Between the 1971 and 1980 seasons, Rick Upchurch had the most punt-return yards, with 2,651 yards.

Interpreted as:

most punt return yards by a player 1971 to 1980

	NAME	PR YDS	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	2,651	85	95	2,355	24.8	27.7	0	220	12.1	31.2	6
2	Mike Fuller M. Fuller	2,388	90	77	1,658	21.5	18.4	0	212	11.3	26.5	2
3	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	2,040	79	121	2,902	24.0	36.7	2	155	13.2	25.8	5
4	Neal Colzie N. Colzie	1,747	88	7	130	18.6	1.5	0	168	10.4	19.9	0
5	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	1,559	66	103	2,336	22.7	35.4	0	163	9.6	23.6	0
6	Danny Reece D. Reece	1,554	72	23	483	21.0	6.7	0	222	7.0	21.6	0
7	Eddie Brown E. Brown	1,511	72	81	1,957	24.2	27.2	0	172	8.8	21.0	1
8	Larry Marshall L. Marshall	1,466	75	138	3,396	24.6	45.3	0	162	9.0	19.5	0
9	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1,335	61	201	4,543	22.6	74.5	0	125	10.7	21.9	1
10	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	1,313	71	79	1,832	23.2	25.8	0	146	9.0	18.5	0
11	Bill Thompson B. Thompson	1,293	140	19	455	23.9	3.3	0	109	11.9	9.2	0
12	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	1,285	84	32	694	21.7	8.3	1	130	9.9	15.3	4
13	Theo Bell T. Bell	1,259	56	3	50	16.7	0.9	0	139	9.1	22.5	0
14	J.T. Smith	1,226	41	1	18	18.0	0.4	0	102	12.0	29.9	4
15	Ron Smith R. Smith	1,195	56	111	2,962	26.7	52.9	1	120	10.0	21.3	2
16	Mike Haynes M. Haynes	1,147	73	0	0		0.0	0	105	10.9	15.7	2
17	Jake Scott J. Scott	1,067	112	2	20	10.0	0.2	0	103	10.4	9.5	0
18	Lemar Parrish L. Parrish	1,011	133	45	1,022	22.7	7.7	0	108	9.4	7.6	3
19	Mack Herron M. Herron	982	39	82	1,985	24.2	50.9	1	84	11.7	25.2	0
20	Ralph McGill R. McGill	969	99	27	566	21.0	5.7	0	106	9.1	9.8	1
21	Glen Edwards G. Edwards	958	134	13	257	19.8	1.9	0	103	9.3	7.1	0
22	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	921	65	107	2,804	26.2	43.1	2	80	11.5	14.2	1
23	Keith Moody K. Moody	920	63	109	2,318	21.3	36.8	0	88	10.5	14.6	3
24	Eddie Payton E. Payton	905	40	105	2,507	23.9	62.7	1	96	9.4	22.6	1
25	Steve Schubert S. Schubert	866	74	21	386	18.4	5.2	0	103	8.4	11.7	3

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