Between the 1941 and 1949 seasons, Jim Canady gained the most yards per punt return with 1+ return in a season, with 37.0 per return in his rookie season in 1948.
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most average yards per punt return by a player with 1 or more return in a season from 1941 to 1949| NAME | AVG | RET | SEASON | TM | GP | YDS | YDS/G | 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 |  | J. Canady | 37.0 | 1 | 1948 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| 2 | | J. Gillette | 31.0 | 7 | 1946 | 11 | 305 | 27.7 | 2 | 99 | 9.0 | 1 | 96 | 8.7 | 1 | 43 | 3.9 | 0 | 62 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| 3 | | J. Domnanovich | 29.0 | 5 | 1948 | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 29 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| 4 | | F. Gehrke | 28.0 | 8 | 1947 | 11 | 464 | 42.2 | 1 | 304 | 27.6 | 0 | 19 | 1.7 | 0 | 29 | 2.6 | 0 | 112 | 10.2 | 1 | |
| 5 | | B. Paschal | 26.3 | 32 | 1948 | 12 | 929 | 77.4 | 5 | 249 | 20.8 | 1 | 93 | 7.8 | 4 | 498 | 41.5 | 0 | 79 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| 6 | | P. Pihos | 26.0 | 3 | 1947 | 12 | 431 | 35.9 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 382 | 31.8 | 7 | 17 | 1.4 | 0 | 26 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| 7 | | G. Bouley | 24.0 | 4 | 1947 | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 24 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | F. Maznicki | 24.0 | 12 | 1947 | 12 | 320 | 26.7 | 2 | 77 | 6.4 | 0 | 76 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 48 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | G. McAfee | 24.0 | 8 | 1946 | 3 | 328 | 109.3 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 137 | 45.7 | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | J. Keane | 23.0 | 1 | 1946 | 11 | 354 | 32.2 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 331 | 30.1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 23 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| 11 | | C. Scott | 22.8 | 9 | 1949 | 8 | 503 | 62.9 | 3 | 195 | 24.4 | 1 | 148 | 18.5 | 1 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | 114 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| 12 | | C. Clatt | 22.0 | 6 | 1949 | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| 13 | | B. Smith | 22.0 | 4 | 1947 | 10 | 421 | 42.1 | 2 | 288 | 28.8 | 1 | 50 | 5.0 | 1 | 61 | 6.1 | 0 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| 14 | | D. Currivan | 22.0 | 3 | 1946 | 11 | 298 | 27.1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 262 | 23.8 | 4 | 14 | 1.3 | 0 | 22 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | C. DeShane | 21.4 | 10 | 1945 | 9 | 224 | 24.9 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 29 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 107 | 11.9 | 1 | |
| 16 | | M. Goldberg | 21.0 | 2 | 1947 | 12 | 228 | 19.0 | 0 | 155 | 12.9 | 0 | 52 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| 17 | | R. Cochran | 20.9 | 35 | 1949 | 12 | 944 | 78.7 | 4 | 87 | 7.3 | 1 | 107 | 8.9 | 1 | 410 | 34.2 | 0 | 314 | 26.2 | 2 | |
| 18 | | J. Davis | 20.9 | 36 | 1948 | 11 | 895 | 81.4 | 2 | 77 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 437 | 39.7 | 0 | 334 | 30.4 | 2 | |
| 19 | | H. Soar | 20.8 | 8 | 1946 | 11 | 130 | 11.8 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 83 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| 20 | | H. Hartley | 20.5 | 12 | 1948 | 12 | 235 | 19.6 | 1 | 40 | 3.3 | 1 | 10 | 0.8 | 0 | 64 | 5.3 | 0 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| 21 | | M. Sanzotta | 20.5 | 4 | 1946 | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 0 | 72 | 7.2 | 0 | 19 | 1.9 | 0 | 40 | 4.0 | 0 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| 22 | | A. Tomasic | 20.0 | 1 | 1946 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | J. Mason | 20.0 | 3 | 1945 | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | 20 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | J. Wilson | 19.8 | 13 | 1946 | 9 | 426 | 47.3 | 1 | 120 | 13.3 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 | 1 | 145 | 16.1 | 0 | 99 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | C. Trippi | 19.4 | 29 | 1948 | 12 | 1,485 | 123.8 | 10 | 690 | 57.5 | 6 | 228 | 19.0 | 2 | 354 | 29.5 | 0 | 213 | 17.8 | 2 | |
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