most average yards per reception by a running back in a single season

Ray Renfro has averaged the most yards per reception by a running back in a season, with 23.9 per reception in 1958.

Interpreted as:

most average yards per reception with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a running back in a single season

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	23.9	1958	CLE	12	24	573	47.8	6	17	3	5.7	1.4	0
2	Harry Clarke H. Clarke	23.3	1943	CHB	10	23	535	53.5	7	556	120	4.6	55.6	2
3	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	22.8	1963	OAK	14	30	685	48.9	5	1,099	215	5.1	78.5	3
4	Ray McLean R. McLean	21.8	1944	CHB	8	19	414	51.8	5	25	29	0.9	3.1	1
5	Del Shofner D. Shofner	21.5	1958	LA	12	51	1,097	91.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	21.0	1958	PIT	12	25	525	43.8	4	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
7	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	20.8	1958	PHI	10	29	603	60.3	9	-4	3	-1.3	-0.4	0
8	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	20.8	1955	CLE	12	29	603	50.3	8	90	29	3.1	7.5	0
9	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	20.6	1954	LA	12	35	720	60.0	3	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
10	Jim Podoley J. Podoley	20.5	1957	WAS	12	27	554	46.2	4	442	114	3.9	36.8	2
11	Gene Roberts G. Roberts	20.3	1949	NYG	12	35	711	59.3	8	634	152	4.2	52.8	9
12	Bo Roberson B. Roberson	20.1	1962	OAK	14	29	583	41.6	3	270	89	3.0	19.3	3
13	Andy Uram A. Uram	20.0	1942	GB	11	21	420	38.2	4	75	24	3.1	6.8	0
14	Jim Dooley J. Dooley	19.4	1954	CHB	12	34	658	54.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
15	Al Carmichael A. Carmichael	19.3	1960	DEN	10	32	616	61.6	5	211	41	5.1	21.1	2
16	Kyle Rote K. Rote	19.0	1954	NYG	11	29	551	50.1	2	59	30	2.0	5.4	0
17	Dub Jones D. Jones	19.0	1951	CLE	12	30	570	47.5	5	492	104	4.7	41.0	7
18	Lenny Moore L. Moore	18.8	1958	BAL	12	50	938	78.2	7	598	82	7.3	49.8	7
19	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	18.5	1953	CLE	12	39	722	60.2	4	352	60	5.9	29.3	4
20	John David Crow J. David Crow	18.5	1960	STL	12	25	462	38.5	3	1,071	183	5.9	89.3	6
21	J.R. Boone	18.4	1952	SF	12	25	461	38.4	1	72	24	3.0	6.0	0
22	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	18.3	1959	NYG	11	42	768	69.8	4	540	106	5.1	49.1	3
23	Steve Bagarus S. Bagarus	18.1	1945	WAS	10	34	617	61.7	5	154	39	3.9	15.4	1
24	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	18.1	1955	PIT	12	42	762	63.5	6	187	57	3.3	15.6	1
25	Leon Clarke L. Clarke	18.1	1956	LA	12	36	650	54.2	4	0	0		0.0	0

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