most yards gained on returns by a player 1974 to 1977

From 1974 through 1977, Billy Johnson gained the most return yards, with 4,755 yards.

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	NAME	RET YDS	RET	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	4,755	258	56	113	2,792	24.7	49.9	2	143	1,963	13.7	35.1	5
2	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	3,601	198	53	103	2,680	26.0	50.6	2	80	921	11.5	17.4	1
3	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	3,555	205	41	82	2,054	25.0	50.1	0	117	1,501	12.8	36.6	5
4	Larry Marshall L. Marshall	3,263	206	49	92	2,131	23.2	43.5	0	109	1,132	10.4	23.1	0
5	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	3,134	229	52	77	1,746	22.7	33.6	0	146	1,388	9.5	26.7	0
6	Eddie Brown E. Brown	3,020	200	55	76	1,854	24.4	33.7	0	115	1,166	10.1	21.2	1
7	Steve Odom S. Odom	3,016	146	54	125	2,825	22.6	52.3	1	16	191	11.9	3.5	1
8	Lou Piccone L. Piccone	2,708	156	55	100	2,386	23.9	43.4	0	48	322	6.7	5.9	1
9	Manfred Moore M. Moore	2,504	170	51	76	1,734	22.8	34.0	0	88	770	8.8	15.1	1
10	Mike Fuller M. Fuller	2,351	161	42	51	1,145	22.5	27.3	0	97	1,206	12.4	28.7	2
11	Larry Jones L. Jones	2,292	136	42	73	1,816	24.9	43.2	1	62	476	7.7	11.3	1
12	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	2,141	149	28	50	1,229	24.6	43.9	0	95	912	9.6	32.6	0
13	Cullen Bryant C. Bryant	2,071	126	56	53	1,391	26.2	24.8	2	68	680	10.0	12.1	0
14	Bruce Laird B. Laird	2,012	108	56	81	1,982	24.5	35.4	0	11	30	2.7	0.5	0
15	Keith Moody K. Moody	1,603	92	28	56	1,241	22.2	44.3	0	31	362	11.7	12.9	2
16	Mack Herron M. Herron	1,593	103	25	41	893	21.8	35.7	0	57	700	12.3	28.0	0
17	Neal Colzie N. Colzie	1,552	135	40	6	115	19.2	2.9	0	121	1,437	11.9	35.9	0
18	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1,460	78	14	42	1,035	24.6	73.9	0	34	425	12.5	30.4	0
19	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	1,443	101	37	28	633	22.6	17.1	1	71	810	11.4	21.9	2
20	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,414	84	56	37	935	25.3	16.7	1	40	479	12.0	8.6	0
21	Wally Francis W. Francis	1,390	61	56	61	1,390	22.8	24.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Willie Shelby W. Shelby	1,380	87	27	49	1,164	23.8	43.1	1	32	216	6.8	8.0	0
23	Brian Baschnagel B. Baschnagel	1,367	58	24	52	1,311	25.2	54.6	1	5	56	11.2	2.3	0
24	Dennis Morgan D. Morgan	1,340	71	17	42	993	23.6	58.4	0	27	347	12.9	20.4	1
25	Rolland Lawrence R. Lawrence	1,338	159	56	26	614	23.6	11.0	0	105	724	6.9	12.9	0

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