most career kick return yards in the 1980's

From 1980 through 1989, Mike Nelms had the most kick-return yards, with 4,128 yards.

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Data note: Kick-Return Yards: player season data complete from 1941

	NAME	KR YDS	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	4,128	68	175	23.6	60.7	0	212	1,948	9.2	28.6	2
2	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	4,007	116	177	22.6	34.5	0	156	1,377	8.8	11.9	1
3	Fulton Walker F. Walker	3,779	81	167	22.6	46.7	1	145	1,437	9.9	17.7	1
4	Ron Brown R. Brown	3,662	78	157	23.3	46.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
5	Dennis Gentry D. Gentry	3,408	115	145	23.5	29.6	3	17	136	8.0	1.2	0
6	Carl Roaches C. Roaches	3,352	76	154	21.8	44.1	2	155	1,116	7.2	14.7	0
7	Bobby Humphery B. Humphery	2,974	88	130	22.9	33.8	2	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
8	Albert Bentley A. Bentley	2,964	71	137	21.6	41.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	2,957	59	137	21.6	50.1	0	157	1,846	11.8	31.3	3
10	Alvin Hall A. Hall	2,819	76	128	22.0	37.1	1	15	139	9.3	1.8	0
11	Mel Gray M. Gray	2,812	52	117	24.0	54.1	1	60	733	12.2	14.1	1
12	Cleo Montgomery C. Montgomery	2,706	62	132	20.5	43.6	0	70	622	8.9	10.0	1
13	Drew Hill D. Hill	2,657	131	132	20.1	20.3	1	2	22	11.0	0.2	0
14	Glen Young G. Young	2,626	58	113	23.2	45.3	0	14	93	6.6	1.6	0
15	Zachary Dixon Z. Dixon	2,581	59	125	20.6	43.7	1	1	5	5.0	0.1	0
16	Larry Anderson L. Anderson	2,555	50	118	21.7	51.1	0	75	582	7.8	11.6	0
17	James Brooks J. Brooks	2,523	125	118	21.4	20.2	0	52	565	10.9	4.5	0
18	Bobby Joe Edmonds B. Joe Edmonds	2,499	49	115	21.7	51.0	0	105	1,178	11.2	24.0	1
19	Ken Jenkins K. Jenkins	2,427	51	108	22.5	47.6	0	78	773	9.9	15.2	0
20	Stephen Starring S. Starring	2,389	84	115	20.8	28.4	0	19	108	5.7	1.3	0
21	Eddie Payton E. Payton	2,353	41	104	22.6	57.4	1	94	733	7.8	17.9	0
22	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	2,315	106	99	23.4	21.8	0	39	313	8.0	3.0	0
23	Ken Bell K. Bell	2,218	59	104	21.3	37.6	0	22	147	6.7	2.5	0
24	Dino Hall D. Hall	2,171	53	101	21.5	41.0	0	82	606	7.4	11.4	0
25	Stanford Jennings S. Jennings	2,168	91	107	20.3	23.8	1	0	0		0.0	0

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