most receving yds in a season before 1978

Before 1978, Terry Metcalf had the most all-purpose yards in a season, with 2,462 yards in 1975.

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most receving yds by a player in a season before 1978

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	2,462	1975	STL	13	189.4	13	816	62.8	9	378	29.1	2	960	73.8	1	285	21.9	1
2	Mack Herron M. Herron	2,444	1974	NE	14	174.6	12	824	58.9	7	474	33.9	5	629	44.9	0	517	36.9	0
3	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,440	1966	CHI	14	174.3	12	1,231	87.9	8	447	31.9	2	718	51.3	2	44	3.1	0
4	Timmy Brown T. Brown	2,428	1963	PHI	14	173.4	11	841	60.1	6	487	34.8	4	945	67.5	1	152	10.9	0
5	Timmy Brown T. Brown	2,306	1962	PHI	14	164.7	13	545	38.9	5	849	60.6	6	831	59.4	1	81	5.8	0
6	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,272	1965	CHI	14	162.3	22	867	61.9	14	507	36.2	6	660	47.1	1	238	17.0	1
7	O.J. Simpson	2,243	1975	BUF	14	160.2	23	1,817	129.8	16	426	30.4	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,216	1977	CHI	14	158.3	16	1,852	132.3	14	269	19.2	2	95	6.8	0	0	0.0	0
9	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	2,198	1974	DEN	14	157.0	12	1,407	100.5	9	405	28.9	3	386	27.6	0	0	0.0	0
10	Dick Christy D. Christy	2,147	1962	NYT	14	153.4	8	535	38.2	3	538	38.4	3	824	58.9	0	250	17.9	2
11	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,131	1963	CLE	14	152.2	15	1,863	133.1	12	268	19.1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	2,100	1960	DLT	14	150.0	12	875	62.5	9	576	41.1	3	434	31.0	0	215	15.4	0
13	O.J. Simpson	2,073	1973	BUF	14	148.1	12	2,003	143.1	12	70	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	2,058	1974	STL	14	147.0	8	718	51.3	6	377	26.9	1	623	44.5	1	340	24.3	0
15	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	2,043	1961	HOU	14	145.9	15	948	67.7	6	586	41.9	9	439	31.4	0	70	5.0	0
16	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	2,022	1977	STL	14	144.4	6	739	52.8	4	403	28.8	2	772	55.1	0	108	7.7	0
17	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	2,014	1966	CLE	14	143.9	16	1,141	81.5	15	366	26.1	1	403	28.8	0	104	7.4	0
18	Amos Marsh A. Marsh	1,998	1962	DLC	14	142.7	9	802	57.3	6	467	33.4	2	725	51.8	1	4	0.3	0
19	Vic Washington V. Washington	1,986	1971	SF	14	141.9	7	811	57.9	3	317	22.6	4	858	61.3	0	0	0.0	0
20	Jerry LeVias J. LeVias	1,946	1969	HOU	14	139.0	5	18	1.3	0	696	49.7	5	940	67.1	0	292	20.9	0
21	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	1,929	1975	DEN	14	137.8	3	97	6.9	1	436	31.1	2	1,084	77.4	0	312	22.3	0
22	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,917	1961	CLE	14	136.9	10	1,408	100.6	8	459	32.8	2	50	3.6	0	0	0.0	0
23	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	1,909	1969	BOS	14	136.4	7	691	49.4	5	267	19.1	2	792	56.6	0	159	11.4	0
24	Billy Grimes B. Grimes	1,896	1950	GB	12	158.0	8	480	40.0	5	261	21.8	1	600	50.0	0	555	46.3	2
25	Larry Garron L. Garron	1,884	1963	BOS	14	134.6	4	750	53.6	2	418	29.9	2	693	49.5	0	23	1.6	0

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