nfl most punt return yards by a player 1968

George Atkinson had the most punt-return yards in 1968, with 490 yards in his rookie season.

	NAME	PR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	George Atkinson G. Atkinson	490	1968	OAK	14	32	802	25.1	57.3	0	36	13.6	35.0	2
2	Chuck Latourette C. Latourette	345	1968	STL	14	46	1,237	26.9	88.4	0	28	12.3	24.6	1
3	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	312	1968	DAL	14	1	20	20.0	1.4	0	15	20.8	22.3	2
4	Roy Jefferson R. Jefferson	274	1968	PIT	14	0	0		0.0	0	28	9.8	19.6	1
5	Noland Smith N. Smith	270	1968	KC	12	23	549	23.9	45.8	0	18	15.0	22.5	1
6	Floyd Little F. Little	261	1968	DEN	11	26	649	25.0	59.0	0	24	10.9	23.7	1
7	Hagood Clarke H. Clarke	241	1968	BUF	14	0	0		0.0	0	29	8.3	17.2	1
8	Larry Carwell L. Carwell	227	1968	HOU	14	15	335	22.3	23.9	0	27	8.4	16.2	0
9	Speedy Duncan S. Duncan	206	1968	SD	10	25	586	23.4	58.6	0	18	11.4	20.6	1
10	Alvin Haymond A. Haymond	201	1968	PHI	11	28	677	24.2	61.5	1	15	13.4	18.3	1
11	Charlie West C. West	201	1968	MIN	14	22	576	26.2	41.1	0	20	10.1	14.4	1
12	Rick Volk R. Volk	198	1968	BAL	14	0	0		0.0	0	25	7.9	14.1	0
13	Sid Blanks S. Blanks	179	1968	HOU	14	0	0		0.0	0	22	8.1	12.8	0
14	Ron Smith R. Smith	171	1968	LA	14	26	718	27.6	51.3	1	27	6.3	12.2	0
15	Rickie Harris R. Harris	144	1968	WAS	14	23	579	25.2	41.4	0	19	7.6	10.3	0
16	Ed Meador E. Meador	136	1968	LA	14	1	20	20.0	1.4	0	17	8.0	9.7	0
17	Willie Porter W. Porter	135	1968	BOS	13	36	812	22.6	62.5	0	22	6.1	10.4	0
18	Goldie Sellers G. Sellers	129	1968	KC	14	2	40	20.0	2.9	0	7	18.4	9.2	1
19	Rodger Bird R. Bird	128	1968	OAK	10	0	0		0.0	0	11	11.6	12.8	0
20	Willie Wood W. Wood	126	1968	GB	14	0	0		0.0	0	26	4.8	9.0	0
21	Timmy Brown T. Brown	125	1968	BAL	11	15	298	19.9	27.1	0	16	7.8	11.4	0
22	Earl Christy E. Christy	116	1968	NYJ	14	25	599	24.0	42.8	0	13	8.9	8.3	0
23	Bill Baird B. Baird	111	1968	NYJ	14	0	0		0.0	0	18	6.2	7.9	0
24	Tom Brown T. Brown	111	1968	GB	14	0	0		0.0	0	16	6.9	7.9	1
25	Essex Johnson E. Johnson	111	1968	CIN	14	14	266	19.0	19.0	0	22	5.0	7.9	0

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