running back most receiving yards 1987

Herschel Walker had the most yards on receptions by a running back in 1987, with 715 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Herschel Walker
H. Walker
715
1987
12
60
11.9
59.6
1
891
209
4.3
74.3
7
2Lionel James
L. James
593
1987
12
41
14.5
49.4
3
102
27
3.8
8.5
2
3Earnest Byner
E. Byner
552
1987
12
52
10.6
46.0
2
432
105
4.1
36.0
8
4Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
503
1987
12
47
10.7
41.9
2
260
80
3.3
21.7
3
5Roger Craig
R. Craig
492
1987
14
66
7.5
35.1
1
815
215
3.8
58.2
3
6Kelvin Bryant
K. Bryant
490
1987
11
43
11.4
44.5
5
406
77
5.3
36.9
1
7Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
477
1987
12
56
8.5
39.8
2
485
116
4.2
40.4
2
8Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
467
1987
11
47
9.9
42.5
3
586
129
4.5
53.3
3
9Troy Stradford
T. Stradford
457
1987
12
48
9.5
38.1
1
619
145
4.3
51.6
6
10Albert Bentley
A. Bentley
447
1987
12
34
13.1
37.3
2
631
142
4.4
52.6
7
11John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
420
1987
12
38
11.1
35.0
3
500
113
4.4
41.7
1
12Marcus Allen
M. Allen
410
1987
12
51
8.0
34.2
0
754
200
3.8
62.8
5
13Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
397
1987
12
45
8.8
33.1
2
781
203
3.8
65.1
3
14Tony Collins
T. Collins
347
1987
13
44
7.9
26.7
3
474
147
3.2
36.5
3
15Anthony Toney
A. Toney
341
1987
11
39
8.7
31.0
1
473
127
3.7
43.0
5
16Tom Rathman
T. Rathman
329
1987
12
30
11.0
27.4
3
257
62
4.1
21.4
1
17James Wilder
J. Wilder
328
1987
12
40
8.2
27.3
1
488
106
4.6
40.7
0
18George Adams
G. Adams
298
1987
12
35
8.5
24.8
1
169
61
2.8
14.1
1
19Stanford Jennings
S. Jennings
277
1987
12
35
7.9
23.1
2
314
70
4.5
26.2
1
20Timmy Newsome
T. Newsome
274
1987
11
34
8.1
24.9
2
121
25
4.8
11.0
2
21James Brooks
J. Brooks
272
1987
9
22
12.4
30.2
2
290
94
3.1
32.2
1
22Dalton Hilliard
D. Hilliard
264
1987
12
23
11.5
22.0
1
508
123
4.1
42.3
7
23Mike Guman
M. Guman
263
1987
12
22
12.0
21.9
0
98
36
2.7
8.2
1
24Earl Ferrell
E. Ferrell
262
1987
11
23
11.4
23.8
0
512
113
4.5
46.5
7
25James Jones
J. Jones
262
1987
11
34
7.7
23.8
0
342
96
3.6
31.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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