most receiving yards by running back since in 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Lydell Mitchell had the most receiving yards by a running back, with 3,182 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	3,182	109	374	8.5	29.2	17	6,518	1,668	3.9	59.8	30
2	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	3,057	93	336	9.1	32.9	23	5,887	1,533	3.8	63.3	52
3	Preston Pearson P. Pearson	2,748	130	228	12.1	21.1	13	3,444	895	3.8	26.5	13
4	MacArthur Lane M. Lane	2,725	110	278	9.8	24.8	7	4,489	1,158	3.9	40.8	29
5	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	2,456	100	288	8.5	24.6	6	4,451	1,157	3.8	44.5	34
6	Don McCauley D. McCauley	2,366	124	263	9.0	19.1	11	2,457	725	3.4	19.8	39
7	Rickey Young R. Young	2,253	74	276	8.2	30.4	11	3,047	779	3.9	41.2	17
8	Larry Brown L. Brown	2,183	88	204	10.7	24.8	20	4,987	1,328	3.8	56.7	31
9	Calvin Hill C. Hill	2,096	114	207	10.1	18.4	15	5,107	1,243	4.1	44.8	34
10	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,942	87	208	9.3	22.3	8	5,255	1,087	4.8	60.4	25
11	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,891	111	216	8.8	17.0	12	6,822	1,666	4.1	61.5	42
12	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	1,862	65	197	9.5	28.6	9	3,438	748	4.6	52.9	24
13	Floyd Little F. Little	1,858	84	170	10.9	22.1	7	4,629	1,207	3.8	55.1	33
14	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	1,813	90	198	9.2	20.1	6	5,163	1,290	4.0	57.4	39
15	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	1,813	67	189	9.6	27.1	15	3,836	1,066	3.6	57.3	33
16	O.J. Simpson	1,799	122	173	10.4	14.7	11	10,539	2,223	4.7	86.4	59
17	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	1,793	67	163	11.0	26.8	11	3,712	969	3.8	55.4	16
18	Norm Bulaich N. Bulaich	1,766	120	224	7.9	14.7	11	3,362	814	4.1	28.0	30
19	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	1,751	59	227	7.7	29.7	4	2,557	679	3.8	43.3	24
20	Essex Johnson E. Johnson	1,706	86	144	11.8	19.8	12	3,004	681	4.4	34.9	16
21	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	1,683	89	184	9.1	18.9	12	6,186	1,435	4.3	69.5	23
22	Sherman Smith S. Smith	1,668	54	142	11.7	30.9	8	2,880	641	4.5	53.3	25
23	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	1,664	96	153	10.9	17.3	5	3,506	894	3.9	36.5	23
24	Donny Anderson D. Anderson	1,543	70	146	10.6	22.0	9	3,141	818	3.8	44.9	27
25	Walt Garrison W. Garrison	1,517	65	158	9.6	23.3	9	2,589	638	4.1	39.8	22

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