most kickoff return yards 1973

Mack Herron scored the most kick-return yards in 1973, with 1,092 yards in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
most kickoff return yards by a player 1973
NAMEKR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Mack Herron
M. Herron
1,092
1973
14
41
26.6
78.0
1
27
282
10.4
20.1
0
2Herb Mul-Key
H. Mul-Key
1,011
1973
14
36
28.1
72.2
1
11
103
9.4
7.4
0
3Ron Smith
R. Smith
947
1973
14
36
26.3
67.6
0
27
352
13.0
25.1
2
4Bob Gresham
B. Gresham
723
1973
13
27
26.8
55.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
5Alvin Haymond
A. Haymond
703
1973
6
28
25.1
117.2
0
14
101
7.2
16.8
0
6Wally Francis
W. Francis
687
1973
12
23
29.9
57.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
7Ike Hill
I. Hill
637
1973
14
27
23.6
45.5
1
36
204
5.7
14.6
1
8Margene Adkins
M. Adkins
615
1973
13
31
19.8
47.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Howard Stevens
H. Stevens
590
1973
14
26
22.7
42.1
0
17
171
10.1
12.2
0
10Vic Washington
V. Washington
549
1973
13
24
22.9
42.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Bruce Laird
B. Laird
547
1973
12
24
22.8
45.6
0
15
72
4.8
6.0
0
12Ike Thomas
I. Thomas
527
1973
13
23
22.9
40.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Bernard Jackson
B. Jackson
520
1973
14
21
24.8
37.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Clarence Davis
C. Davis
504
1973
14
19
26.5
36.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Cotton Speyrer
C. Speyrer
496
1973
14
17
29.2
35.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
16Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
486
1973
13
16
30.4
37.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
472
1973
14
20
23.6
33.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
453
1973
13
16
28.3
34.8
0
16
180
11.3
13.8
0
19Don Shy
D. Shy
445
1973
11
16
27.8
40.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Joe Washington
J. Washington
432
1973
9
20
21.6
48.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Willie McGee
W. McGee
423
1973
11
20
21.2
38.5
0
6
56
9.3
5.1
0
22Po James
P. James
413
1973
10
16
25.8
41.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Brent McClanahan
B. McClanahan
410
1973
13
16
25.6
31.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Dick Jauron
D. Jauron
405
1973
14
17
23.8
28.9
0
6
49
8.2
3.5
0
25Steve Davis
S. Davis
404
1973
14
15
26.9
28.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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