running-backs with most receiving yards in 1978

Rickey Young had the most receiving yards by a running back in 1978, with 704 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Rickey Young R. Young	704	1978	MIN	16	88	8.0	44.0	5	417	134	3.1	26.1	1
2	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	582	1978	NO	16	74	7.9	36.4	2	635	186	3.4	39.7	5
3	Preston Pearson P. Pearson	526	1978	DAL	16	47	11.2	32.9	0	104	25	4.2	6.5	0
4	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	500	1978	SD	16	57	8.8	31.3	2	820	214	3.8	51.3	3
5	Tony Reed T. Reed	483	1978	KC	16	48	10.1	30.2	1	1,053	206	5.1	65.8	5
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	480	1978	CHI	16	50	9.6	30.0	0	1,395	333	4.2	87.2	11
7	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	396	1978	MIN	14	61	6.5	28.3	2	749	237	3.2	53.5	5
8	Horace King H. King	396	1978	DET	15	48	8.3	26.4	2	660	155	4.3	44.0	4
9	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	387	1978	WAS	13	35	11.1	29.8	2	533	161	3.3	41.0	3
10	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	382	1978	LA	14	41	9.3	27.3	1	604	174	3.5	43.1	3
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	378	1978	DAL	16	37	10.2	23.6	2	1,325	290	4.6	82.8	7
12	Joe Washington J. Washington	377	1978	BAL	16	45	8.4	23.6	1	956	240	4.0	59.8	0
13	Sherman Smith S. Smith	366	1978	SEA	12	28	13.1	30.5	1	805	165	4.9	67.1	6
14	Roland Harper R. Harper	340	1978	CHI	16	43	7.9	21.3	2	992	240	4.1	62.0	6
15	Calvin Hill C. Hill	334	1978	CLE	12	25	13.4	27.8	6	289	80	3.6	24.1	1
16	Terdell Middleton T. Middleton	332	1978	GB	16	34	9.8	20.8	1	1,116	284	3.9	69.8	11
17	John Riggins J. Riggins	299	1978	WAS	15	31	9.6	19.9	0	1,014	248	4.1	67.6	5
18	Wayne Morris W. Morris	298	1978	STL	13	33	9.0	22.9	1	631	174	3.6	48.5	1
19	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	297	1978	NE	16	31	9.6	18.6	0	768	199	3.9	48.0	8
20	Don McCauley D. McCauley	296	1978	BAL	15	34	8.7	19.7	0	107	44	2.4	7.1	5
21	Don Woods D. Woods	295	1978	SD	16	34	8.7	18.4	0	514	151	3.4	32.1	3
22	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	292	1978	CLE	12	38	7.7	24.3	2	960	176	5.5	80.0	3
23	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	291	1978	OAK	16	27	10.8	18.2	0	1,080	270	4.0	67.5	9
24	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	284	1978	CIN	16	35	8.1	17.8	3	484	132	3.7	30.3	0
25	MacArthur Lane M. Lane	279	1978	KC	16	36	7.8	17.4	0	277	52	5.3	17.3	0

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