nfl player most kickoff return yard in a season including playoffs 1976

Eddie Brown had the most kick-return yards in the 1976 regular-season and playoffs, with 874 yards in 1976.

	NAME	KR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Eddie Brown E. Brown	874	1976	WAS	15	36	24.3	58.3	0	54	701	13.0	46.7	1
2	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	776	1976	BAL	15	33	23.5	51.7	0	40	326	8.2	21.7	0
3	Willie Shelby W. Shelby	761	1976	CIN	13	30	25.4	58.5	1	21	162	7.7	12.5	0
4	Brian Baschnagel B. Baschnagel	754	1976	CHI	14	29	26.0	53.9	0	2	2	1.0	0.1	0
5	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	742	1976	DAL	15	30	24.7	49.5	0	49	553	11.3	36.9	0
6	Leonard Willis L. Willis	703	1976	MIN	17	32	22.0	41.4	0	38	253	6.7	14.9	0
7	Lou Piccone L. Piccone	699	1976	NYJ	14	31	22.5	49.9	0	21	173	8.2	12.4	1
8	Lawrence Williams L. Williams	688	1976	KC	12	25	27.5	57.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Oliver Ross O. Ross	655	1976	SEA	10	30	21.8	65.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Larry Marshall L. Marshall	651	1976	PHI	12	30	21.7	54.3	0	27	290	10.7	24.2	0
11	Gary Davis G. Davis	617	1976	MIA	14	26	23.7	44.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Steve Odom S. Odom	610	1976	GB	12	29	21.0	50.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Keith Moody K. Moody	605	1976	BUF	14	26	23.3	43.2	0	16	166	10.4	11.9	1
14	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	589	1976	OAK	15	26	22.7	39.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	579	1976	HOU	14	26	22.3	41.4	0	38	403	10.6	28.8	0
16	Duriel Harris D. Harris	559	1976	MIA	12	17	32.9	46.6	0	9	79	8.8	6.6	0
17	Tony Leonard T. Leonard	553	1976	SF	14	26	21.3	39.5	0	35	293	8.4	20.9	1
18	Ricky Feacher R. Feacher	551	1976	TOT	13	24	23.0	42.4	0	13	142	10.9	10.9	0
19	Artie Owens A. Owens	551	1976	SD	14	25	22.0	39.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Louie Giammona L. Giammona	527	1976	NYJ	14	23	22.9	37.6	0	12	117	9.8	8.4	0
21	Cullen Bryant C. Bryant	525	1976	LA	16	19	27.6	32.8	1	35	375	10.7	23.4	0
22	Roland Hooks R. Hooks	521	1976	BUF	14	23	22.7	37.2	0	11	45	4.1	3.2	0
23	Rolland Lawrence R. Lawrence	521	1976	ATL	14	21	24.8	37.2	0	54	372	6.9	26.6	0
24	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	514	1976	DEN	13	22	23.4	39.5	0	39	536	13.7	41.2	4
25	Jess Phillips J. Phillips	464	1976	NE	14	18	25.8	33.1	0	0	0		0.0	0

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