most kick returns of all-time by a running back

Brian Mitchell has the most career kickoff returns by a running back, with 607 returns.

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Data note: Kickoff Returns: player season data complete from 1941

	NAME	KR	GP	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	607	223	14,014	23.1	62.8	4	463	4,999	10.8	22.4	9
2	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	332	183	8,352	25.2	45.6	2	311	2,961	9.5	16.2	7
3	Leon Washington L. Washington	292	126	7,553	25.9	59.9	8	181	1,793	9.9	14.2	0
4	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	291	106	7,047	24.2	66.5	2	227	2,205	9.7	20.8	1
5	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	252	146	5,566	22.1	38.1	1	349	3,708	10.6	25.4	7
6	Dexter Carter D. Carter	250	100	5,412	21.6	54.1	2	138	1,358	9.8	13.6	2
7	Bruce Harper B. Harper	243	99	5,407	22.3	54.6	0	183	1,784	9.7	18.0	1
8	Rock Cartwright R. Cartwright	231	154	5,450	23.6	35.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
9	Chad Morton C. Morton	229	93	5,401	23.6	58.1	3	155	1,431	9.2	15.4	1
10	Herschel Walker H. Walker	215	187	5,084	23.6	27.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
11	Maurice Hicks M. Hicks	214	66	4,932	23.0	74.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Charlie Rogers C. Rogers	199	55	4,412	22.2	80.2	2	98	930	9.5	16.9	0
13	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	198	105	4,065	20.5	38.7	2	173	1,635	9.5	15.6	5
14	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	190	52	4,550	23.9	87.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
15	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	186	62	4,160	22.4	67.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah	185	162	4,776	25.8	29.5	0	10	91	9.1	0.6	0
17	Timmy Brown T. Brown	184	108	4,781	26.0	44.3	5	71	639	9.0	5.9	1
18	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	181	161	4,098	22.6	25.5	2	101	943	9.3	5.9	0
19	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	179	86	3,826	21.4	44.5	0	219	2,391	10.9	27.8	3
20	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	177	116	4,007	22.6	34.5	0	156	1,377	8.8	11.9	1
21	Steve Broussard S. Broussard	175	121	4,060	23.2	33.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	Al Carmichael A. Carmichael	175	78	4,488	25.6	57.5	2	115	854	7.4	10.9	0
23	Bobby Joe Edmonds B. Joe Edmonds	173	65	3,646	21.1	56.1	0	134	1,471	11.0	22.6	1
24	Aaron Stecker A. Stecker	170	129	3,934	23.1	30.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Michael Bates M. Bates	169	57	4,064	24.0	71.3	3	9	36	4.0	0.6	0

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Mon 11/23	CIN	@	WAS	8:15 PM
Sun 11/29	WAS	@	ARI	4:25 PM
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Eagles	2	7	0	.222
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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
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Saints	3	5	0	.375
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Falcons	3	6	0	.333
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Colts	2	7	0	.222
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