which runningback has the most game passing yards in the nfl

Joe Geri has the most passing yards by a running back in a season, with 866 yards in 1950.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Geri J. Geri	866	1950	PIT	10	41	109	37.6	7.9	86.6	6	14	45.3	5.5	12.8
2	Chuck Ortmann C. Ortmann	671	1951	PIT	10	56	138	40.6	4.9	67.1	3	13	24.2	2.2	9.4
3	Harry Gilmer H. Gilmer	555	1952	WAS	10	31	57	54.4	9.7	55.5	4	3	89.4	7.0	5.3
4	Joe Geri J. Geri	506	1951	PIT	8	29	77	37.7	6.6	63.3	2	5	42.5	2.6	6.5
5	Joe Gasparella J. Gasparella	383	1950	PIT	7	23	50	46.0	7.7	54.7	3	5	52.8	6.0	10.0
6	Tom Tracy T. Tracy	324	1960	PIT	7	8	17	47.1	19.1	46.3	4	1	108.5	23.5	5.9
7	Richie Lucas R. Lucas	314	1960	BUF	6	23	48	47.9	6.5	52.3	2	3	57.1	4.2	6.3
8	George Taliaferro G. Taliaferro	307	1952	DAL	8	16	58	27.6	5.3	38.4	2	4	31.9	3.4	6.9
9	Tom Tracy T. Tracy	270	1958	PIT	5	6	11	54.5	24.5	54.0	2	1	101.3	18.2	9.1
10	Lynn Chandnois L. Chandnois	256	1951	PIT	9	16	33	48.5	7.8	28.4	2	2	69.8	6.1	6.1
11	John David Crow J. David Crow	247	1960	STL	8	9	14	64.3	17.6	30.9	2	1	117.6	14.3	7.1
12	John David Crow J. David Crow	241	1962	STL	9	12	18	66.7	13.4	26.8	0	0	109.7	0.0	0.0
13	George Taliaferro G. Taliaferro	211	1953	BAL	4	15	45	33.3	4.7	52.8	2	5	24.6	4.4	11.1
14	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	208	1951	PIT	3	15	29	51.7	7.2	69.3	2	0	98.1	6.9	0.0
15	Dan Reeves D. Reeves	195	1967	DAL	3	4	5	80.0	39.0	65.0	2	1	118.8	40.0	20.0
16	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	195	1953	CHC	7	20	33	60.6	5.9	27.9	2	1	84.8	6.1	3.0
17	Andy Johnson A. Johnson	194	1981	NE	6	7	7	100.0	27.7	32.3	4	0	158.3	57.1	0.0	0	0
18	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	191	1962	SF	4	8	13	61.5	14.7	47.8	1	3	91.5	7.7	23.1
19	Dick Hoak D. Hoak	188	1968	PIT	4	7	9	77.8	20.9	47.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
20	Hank Lauricella H. Lauricella	177	1952	DAL	2	11	21	52.4	8.4	88.5	4	2	80.9	19.0	9.5
21	Gene Foster G. Foster	169	1968	SD	5	6	7	85.7	24.1	33.8	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
22	Wayne Crow W. Crow	165	1961	OAK	3	6	6	100.0	27.5	55.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
23	Tom Tracy T. Tracy	159	1959	PIT	3	3	5	60.0	31.8	53.0	0	0	104.2	0.0	0.0
24	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	155	1954	NYG	3	4	5	80.0	31.0	51.7	3	0	158.3	60.0	0.0
25	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	151	1959	NYG	3	5	8	62.5	18.9	50.3	2	1	106.3	25.0	12.5

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