most interception return yards 1971 to 1980

Between the 1971 and 1980 seasons, Glen Edwards had the most interception-return yards, with 916 yards.

Interpreted as:
most interception return yards by a player 1971 to 1980
NAMEINT YDSGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Glen Edwards
G. Edwards
916
134
37
3
10
0
2Thom Darden
T. Darden
752
115
42
2
7
1
3Jack Tatum
J. Tatum
736
136
37
0
10
1
4Rolland Lawrence
R. Lawrence
658
118
39
1
13
0
5Ray Brown
R. Brown
657
137
38
2
10
0
6Tony Greene
T. Greene
628
128
37
2
13
0
7Emmitt Thomas
E. Thomas
619
114
36
3
3
0
8Bill Thompson
B. Thompson
613
140
31
2
15
4
9Paul Krause
P. Krause
598
130
35
1
7
2
10Norm Thompson
N. Thompson
593
115
33
2
8
1
11Mel Blount
M. Blount
592
145
45
1
11
1
12Gary Barbaro
G. Barbaro
589
76
31
2
8
0
13Bobby Bryant
B. Bryant
552
126
38
1
10
1
14Tom Myers
T. Myers
551
120
34
2
14
2
15Levi Johnson
L. Johnson
549
59
21
3
4
0
16Charlie Waters
C. Waters
518
130
33
2
5
0
17Mike Sensibaugh
M. Sensibaugh
501
92
27
2
12
0
18Mike Wagner
M. Wagner
491
119
36
0
12
0
19Lester Hayes
L. Hayes
486
62
25
3
4
0
20Bill Bradley
B. Bradley
480
88
33
0
9
0
21Lem Barney
L. Barney
469
86
24
2
10
0
22Ken Houston
K. Houston
468
140
33
4
16
1
23Ken Stone
K. Stone
445
101
27
0
8
0
24Jake Scott
J. Scott
439
112
44
0
12
0
25Dick Jauron
D. Jauron
432
100
25
2
15
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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