running back with most receptions in a season in 1978

Rickey Young made the most receptions by a running back in 1978, with 88 receptions.

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Rickey Young R. Young	88	1978	MIN	16	704	8.0	44.0	5	417	134	3.1	26.1	1
2	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	74	1978	NO	16	582	7.9	36.4	2	635	186	3.4	39.7	5
3	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	61	1978	MIN	14	396	6.5	28.3	2	749	237	3.2	53.5	5
4	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	57	1978	SD	16	500	8.8	31.3	2	820	214	3.8	51.3	3
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	50	1978	CHI	16	480	9.6	30.0	0	1,395	333	4.2	87.2	11
6	Horace King H. King	48	1978	DET	15	396	8.3	26.4	2	660	155	4.3	44.0	4
7	Tony Reed T. Reed	48	1978	KC	16	483	10.1	30.2	1	1,053	206	5.1	65.8	5
8	Preston Pearson P. Pearson	47	1978	DAL	16	526	11.2	32.9	0	104	25	4.2	6.5	0
9	Joe Washington J. Washington	45	1978	BAL	16	377	8.4	23.6	1	956	240	4.0	59.8	0
10	Roland Harper R. Harper	43	1978	CHI	16	340	7.9	21.3	2	992	240	4.1	62.0	6
11	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	41	1978	LA	14	382	9.3	27.3	1	604	174	3.5	43.1	3
12	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	38	1978	CLE	12	292	7.7	24.3	2	960	176	5.5	80.0	3
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	37	1978	DAL	16	378	10.2	23.6	2	1,325	290	4.6	82.8	7
14	Barty Smith B. Smith	37	1978	GB	16	256	6.9	16.0	0	567	154	3.7	35.4	4
15	MacArthur Lane M. Lane	36	1978	KC	16	279	7.8	17.4	0	277	52	5.3	17.3	0
16	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	35	1978	CIN	16	284	8.1	17.8	3	484	132	3.7	30.3	0
17	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	35	1978	WAS	13	387	11.1	29.8	2	533	161	3.3	41.0	3
18	Don McCauley D. McCauley	34	1978	BAL	15	296	8.7	19.7	0	107	44	2.4	7.1	5
19	Terdell Middleton T. Middleton	34	1978	GB	16	332	9.8	20.8	1	1,116	284	3.9	69.8	11
20	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	34	1978	PHI	14	195	5.7	13.9	1	1,220	259	4.7	87.1	9
21	Don Woods D. Woods	34	1978	SD	16	295	8.7	18.4	0	514	151	3.4	32.1	3
22	Wayne Morris W. Morris	33	1978	STL	13	298	9.0	22.9	1	631	174	3.6	48.5	1
23	Bubba Bean B. Bean	31	1978	ATL	15	209	6.7	13.9	1	707	193	3.7	47.1	3
24	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	31	1978	DET	16	275	8.9	17.2	1	924	225	4.1	57.8	5
25	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	31	1978	NE	16	297	9.6	18.6	0	768	199	3.9	48.0	8

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