Ted Brown made the most receptions by a running back in 1981, with 83 catches.

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	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ted Brown T. Brown	83	1981	MIN	16	694	8.4	43.4	2	1,063	274	3.9	66.4	6
2	William Andrews W. Andrews	81	1981	ATL	16	735	9.1	45.9	2	1,301	289	4.5	81.3	10
3	Joe Washington J. Washington	70	1981	WAS	14	558	8.0	39.9	3	916	210	4.4	65.4	4
4	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	65	1981	GB	16	499	7.7	31.2	3	860	196	4.4	53.8	4
5	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	65	1981	CLE	15	636	9.8	42.4	4	124	31	4.0	8.3	0
6	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	63	1981	CLE	16	442	7.0	27.6	1	1,103	247	4.5	68.9	7
7	Lynn Cain L. Cain	55	1981	ATL	16	421	7.7	26.3	2	542	156	3.5	33.9	4
8	Bruce Harper B. Harper	52	1981	NYJ	16	459	8.8	28.7	1	393	81	4.9	24.6	4
9	Dave Preston D. Preston	52	1981	DEN	16	507	9.8	31.7	0	640	183	3.5	40.0	3
10	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	51	1981	STL	16	387	7.6	24.2	0	1,376	328	4.2	86.0	9
11	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	51	1981	SF	16	477	9.4	29.8	0	330	98	3.4	20.6	1
12	Randy McMillan R. McMillan	50	1981	BAL	16	466	9.3	29.1	1	597	149	4.0	37.3	3
13	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	50	1981	MIA	13	452	9.0	34.8	3	782	147	5.3	60.2	5
14	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	49	1981	PHI	15	521	10.6	34.7	2	1,402	286	4.9	93.5	8
15	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	48	1981	WAS	16	595	12.4	37.2	0	60	18	3.3	3.8	0
16	James Wilder J. Wilder	48	1981	TB	16	507	10.6	31.7	1	370	107	3.5	23.1	4
17	James Brooks J. Brooks	46	1981	SD	14	329	7.2	23.5	3	525	109	4.8	37.5	3
18	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	46	1981	CIN	16	320	7.0	20.0	4	1,077	274	3.9	67.3	12
19	Ron Springs R. Springs	46	1981	DAL	16	359	7.8	22.4	2	625	172	3.6	39.1	10
20	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	45	1981	LA	15	436	9.7	29.1	5	1,074	260	4.1	71.6	12
21	Sherman Smith S. Smith	44	1981	SEA	16	406	9.2	25.4	1	253	83	3.0	15.8	3
22	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	43	1981	SD	15	362	8.4	24.1	0	1,144	251	4.6	76.3	19
23	Rickey Young R. Young	43	1981	MIN	16	296	6.9	18.5	2	129	47	2.7	8.1	0
24	Walter Payton W. Payton	41	1981	CHI	16	379	9.2	23.7	2	1,222	339	3.6	76.4	6
25	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	40	1981	BUF	15	603	15.1	40.2	7	1,097	257	4.3	73.1	3

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