most return yards in a season by a linebacker

Jim Steffen has the most return yards by a linebacker in a season, with 844 yards in 1961.

	NAME	RET YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Jim Steffen J. Steffen	844	1961	TOT	14	29	691	23.8	49.4	0	19	153	8.1	10.9	0
2	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	130	1975	DAL	13	4	130	32.5	10.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
3	Andy Russell A. Russell	97	1967	PIT	14	6	97	16.2	6.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Billy Andrews B. Andrews	93	1975	SD	14	6	93	15.5	6.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Mel Long M. Long	87	1973	CLE	14	6	87	14.5	6.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	London Fletcher L. Fletcher	86	2004	BUF	16	4	86	21.5	5.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Walt Michaels W. Michaels	86	1951	GB	12	5	86	17.2	7.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Ken Criter K. Criter	81	1971	DEN	11	5	81	16.2	7.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Grant Stuard G. Stuard	72	2025	DET	13	3	72	24.0	5.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	London Fletcher L. Fletcher	72	1998	STL	16	5	72	14.4	4.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Tom Ruud T. Ruud	68	1976	BUF	14	6	68	11.3	4.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jack Cloud J. Cloud	68	1953	WAS	12	4	68	17.0	5.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Chuck Bednarik C. Bednarik	66	1954	PHI	12	3	40	13.3	3.3	0	2	26	13.0	2.2	0
14	Bob Matheson B. Matheson	65	1974	MIA	14	5	65	13.0	4.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Mike Curtis M. Curtis	64	1966	BAL	12	3	64	21.3	5.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	John Barefield J. Barefield	62	1979	STL	15	3	62	20.7	4.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Deral Teteak D. Teteak	62	1953	GB	7	2	62	31.0	8.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Pete Cronan P. Cronan	60	1981	TOT	15	3	60	20.0	4.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Howie Kurnick H. Kurnick	60	1979	CIN	15	4	60	15.0	4.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Mike Dukes M. Dukes	58	1960	HOU	11	4	58	14.5	5.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Mike Dukes M. Dukes	57	1961	HOU	14	4	57	14.3	4.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Bill Forester B. Forester	57	1957	GB	12	4	57	14.3	4.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	George Papach G. Papach	57	1949	PIT	12	3	57	19.0	4.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	George Buksar G. Buksar	56	1951	WAS	11	4	56	14.0	5.1	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
25	Bill Forester B. Forester	55	1961	GB	14	3	55	18.3	3.9	0	0	0		0.0	0

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