who had the most return yards of the 1970s

From 1970 through 1979, Steve Odom gained the most return yards, with 5,046 yards.

Regular season

	NAME	RET YDS	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Steve Odom S. Odom	5,046	81	194	4,451	22.9	55.0	2	73	595	8.2	7.3	1
2	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	4,942	63	121	2,902	24.0	46.1	2	155	2,040	13.2	32.4	5
3	Ron Smith R. Smith	4,934	70	139	3,613	26.0	51.6	1	153	1,321	8.6	18.9	2
4	Larry Marshall L. Marshall	4,862	75	138	3,396	24.6	45.3	0	162	1,466	9.0	19.5	0
5	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	4,653	69	95	2,355	24.8	34.1	0	183	2,298	12.6	33.3	6
6	Bruce Harper B. Harper	4,566	46	152	3,473	22.8	75.5	0	97	1,093	11.3	23.8	1
7	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	3,895	66	103	2,336	22.7	35.4	0	163	1,559	9.6	23.6	0
8	Bruce Laird B. Laird	3,811	111	137	3,406	24.9	30.7	0	60	405	6.8	3.6	0
9	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	3,725	65	107	2,804	26.2	43.1	2	80	921	11.5	14.2	1
10	Eddie Brown E. Brown	3,468	72	81	1,957	24.2	27.2	0	172	1,511	8.8	21.0	1
11	Mike Fuller M. Fuller	3,459	74	62	1,369	22.1	18.5	0	182	2,090	11.5	28.2	2
12	Vic Washington V. Washington	3,341	67	129	3,341	25.9	49.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	3,240	96	126	2,912	23.1	30.3	0	31	328	10.6	3.4	0
14	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	3,145	55	79	1,832	23.2	33.3	0	146	1,313	9.0	23.9	0
15	Keith Moody K. Moody	3,088	58	101	2,168	21.5	37.4	0	88	920	10.5	15.9	3
16	Mack Herron M. Herron	2,967	39	82	1,985	24.2	50.9	1	84	982	11.7	25.2	0
17	Lou Piccone L. Piccone	2,888	87	106	2,478	23.4	28.5	0	62	410	6.6	4.7	1
18	Alvin Haymond A. Haymond	2,824	34	82	2,223	27.1	65.4	1	97	601	6.2	17.7	0
19	Lemar Parrish L. Parrish	2,709	132	61	1,504	24.7	11.4	1	131	1,205	9.2	9.1	4
20	Bernard Jackson B. Jackson	2,560	110	109	2,560	23.5	23.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Manfred Moore M. Moore	2,504	51	76	1,734	22.8	34.0	0	88	770	8.8	15.1	1
22	Cullen Bryant C. Bryant	2,467	101	66	1,760	26.7	17.4	3	71	707	10.0	7.0	0
23	Larry Jones L. Jones	2,378	51	73	1,816	24.9	35.6	1	72	562	7.8	11.0	1
24	Dave Hampton D. Hampton	2,341	79	91	2,341	25.7	29.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
25	Rich Mauti R. Mauti	2,297	45	80	1,798	22.5	40.0	0	64	499	7.8	11.1	0

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