what rb had the most receiving yards in 1956

Leon Clarke had the most receiving yards by a running back in his rookie season in 1956, with 650 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Leon Clarke L. Clarke	650	1956	LA	12	36	18.1	54.2	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	603	1956	NYG	12	51	11.8	50.3	4	819	159	5.2	68.3	5
3	Jim Doran J. Doran	448	1956	DET	11	25	17.9	40.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Elbie Nickel E. Nickel	376	1956	PIT	12	27	13.9	31.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
5	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	325	1956	CLE	12	17	19.1	27.1	4	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
6	Tank Younger T. Younger	268	1956	LA	12	18	14.9	22.3	0	518	114	4.5	43.2	3
7	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	258	1956	GB	11	28	9.2	23.5	0	129	35	3.7	11.7	0
8	Joe Arenas J. Arenas	226	1956	SF	12	14	16.1	18.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
9	L.G. Dupre	216	1956	BAL	11	16	13.5	19.6	2	182	49	3.7	16.5	2
10	Howie Ferguson H. Ferguson	214	1956	GB	11	22	9.7	19.5	0	367	99	3.7	33.4	0
11	Rick Casares R. Casares	203	1956	CHB	12	23	8.8	16.9	2	1,126	234	4.8	93.8	12
12	Ollie Matson O. Matson	199	1956	CHC	12	15	13.3	16.6	2	924	192	4.8	77.0	5
13	Alex Webster A. Webster	197	1956	NYG	12	21	9.4	16.4	3	694	178	3.9	57.8	7
14	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	193	1956	SF	12	16	12.1	16.1	0	916	185	5.0	76.3	8
15	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	189	1956	BAL	12	26	7.3	15.8	0	858	178	4.8	71.5	8
16	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	182	1956	CHC	11	17	10.7	16.5	0	598	157	3.8	54.4	2
17	Al Carmichael A. Carmichael	180	1956	GB	12	13	13.8	15.0	1	199	32	6.2	16.6	0
18	Royce Womble R. Womble	180	1956	BAL	12	9	20.0	15.0	2	72	20	3.6	6.0	0
19	Billy Vessels B. Vessels	177	1956	BAL	12	11	16.1	14.8	1	215	44	4.9	17.9	2
20	Dave Mann D. Mann	170	1956	CHC	12	13	13.1	14.2	1	116	45	2.6	9.7	0
21	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	159	1956	PHI	10	12	13.3	15.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Gene Gedman G. Gedman	142	1956	DET	12	15	9.5	11.8	1	479	135	3.5	39.9	7
23	Sid Watson S. Watson	138	1956	PIT	12	12	11.5	11.5	0	298	112	2.7	24.8	4
24	Dick James D. James	127	1956	WAS	10	7	18.1	12.7	2	280	58	4.8	28.0	1
25	Preston Carpenter P. Carpenter	124	1956	CLE	12	16	7.8	10.3	0	756	188	4.0	63.0	0

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