running-backs with most receiving yards in 1981

William Andrews had the most yards on receptions by a running back in 1981, with 735 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	William Andrews W. Andrews	735	1981	ATL	16	81	9.1	45.9	2	1,301	289	4.5	81.3	10
2	Ted Brown T. Brown	694	1981	MIN	16	83	8.4	43.4	2	1,063	274	3.9	66.4	6
3	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	636	1981	CLE	15	65	9.8	42.4	4	124	31	4.0	8.3	0
4	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	603	1981	BUF	15	40	15.1	40.2	7	1,097	257	4.3	73.1	3
5	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	595	1981	WAS	16	48	12.4	37.2	0	60	18	3.3	3.8	0
6	Joe Washington J. Washington	558	1981	WAS	14	70	8.0	39.9	3	916	210	4.4	65.4	4
7	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	521	1981	PHI	15	49	10.6	34.7	2	1,402	286	4.9	93.5	8
8	Dave Preston D. Preston	507	1981	DEN	16	52	9.8	31.7	0	640	183	3.5	40.0	3
9	James Wilder J. Wilder	507	1981	TB	16	48	10.6	31.7	1	370	107	3.5	23.1	4
10	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	499	1981	GB	16	65	7.7	31.2	3	860	196	4.4	53.8	4
11	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	477	1981	SF	16	51	9.4	29.8	0	330	98	3.4	20.6	1
12	Randy McMillan R. McMillan	466	1981	BAL	16	50	9.3	29.1	1	597	149	4.0	37.3	3
13	Bruce Harper B. Harper	459	1981	NYJ	16	52	8.8	28.7	1	393	81	4.9	24.6	4
14	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	452	1981	MIA	13	50	9.0	34.8	3	782	147	5.3	60.2	5
15	Billy Sims B. Sims	451	1981	DET	14	28	16.1	32.2	2	1,437	296	4.9	102.6	13
16	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	442	1981	CLE	16	63	7.0	27.6	1	1,103	247	4.5	68.9	7
17	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	436	1981	LA	15	45	9.7	29.1	5	1,074	260	4.1	71.6	12
18	Andy Johnson A. Johnson	429	1981	NE	16	39	11.0	26.8	1	1	2	0.5	0.1	0
19	Lynn Cain L. Cain	421	1981	ATL	16	55	7.7	26.3	2	542	156	3.5	33.9	4
20	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	419	1981	BAL	15	37	11.3	27.9	3	779	164	4.8	51.9	7
21	Sherman Smith S. Smith	406	1981	SEA	16	44	9.2	25.4	1	253	83	3.0	15.8	3
22	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	387	1981	STL	16	51	7.6	24.2	0	1,376	328	4.2	86.0	9
23	Wayne Wilson W. Wilson	384	1981	NO	16	31	12.4	24.0	4	137	44	3.1	8.6	1
24	Walter Payton W. Payton	379	1981	CHI	16	41	9.2	23.7	2	1,222	339	3.6	76.4	6
25	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	362	1981	SD	15	43	8.4	24.1	0	1,144	251	4.6	76.3	19

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