most return yards 1973

Mack Herron had the most return yards in 1973, with 1,374 yards in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
most return yards by a player 1973
NAMERET YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Mack Herron
M. Herron
1,374
1973
14
41
1,092
26.6
78.0
1
27
282
10.4
20.1
0
2Ron Smith
R. Smith
1,299
1973
14
36
947
26.3
67.6
0
27
352
13.0
25.1
2
3Herb Mul-Key
H. Mul-Key
1,114
1973
14
36
1,011
28.1
72.2
1
11
103
9.4
7.4
0
4Ike Hill
I. Hill
841
1973
14
27
637
23.6
45.5
1
36
204
5.7
14.6
1
5Alvin Haymond
A. Haymond
804
1973
6
28
703
25.1
117.2
0
14
101
7.2
16.8
0
6Howard Stevens
H. Stevens
761
1973
14
26
590
22.7
42.1
0
17
171
10.1
12.2
0
7Bob Gresham
B. Gresham
723
1973
13
27
723
26.8
55.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Wally Francis
W. Francis
687
1973
12
23
687
29.9
57.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
9Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
633
1973
13
16
453
28.3
34.8
0
16
180
11.3
13.8
0
10Bruce Laird
B. Laird
619
1973
12
24
547
22.8
45.6
0
15
72
4.8
6.0
0
11Margene Adkins
M. Adkins
615
1973
13
31
615
19.8
47.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Larry Marshall
L. Marshall
571
1973
10
14
391
27.9
39.1
0
29
180
6.2
18.0
0
13Ralph McGill
R. McGill
560
1973
14
17
374
22.0
26.7
0
22
186
8.5
13.3
0
14Vic Washington
V. Washington
549
1973
13
24
549
22.9
42.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Ike Thomas
I. Thomas
527
1973
13
23
527
22.9
40.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Bernard Jackson
B. Jackson
520
1973
14
21
520
24.8
37.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Clarence Davis
C. Davis
504
1973
14
19
504
26.5
36.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Cotton Speyrer
C. Speyrer
496
1973
14
17
496
29.2
35.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
486
1973
13
16
486
30.4
37.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Willie McGee
W. McGee
479
1973
11
20
423
21.2
38.5
0
6
56
9.3
5.1
0
21Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
472
1973
14
20
472
23.6
33.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Dick Jauron
D. Jauron
454
1973
14
17
405
23.8
28.9
0
6
49
8.2
3.5
0
23Don Shy
D. Shy
445
1973
11
16
445
27.8
40.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Joe Washington
J. Washington
432
1973
9
20
432
21.6
48.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Po James
P. James
413
1973
10
16
413
25.8
41.3
0
0
0
0.0
0

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