Gentry D. Gentry	28.8	1986	CHI	15	20	576	38.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Mel Gray M. Gray	27.9	1986	NO	16	31	866	54.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	Horace Ivory H. Ivory	27.6	1980	NE	14	36	992	70.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
7	Sylvester Stamps S. Stamps	27.5	1987	ATL	7	24	660	94.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Carl Roaches C. Roaches	27.5	1981	HOU	16	28	769	48.1	1	39	296	7.6	18.5	0
9	Rod Woodson R. Woodson	27.3	1989	PIT	15	36	982	65.5	1	29	207	7.1	13.8	0
10	Mike Mosley M. Mosley	27.1	1982	BUF	9	18	487	54.1	0	11	61	5.5	6.8	0
11	Tim Brown T. Brown	26.8	1988	RAI	16	41	1,098	68.6	1	49	444	9.1	27.8	0
12	Fulton Walker F. Walker	26.7	1983	MIA	15	36	962	64.1	0	8	86	10.8	5.7	0
13	Mel Gray M. Gray	26.7	1989	DET	10	24	640	64.0	0	11	76	6.9	7.6	0
14	Alvin Hall A. Hall	26.6	1982	DET	9	16	426	47.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
15	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	26.5	1982	RAI	9	14	371	41.2	0	27	209	7.7	23.2	0
16	Willie Gault W. Gault	26.2	1985	CHI	16	22	577	36.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Jamie Holland J. Holland	26.1	1988	SD	16	31	810	50.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
18	Anthony Miller A. Miller	25.9	1988	SD	16	25	648	40.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Dokie Williams D. Williams	25.9	1984	RAI	16	24	621	38.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Rich Mauti R. Mauti	25.7	1980	NO	9	31	798	88.7	0	11	111	10.1	12.3	0
21	Glen Young G. Young	25.7	1985	CLE	15	35	898	59.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Steve Brown S. Brown	25.6	1983	HOU	16	31	795	49.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	Carl Monroe C. Monroe	25.6	1985	SF	14	28	717	51.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Marc Logan M. Logan	25.5	1989	MIA	10	24	613	61.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Anthony Miller A. Miller	25.4	1989	SD	16	21	533	33.3	1	0	0		0.0	0

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