most passing yards in a season by running back since 1970

Since 1970, Andy Johnson has the most passing yards by a running back in a season, with 194 yards in 1981.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Andy Johnson A. Johnson	194	1981	NE	16	7	9	77.8	21.6	12.1	4	1	118.8	44.4	11.1	0	0
2	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	115	1974	CLE	14	2	2	100.0	57.5	8.2	2	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
3	O.J. Simpson	113	1972	BUF	14	5	8	62.5	14.1	8.1	1	0	145.8	12.5	0.0	1	11
4	Marcus Allen M. Allen	111	1983	RAI	16	4	7	57.1	15.9	6.9	3	0	141.4	42.9	0.0	3	26
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	96	1985	CHI	16	3	5	60.0	19.2	6.0	1	0	143.8	20.0	0.0	0	0
6	Alfred Anderson A. Anderson	95	1984	MIN	16	3	7	42.9	13.6	5.9	2	1	89.9	28.6	14.3	2	8
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	95	1983	CHI	16	3	6	50.0	15.8	5.9	3	2	95.8	50.0	33.3	0	0
8	Louis Carter L. Carter	87	1978	TB	16	2	5	40.0	17.4	5.4	0	0	87.5	0.0	0.0	0	0
9	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	83	1982	SD	9	2	3	66.7	27.7	9.2	2	0	149.3	66.7	0.0	0	0
10	Sam Havrilak S. Havrilak	82	1970	BAL	13	2	2	100.0	41.0	6.3	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
11	Joe Washington J. Washington	80	1978	BAL	16	2	4	50.0	20.0	5.0	2	0	135.4	50.0	0.0	0	0
12	Mike Montgomery M. Montgomery	80	1971	SD	11	3	6	50.0	13.3	7.3	1	0	135.4	16.7	0.0	0	0
13	Matt Suhey M. Suhey	74	1983	CHI	16	1	1	100.0	74.0	4.6	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
14	Donny Anderson D. Anderson	71	1972	STL	14	2	3	66.7	23.7	5.1	0	0	109.7	0.0	0.0	0	0
15	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	70	1979	NO	15	2	3	66.7	23.3	4.7	0	1	70.1	0.0	33.3	0	0
16	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	63	1993	NYG	16	2	2	100.0	31.5	3.9	2	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
17	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	63	1984	IND	10	1	1	100.0	63.0	6.3	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
18	James Jones J. Jones	62	1984	DET	16	3	5	60.0	12.4	3.9	1	0	143.3	20.0	0.0	1	3
19	Willard Harrell W. Harrell	61	1975	GB	14	3	5	60.0	12.2	4.4	3	0	142.5	60.0	0.0	0	0
20	Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	59	1970	DEN	14	4	7	57.1	8.4	4.2	0	0	84.8	0.0	0.0	1	5
21	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	57	2002	PHI	16	1	1	100.0	57.0	3.6	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
22	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	57	1980	HOU	15	1	2	50.0	28.5	3.8	1	0	135.4	50.0	0.0	0	0
23	Mike Adamle M. Adamle	57	1975	CHI	14	2	2	100.0	28.5	4.1	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	1	5
24	Rodney Carter R. Carter	56	1988	PIT	14	2	3	66.7	18.7	4.0	0	0	109.7	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Keith Byars K. Byars	55	1986	PHI	16	1	2	50.0	27.5	3.4	1	0	135.4	50.0	0.0	1	7

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