most receiving yards per game average by a running back all-time

Del Shofner has averaged the most career receiving yards per game by a running back, with 91.4 per game.

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Data note: Receiving Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Del Shofner D. Shofner	91.4	12	51		1,097	21.5	8	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	60.1	9	37		541	14.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
3	Leon Clarke L. Clarke	54.2	12	36		650	18.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
4	Jack McClairen J. McClairen	52.5	12	46		630	13.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jim Dooley J. Dooley	51.6	24	75		1,238	16.5	10	0	0		0.0	0
6	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	51.5	27	93		1,391	15.0	8	1,157	344	3.4	42.9	8
7	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	49.3	34	85		1,677	19.7	22	22	17	1.3	0.6	0
8	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	47.2	120	662	823	5,660	8.5	37	8,046	1,760	4.6	67.1	71
9	Boyd Dowler B. Dowler	45.8	12	32		549	17.2	4	20	1	20.0	1.7	0
10	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	43.6	24	57		1,046	18.4	7	293	69	4.2	12.2	1
11	Dave Middleton D. Middleton	42.2	12	29		506	17.4	3	1	2	0.5	0.1	0
12	Bo Roberson B. Roberson	41.6	14	29		583	20.1	3	270	89	3.0	19.3	3
13	Jim Cason J. Cason	41.6	9	30		374	12.5	3	129	38	3.4	14.3	1
14	Steve Bagarus S. Bagarus	41.3	28	80		1,155	14.4	9	343	98	3.5	12.3	1
15	Joe Margucci J. Margucci	40.9	11	36		450	12.5	2	14	34	0.4	1.3	3
16	Jim Doran J. Doran	40.7	11	25		448	17.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	39.7	90	174		3,576	20.6	35	682	137	5.0	7.6	4
18	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	39.3	83	239		3,260	13.6	22	3,422	783	4.4	41.2	30
19	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	39.1	176	767	606	6,875	9.0	36	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100
20	John Tagliaferri J. Tagliaferri	39.0	3	12		117	9.8	0	45	13	3.5	15.0	1
21	Ray Pelfrey R. Pelfrey	38.5	12	38		462	12.2	5	44	3	14.7	3.7	0
22	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	38.3	133	631	798	5,098	8.1	26	7,407	1,721	4.3	55.7	63
23	Charlie McBride C. McBride	38.0	1	1		38	38.0	1	1	2	0.5	1.0	0
24	Doak Walker D. Walker	37.9	67	152		2,539	16.7	21	1,520	309	4.9	22.7	12
25	R.C. Owens	37.8	36	84		1,362	16.2	9	0	1	0.0	0.0	0

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Thu 12/3	KC	@	LAR	8:15 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
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	3	5	0	.375
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Chargers	0	8	0	.000