most kick off return yards 1981

Stump Mitchell gained the most return yards in 1981, with 1,737 yards in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
most kick off return yards by a player 1981
NAMERET YDSOFFSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
1,737
175
1981
16
55
1,292
23.5
80.8
0
42
445
10.6
27.8
1
2Mike Nelms
M. Nelms
1,591
0
1981
16
37
1,099
29.7
68.7
0
45
492
10.9
30.8
2
3Reggie Smith
R. Smith
1,242
0
1981
15
47
1,143
24.3
76.2
0
12
99
8.3
6.6
0
4James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,239
525
1981
14
40
949
23.7
67.8
0
22
290
13.2
20.7
0
5Eddie Payton
E. Payton
1,201
0
1981
16
39
898
23.0
56.1
1
38
303
8.0
18.9
0
6Drew Hill
D. Hill
1,192
14
1981
16
60
1,170
19.5
73.1
0
2
22
11.0
1.4
0
7Carl Roaches
C. Roaches
1,065
0
1981
16
28
769
27.5
48.1
1
39
296
7.6
18.5
0
8Dino Hall
D. Hall
1,061
0
1981
12
36
813
22.6
67.8
0
33
248
7.5
20.7
0
9Larry Anderson
L. Anderson
1,033
0
1981
16
37
825
22.3
51.6
0
20
208
10.4
13.0
0
10Fulton Walker
F. Walker
982
0
1981
16
38
932
24.5
58.3
1
5
50
10.0
3.1
0
11Robbie Martin
R. Martin
959
0
1981
16
25
509
20.4
31.8
0
52
450
8.7
28.1
1
12Wally Henry
W. Henry
929
-2
1981
16
25
533
21.3
33.3
0
54
396
7.3
24.8
0
13Wade Manning
W. Manning
892
0
1981
16
26
514
19.8
32.1
0
41
378
9.2
23.6
0
14Leon Bright
L. Bright
891
197
1981
15
25
481
19.2
32.1
0
52
410
7.9
27.3
0
15Willie Tullis
W. Tullis
808
0
1981
16
32
779
24.3
48.7
1
2
29
14.5
1.8
0
16Tony Collins
T. Collins
788
873
1981
16
39
773
19.8
48.3
0
3
15
5.0
0.9
0
17Bruce Harper
B. Harper
745
393
1981
16
23
480
20.9
30.0
0
35
265
7.6
16.6
0
18Zachary Dixon
Z. Dixon
737
285
1981
16
36
737
20.5
46.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Wayne Wilson
W. Wilson
722
137
1981
16
31
722
23.3
45.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
20James Jones
J. Jones
705
183
1981
16
27
517
19.1
32.3
0
33
188
5.7
11.8
0
21David Verser
D. Verser
691
11
1981
16
29
691
23.8
43.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Jimmy Rogers
J. Rogers
621
37
1981
15
28
621
22.2
41.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
23LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
615
0
1981
16
0
0
0.0
0
46
615
13.4
38.4
3
24Jeff Fisher
J. Fisher
611
0
1981
16
7
102
14.6
6.4
0
43
509
11.8
31.8
1
25Kurt Sohn
K. Sohn
594
0
1981
16
26
528
20.3
33.0
0
13
66
5.1
4.1
0

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