most punt return touchdowns 1978 to 1985

From 1978 through 1985, Henry Ellard, LeRoy Irvin and J.T. Smith were tied for the most punt-return touchdowns, with 4 touchdowns.

Regular season

	NAME	PR TD	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G
1	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	4	44	17	338	19.9	7.7	0	83	1,121	13.5	25.5
2	LeRoy Irvin L. Irvin	4	88	4	60	15.0	0.7	0	144	1,448	10.1	16.5
3	J.T. Smith	4	100	25	473	18.9	4.7	0	246	2,605	10.6	26.1
4	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	3	30	13	237	18.2	7.9	0	89	1,093	12.3	36.4
5	Dana McLemore D. McLemore	3	54	53	1,085	20.5	20.1	0	121	1,266	10.5	23.4
6	Robbie Martin R. Martin	3	65	91	1,699	18.7	26.1	0	158	1,561	9.9	24.0
7	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	3	78	13	301	23.2	3.9	0	131	1,507	11.5	19.3
8	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	2	30	8	134	16.8	4.5	0	73	867	11.9	28.9
9	Paul Johns P. Johns	2	40	8	138	17.3	3.5	0	74	843	11.4	21.1
10	Tommy Vigorito T. Vigorito	2	35	4	84	21.0	2.4	0	79	830	10.5	23.7
11	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	2	68	175	4,128	23.6	60.7	0	212	1,948	9.2	28.6
12	Steve Schubert S. Schubert	2	27	6	125	20.8	4.6	0	52	467	9.0	17.3
13	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	2	114	4	61	15.3	0.5	0	106	804	7.6	7.1
14	Brian Brennan B. Brennan	1	27	0	0		0.0	0	44	352	8.0	13.0
15	Lionel James L. James	1	32	79	1,738	22.0	54.3	0	55	421	7.7	13.2
16	Pete Mandley P. Mandley	1	31	28	542	19.4	17.5	0	40	403	10.1	13.0
17	Don Wilson D. Wilson	1	32	56	1,041	18.6	32.5	0	49	458	9.3	14.3
18	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	1	45	3	40	13.3	0.9	0	51	485	9.5	10.8
19	Dennis McKinnon D. McKinnon	1	42	3	58	19.3	1.4	0	43	422	9.8	10.0
20	Zach Thomas Z. Thomas	1	30	46	924	20.1	30.8	0	54	493	9.1	16.4
21	Gary Allen G. Allen	1	30	56	1,136	20.3	37.9	0	63	599	9.5	20.0
22	Phil Epps P. Epps	1	57	24	511	21.3	9.0	0	100	819	8.2	14.4
23	Jeff Fisher J. Fisher	1	49	14	204	14.6	4.2	0	120	1,125	9.4	23.0
24	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	1	72	161	3,583	22.3	49.8	0	156	1,377	8.8	19.1
25	Kirk Springs K. Springs	1	67	49	1,112	22.7	16.6	0	65	681	10.5	10.2

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