most receiving yds in a season by a vikings rb

Rickey Young has the most receiving yards for the Vikings by a running back in a season, with 704 yards in 1978.

Regular season

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Rickey Young R. Young	704	1978	MIN	16	88		8.0	44.0	5	417	134	3.1	26.1	1
2	Bill Brown B. Brown	703	1964	MIN	14	48		14.6	50.2	9	866	226	3.8	61.9	7
3	Ted Brown T. Brown	694	1981	MIN	16	83		8.4	43.4	2	1,063	274	3.9	66.4	6
4	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	691	1975	MIN	14	73		9.5	49.4	9	1,070	280	3.8	76.4	13
5	Moe Williams M. Williams	644	2003	MIN	16	65	85	9.9	40.3	3	745	174	4.3	46.6	5
6	Ted Brown T. Brown	623	1980	MIN	16	62		10.0	38.9	2	912	219	4.2	57.0	8
7	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	618	1983	MIN	15	51		12.1	41.2	0	642	154	4.2	42.8	1
8	Tommy Mason T. Mason	603	1962	MIN	14	36		16.8	43.1	6	740	167	4.4	52.9	2
9	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	593	1986	MIN	16	53		11.2	37.1	3	793	191	4.2	49.6	4
10	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	586	1974	MIN	13	53		11.1	45.1	6	777	199	3.9	59.8	9
11	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	567	1976	MIN	14	55		10.3	40.5	1	1,155	278	4.2	82.5	13
12	Amp Lee A. Lee	558	1995	MIN	16	71		7.9	34.9	1	371	69	5.4	23.2	2
13	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	519	2019	MIN	14	53	63	9.8	37.1	0	1,135	250	4.5	81.1	13
14	Rickey Young R. Young	519	1979	MIN	16	72		7.2	32.4	4	708	188	3.8	44.3	3
15	Bill Brown B. Brown	503	1965	MIN	14	41		12.3	35.9	1	699	160	4.4	49.9	6
16	Rickey Young R. Young	499	1980	MIN	16	64		7.8	31.2	2	351	130	2.7	21.9	3
17	Terry Allen T. Allen	478	1992	MIN	16	49		9.8	29.9	2	1,201	266	4.5	75.1	13
18	Mewelde Moore M. Moore	468	2006	MIN	16	46	62	10.2	29.3	1	131	24	5.5	8.2	0
19	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	462	1975	MIN	14	54		8.6	33.0	3	358	101	3.5	25.6	1
20	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	436	2009	MIN	16	43	57	10.1	27.3	0	1,383	314	4.4	86.4	18
21	Amp Lee A. Lee	422	1996	MIN	16	54		7.8	26.4	2	161	51	3.2	10.1	0
22	Jerick McKinnon J. McKinnon	421	2017	MIN	16	51	68	8.3	26.3	2	570	150	3.8	35.6	3
23	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	408	2024	MIN	17	51	62	8.0	24.0	2	1,138	255	4.5	66.9	5
24	Chester Taylor C. Taylor	399	2008	MIN	16	45	55	8.9	24.9	2	399	101	4.0	24.9	4
25	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	396	1978	MIN	14	61		6.5	28.3	2	749	237	3.2	53.5	5

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