most receiving yards per game in a season running back

Del Shofner has the most receiving yards per game by a running back in a season, with 91.4 per game in 1958.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Del Shofner D. Shofner	91.4	1958	LA	12	51		1,097	21.5	8	0	0		0.0	0
2	Lenny Moore L. Moore	78.2	1958	BAL	12	50		938	18.8	7	598	82	7.3	49.8	7
3	Paul Hofer P. Hofer	77.8	1980	SF	6	41		467	11.4	2	293	60	4.9	48.8	1
4	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	70.5	1959	PHI	12	47		846	18.0	10	-10	2	-5.0	-0.8	0
5	Lenny Moore L. Moore	70.5	1959	BAL	12	47		846	18.0	6	422	92	4.6	35.2	2
6	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	69.8	1959	NYG	11	42		768	18.3	4	540	106	5.1	49.1	3
7	David Johnson D. Johnson	67.0	2017	ARI	1	6	9	67	11.2	0	23	11	2.1	23.0	0
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	65.5	1999	STL	16	87	103	1,048	12.0	5	1,381	253	5.5	86.3	7
9	Lionel James L. James	64.2	1985	SD	16	86		1,027	11.9	6	516	105	4.9	32.3	2
10	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	63.8	1958	PHI	12	56		766	13.7	2	-4	1	-4.0	-0.3	0
11	Roger Craig R. Craig	63.5	1985	SF	16	92		1,016	11.0	6	1,050	214	4.9	65.6	9
12	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	63.5	1955	PIT	12	42		762	18.1	6	187	57	3.3	15.6	1
13	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	62.8	2019	CAR	16	116	142	1,005	8.7	4	1,387	287	4.8	86.7	15
14	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	62.1	2019	LAC	16	92	108	993	10.8	8	557	132	4.2	34.8	3
15	Clark Gaines C. Gaines	62.0	1980	NYJ	5	36		310	8.6	3	174	36	4.8	34.8	0
16	Steve Bagarus S. Bagarus	61.7	1945	WAS	10	34		617	18.1	5	154	39	3.9	15.4	1
17	Al Carmichael A. Carmichael	61.6	1960	DEN	10	32		616	19.3	5	211	41	5.1	21.1	2
18	Ollie Matson O. Matson	61.1	1954	CHC	10	34		611	18.0	3	506	101	5.0	50.6	4
19	Jerry Williams J. Williams	60.7	1954	PHI	11	44		668	15.2	3	183	47	3.9	16.6	1
20	Timmy Brown T. Brown	60.6	1962	PHI	14	52		849	16.3	6	545	137	4.0	38.9	5
21	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	60.3	1958	PHI	10	29		603	20.8	9	-4	3	-1.3	-0.4	0
22	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	60.2	1953	CLE	12	39		722	18.5	4	352	60	5.9	29.3	4
23	Larry Centers L. Centers	60.1	1995	ARI	16	101		962	9.5	2	254	78	3.3	15.9	2
24	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	60.1	1959	LA	9	37		541	14.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
25	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	60.0	1954	LA	12	35		720	20.6	3	6	1	6.0	0.5	0

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