most yards per reception by a running back ever 1980

Bruce Harper had the most yards per catch by a running back in 1980, with 12.7 per reception.

Interpreted as:
most yards per reception with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a running back ever 1980
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Bruce Harper
B. Harper
12.7
1980
NYJ NYJ
15
50
634
42.3
3
126
45
2.8
8.4
0
2Billy Sims
B. Sims
12.2
1980
DET DET
16
51
621
38.8
3
1,303
313
4.2
81.4
13
3Paul Hofer
P. Hofer
11.4
1980
SF SF
6
41
467
77.8
2
293
60
4.9
48.8
1
4Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
10.3
1980
GB GB
15
48
496
33.1
3
545
126
4.3
36.3
5
5Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
10.3
1980
MIA MIA
16
57
588
36.8
5
327
60
5.5
20.4
1
6Jerry Eckwood
J. Eckwood
10.1
1980
TB TB
15
47
475
31.7
1
504
149
3.4
33.6
2
7Ted Brown
T. Brown
10.0
1980
MIN MIN
16
62
623
38.9
2
912
219
4.2
57.0
8
8Clarence Harmon
C. Harmon
9.9
1980
WAS WAS
16
54
534
33.4
4
484
128
3.8
30.3
4
9Joe Washington
J. Washington
9.7
1980
BAL BAL
16
51
494
30.9
3
502
144
3.5
31.4
1
10Eddie Lee Ivery
E. Lee Ivery
9.6
1980
GB GB
16
50
481
30.1
1
831
202
4.1
51.9
3
11Tony Reed
T. Reed
9.6
1980
KC KC
15
44
422
28.1
1
180
68
2.6
12.0
0
12Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
9.3
1980
DET DET
16
39
364
22.8
0
720
145
5.0
45.0
3
13Don McCauley
D. McCauley
9.2
1980
BAL BAL
16
34
313
19.6
4
133
35
3.8
8.3
1
14William Andrews
W. Andrews
8.9
1980
ATL ATL
16
51
456
28.5
1
1,308
265
4.9
81.8
4
15Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
8.9
1980
CLE CLE
16
50
444
27.8
5
117
40
2.9
7.3
0
16Dave Preston
D. Preston
8.8
1980
DEN DEN
12
35
309
25.8
0
385
111
3.5
32.1
4
17Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
8.6
1980
NYJ NYJ
5
36
310
62.0
3
174
36
4.8
34.8
0
18Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
8.6
1980
STL STL
16
36
308
19.3
0
1,352
301
4.5
84.5
9
19Ted McKnight
T. McKnight
8.4
1980
KC KC
16
38
320
20.0
0
693
206
3.4
43.3
3
20Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
8.4
1980
TOT
15
31
259
17.3
0
827
175
4.7
55.1
6
21Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
8.2
1980
NO NO
16
57
470
29.4
2
308
81
3.8
19.3
3
22Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
8.1
1980
PHI PHI
12
50
407
33.9
2
778
193
4.0
64.8
8
23Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
8.0
1980
HOU HOU
15
43
346
23.1
0
359
97
3.7
23.9
3
24Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
8.0
1980
BUF BUF
16
52
415
25.9
1
1,185
306
3.9
74.1
11
25Walter Payton
W. Payton
8.0
1980
CHI CHI
16
46
367
22.9
1
1,460
317
4.6
91.3
6
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2nd

PASS YDS/G

184.0

32nd

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6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
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6
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1
7
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.125
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11/23
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AFC EastWLTPCT
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4
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Wed
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Sat
9/6
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