most interception return yards 1970 to 1979

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Glen Edwards had the most interception-return yards, with 794 yards.

Interpreted as:
most interception return yards by a player 1970 to 1979
NAMEINT YDSGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Glen Edwards
G. Edwards
794
118
32
2
10
0
2Thom Darden
T. Darden
710
99
40
2
7
1
3Emmitt Thomas
E. Thomas
706
128
41
3
4
0
4Paul Krause
P. Krause
688
144
41
1
7
2
5Lem Barney
L. Barney
637
99
31
4
10
0
6Jack Tatum
J. Tatum
636
120
30
0
8
1
7Bill Thompson
B. Thompson
629
133
31
2
14
3
8Tony Greene
T. Greene
628
128
37
2
13
0
9Ray Brown
R. Brown
626
122
36
2
9
0
10Rolland Lawrence
R. Lawrence
621
102
36
1
9
0
11Norm Thompson
N. Thompson
593
115
33
2
8
1
12Bobby Bryant
B. Bryant
582
123
38
2
10
1
13Mel Blount
M. Blount
568
143
42
1
11
1
14Jake Scott
J. Scott
551
126
49
0
13
0
15Levi Johnson
L. Johnson
549
59
21
3
4
0
16Mike Sensibaugh
M. Sensibaugh
501
92
27
2
12
0
17Ken Houston
K. Houston
500
141
36
4
16
1
18Charlie Waters
C. Waters
485
128
33
2
5
0
19Bill Bradley
B. Bradley
480
100
33
0
9
0
20Mike Wagner
M. Wagner
464
104
30
0
11
0
21Dick Anderson
D. Anderson
456
93
23
2
12
1
22Tom Myers
T. Myers
455
104
29
2
13
2
23Mike Bass
M. Bass
447
84
27
3
5
0
24John Rowser
J. Rowser
444
85
26
4
5
0
25Lemar Parrish
L. Parrish
440
132
38
4
12
3
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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