most receptions by a running back up until 1984

Before 1985, Rickey Young made the most catches by a running back, with 408 receptions.

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	NAME	REC	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Rickey Young R. Young	408	131	3,285	8.1	25.1	16	3,666	1,011	3.6	28.0	23
2	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	401	126	3,223	8.0	25.6	8	3,750	976	3.8	29.8	34
3	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	376	111	3,203	8.5	28.9	17	6,534	1,675	3.9	58.9	30
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	373	146	3,456	9.3	23.7	9	13,309	3,047	4.4	91.2	89
5	Joe Washington J. Washington	358	103	3,085	8.6	30.0	17	4,629	1,143	4.0	44.9	11
6	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	350	109	3,156	9.0	29.0	23	5,950	1,556	3.8	54.6	53
7	Don McCauley D. McCauley	333	156	3,026	9.1	19.4	17	2,627	770	3.4	16.8	40
8	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	328	158	3,069	9.4	19.4	18	5,672	1,196	4.7	35.9	27
9	Franco Harris F. Harris	307	173	2,287	7.4	13.2	9	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91
10	Ted Brown T. Brown	294	77	2,427	8.3	31.5	10	3,959	961	4.1	51.4	29
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	292	116	2,539	8.7	21.9	8	9,525	2,136	4.5	82.1	59
12	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	288	104	2,456	8.5	23.6	6	4,451	1,157	3.8	42.8	34
13	MacArthur Lane M. Lane	287	133	2,786	9.7	20.9	7	4,656	1,206	3.9	35.0	30
14	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	287	112	3,535	12.3	31.6	20	4,630	1,036	4.5	41.3	46
15	Bill Brown B. Brown	286	194	3,183	11.1	16.4	23	5,838	1,649	3.5	30.1	52
16	Ken Willard K. Willard	277	132	2,184	7.9	16.5	17	6,105	1,622	3.8	46.3	45
17	William Andrews W. Andrews	272	72	2,612	9.6	36.3	11	5,772	1,263	4.6	80.2	29
18	Calvin Hill C. Hill	271	156	2,861	10.6	18.3	23	6,083	1,452	4.2	39.0	42
19	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	266	86	2,179	8.2	25.3	5	7,364	1,690	4.4	85.6	40
20	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	266	100	2,447	9.2	24.5	12	6,538	1,465	4.5	65.4	45
21	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	264	143	3,247	12.3	22.7	20	5,281	1,124	4.7	36.9	38
22	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	263	110	2,323	8.8	21.1	3	6,702	1,561	4.3	60.9	71
23	Jim Brown J. Brown	262	118	2,499	9.5	21.2	20	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	106
24	John David Crow J. David Crow	258	125	3,699	14.3	29.6	35	4,963	1,157	4.3	39.7	38
25	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	255	124	1,761	6.9	14.2	5	6,540	1,593	4.1	52.7	47

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
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Falcons	0	2	0	.000
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