most fumble return yard in a season by a linebacker

34 players had 0 fumbles. The first three are Jim Steffen in 1961, Andy Russell in 1967 and Billy Andrews in 1975.

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	NAME	FUM	RET YDS	SEASON	TM	LOST	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Jim Steffen J. Steffen	0	844	1961	TOT		14	29	691	23.8	49.4	0	19	153	8.1	10.9	0
2	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	1	130	1975	DAL		13	4	130	32.5	10.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
3	Andy Russell A. Russell	0	97	1967	PIT		14	6	97	16.2	6.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Billy Andrews B. Andrews	0	93	1975	SD		14	6	93	15.5	6.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Mel Long M. Long	0	87	1973	CLE		14	6	87	14.5	6.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	London Fletcher L. Fletcher	0	86	2004	BUF	0	16	4	86	21.5	5.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Walt Michaels W. Michaels	0	86	1951	GB		12	5	86	17.2	7.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Ken Criter K. Criter	0	81	1971	DEN		11	5	81	16.2	7.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Grant Stuard G. Stuard	0	72	2025	DET	0	17	3	72	24.0	4.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	London Fletcher L. Fletcher	1	72	1998	STL		16	5	72	14.4	4.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Tom Ruud T. Ruud	1	68	1976	BUF		14	6	68	11.3	4.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jack Cloud J. Cloud	0	68	1953	WAS		12	4	68	17.0	5.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Chuck Bednarik C. Bednarik	0	66	1954	PHI		12	3	40	13.3	3.3	0	2	26	13.0	2.2	0
14	Bob Matheson B. Matheson	1	65	1974	MIA		14	5	65	13.0	4.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Mike Curtis M. Curtis	0	64	1966	BAL		12	3	64	21.3	5.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	John Barefield J. Barefield	0	62	1979	STL		15	3	62	20.7	4.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Deral Teteak D. Teteak	0	62	1953	GB		7	2	62	31.0	8.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Pete Cronan P. Cronan	0	60	1981	TOT		15	3	60	20.0	4.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Howie Kurnick H. Kurnick	0	60	1979	CIN		15	4	60	15.0	4.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Mike Dukes M. Dukes	0	58	1960	HOU		11	4	58	14.5	5.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Mike Dukes M. Dukes	0	57	1961	HOU		14	4	57	14.3	4.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Bill Forester B. Forester	1	57	1957	GB		12	4	57	14.3	4.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	George Papach G. Papach	3	57	1949	PIT		12	3	57	19.0	4.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	George Buksar G. Buksar	0	56	1951	WAS		11	4	56	14.0	5.1	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
25	Bill Forester B. Forester	0	55	1961	GB		14	3	55	18.3	3.9	0	0	0		0.0	0

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Pass Yards Leaders

1,485

Goff

1,408

Love

1,402

Stroud

Rush Yards Leaders

580

Robinson

537

Walker

504

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

583

Smith-Njigba

537

Olave

507

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

13

Purdy

12

Goff

12

Cousins

Rush TD Leaders

7

Gibbs

7

Allen

7

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

7

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

119.6

Jackson

119.3

Purdy

111.3

Goff

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

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32.8

31.8

30.8

30.3

29.5

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Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

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18.6

18.8

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Total Yards Rankings

417.0

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405.8

394.2

393.8

392.4

Rush Yards Rankings

173.2

166.8

164.4

162.3

139.6

139.0

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

300.5

297.0

281.6

280.4

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Sack Leaders

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17.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

103.2

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Fantasy WR Rankings

102.5

Smith-Njigba

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Watson

76.1

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

52.4

Likely

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Kittle

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Worst Record ATS

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	5	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/12	BUF	@	LAR	8:15 PM
Thu 10/15	SEA	@	DEN	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	HOU	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/18	TEN	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	CAR	@	PHI	1:00 PM

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