rb with most yards per reception with minimum of 180 receptions since 1966

Since 1966, Steve Sewell has averaged the most yards per reception by a running back when making 180+ receptions, with 12.6 per catch.

	NAME	AVG	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Steve Sewell S. Sewell	12.6	187	94		2,354	25.0	13	917	229	4.0	9.8	13
2	Donny Anderson D. Anderson	12.2	209	126		2,548	20.2	14	4,696	1,197	3.9	37.3	41
3	Preston Pearson P. Pearson	12.0	252	155		3,025	19.5	15	3,531	922	3.8	22.8	13
4	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	11.9	181	109		2,159	19.8	13	7,123	1,684	4.2	65.3	74
5	Floyd Little F. Little	11.2	215	117		2,418	20.7	9	6,323	1,641	3.9	54.0	43
6	Billy Sims B. Sims	11.1	186	60		2,072	34.5	5	5,106	1,131	4.5	85.1	42
7	Sherman Smith S. Smith	11.0	217	95		2,393	25.2	10	3,520	834	4.2	37.1	28
8	Bruce Harper B. Harper	11.0	220	99		2,409	24.3	12	1,829	374	4.9	18.5	8
9	Lionel James L. James	10.9	209	67		2,278	34.0	10	1,062	231	4.6	15.9	4
10	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	10.6	182	110		1,931	17.6	7	4,197	1,031	4.1	38.2	28
11	Calvin Hill C. Hill	10.6	271	156		2,861	18.3	23	6,083	1,452	4.2	39.0	42
12	O.J. Simpson	10.6	203	135		2,142	15.9	14	11,236	2,404	4.7	83.2	61
13	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	10.5	192	77		2,011	26.1	11	4,196	1,087	3.9	54.5	19
14	Larry Brown L. Brown	10.4	238	102		2,485	24.4	20	5,875	1,530	3.8	57.6	35
15	Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	10.4	582	181		6,076	33.6	24	2,774	615	4.5	15.3	10
16	Butch Woolfolk B. Woolfolk	10.4	187	81		1,939	23.9	8	1,923	537	3.6	23.7	8
17	Leroy Hoard L. Hoard	10.2	238	144	20	2,430	16.9	15	3,964	1,008	3.9	27.5	36
18	David Johnson D. Johnson	10.1	277	92	401	2,805	30.5	18	4,071	1,007	4.0	44.3	39
19	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	10.0	295	144		2,961	20.6	12	8,074	1,798	4.5	56.1	38
20	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	10.0	245	81		2,457	30.3	9	3,498	766	4.6	43.2	24
21	Marcel Reece M. Reece	9.9	210	96	311	2,088	21.8	12	844	185	4.6	8.8	3
22	Gary Anderson G. Anderson	9.9	302	111		2,999	27.0	15	3,409	869	3.9	30.7	16
23	Jim Kiick J. Kiick	9.9	233	115		2,302	20.0	4	3,759	1,029	3.7	32.7	29
24	Walt Garrison W. Garrison	9.9	182	119		1,794	15.1	9	3,886	899	4.3	32.7	30
25	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	9.8	224	102		2,199	21.6	15	5,356	1,309	4.1	52.5	27

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