who has the most punt return in a season

Danny Reece has the most punt returns in a season, with 70 returns in 1979.

	NAME	PR	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Danny Reece D. Reece	70	1979	TB	16	1	13	13.0	0.8	0	431	6.2	26.9	0
2	Fulton Walker F. Walker	62	1985	TOT	15	21	467	22.2	31.1	0	692	11.2	46.1	0
3	Dexter McCluster D. McCluster	58	2013	KC	15	1	3	3.0	0.2	0	686	11.8	45.7	2
4	Nate Burleson N. Burleson	58	2007	SEA	16	27	590	21.9	36.9	1	658	11.3	41.1	1
5	Desmond Howard D. Howard	58	1996	GB	16	22	460	20.9	28.8	0	875	15.1	54.7	3
6	Leo Lewis L. Lewis	58	1988	MIN	16	1	12	12.0	0.8	0	550	9.5	34.4	0
7	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	58	1983	RAI	16	31	604	19.5	37.8	0	666	11.5	41.6	1
8	J.T. Smith	58	1979	KC	16	0	0		0.0	0	612	10.6	38.3	2
9	Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	57	1999	BAL	15	8	158	19.8	10.5	0	452	7.9	30.1	0
10	Lew Barnes L. Barnes	57	1986	CHI	16	3	94	31.3	5.9	1	482	8.5	30.1	0
11	Jeff Fisher J. Fisher	57	1984	CHI	16	0	0		0.0	0	492	8.6	30.8	0
12	Danny Reece D. Reece	57	1980	TB	16	7	128	18.3	8.0	0	313	5.5	19.6	0
13	Eddie Brown E. Brown	57	1977	WAS	14	34	852	25.1	60.9	0	452	7.9	32.3	0
14	Eddie Brown E. Brown	56	1979	LA	16	5	103	20.6	6.4	0	332	5.9	20.8	0
15	B.J. Sams	55	2004	BAL	16	59	1,251	21.2	78.2	0	575	10.5	35.9	2
16	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	55	2002	CAR	15	26	571	22.0	38.1	0	470	8.5	31.3	2
17	Gary Allen G. Allen	54	1984	DAL	16	33	666	20.2	41.6	0	446	8.3	27.9	0
18	Wally Henry W. Henry	54	1981	PHI	16	25	533	21.3	33.3	0	396	7.3	24.8	0
19	James Jones J. Jones	54	1980	DAL	16	32	720	22.5	45.0	0	548	10.1	34.3	0
20	Rolland Lawrence R. Lawrence	54	1976	ATL	14	21	521	24.8	37.2	0	372	6.9	26.6	0
21	Todd Kinchen T. Kinchen	53	1995	STL	16	35	743	21.2	46.4	0	416	7.8	26.0	0
22	Rod Harris R. Harris	53	1991	PHI	16	28	473	16.9	29.6	0	416	7.8	26.0	0
23	Phil McConkey P. McConkey	53	1985	NYG	16	12	234	19.5	14.6	0	442	8.3	27.6	0
24	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	53	1984	PIT	14	0	0		0.0	0	656	12.4	46.9	1
25	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	53	1984	RAI	15	3	16	5.3	1.1	0	473	8.9	31.5	0

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