| 1978 NFL Punt Returns
| Punt Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | Reese McCall, BAL | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | | Artie Owens, SD | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | | Gary Davis, MIA | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | | Rolland Lawrence, ATL | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | Wally Henry, PHI | 11 | 165 | 15.0 | 1 | | Ted Burgmeier, KC | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | | Ozzie Newsome, CLE | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | | Rick Upchurch, DEN | 36 | 493 | 13.7 | 1 | | Mike Haynes, NE | 14 | 183 | 13.1 | 0 | | Eddie Brown, LAM | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | | Keith Moody, BUF | 19 | 240 | 12.6 | 1 | | Bruce Harper, NYJ | 30 | 378 | 12.6 | 1 | | Jackie Wallace, LAM | 52 | 618 | 11.9 | 0 | | Jack Steptoe, SF | 11 | 129 | 11.7 | 0 | | Ken Schroy, NYJ | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | | Mike Levenseller, BUF/TB | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | | John Harris, SEA | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | | Pete Shaw, SD | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | | Nat Terry, PIT/DET | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 0 | | Eddie Payton, KC | 32 | 364 | 11.4 | 0 | | Mike Fuller, SD | 39 | 436 | 11.2 | 0 | | Nat Moore, MIA | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Dick Jauron, CIN | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | | Tony Green, WAS | 42 | 443 | 10.5 | 1 | | James Hunter, DET | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | | Stanley Morgan, NE | 32 | 335 | 10.5 | 0 | | Guido Merkens, HOU | 13 | 132 | 10.2 | 0 | | Jesse Thompson, DET | 16 | 161 | 10.1 | 0 | | Terry Anderson, MIA/WAS | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | | Will Harrell, STL | 21 | 196 | 9.3 | 1 | | Tony Hill, DAL | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 0 | | Robert Woods, HOU | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 0 | | Steve Odom, GB | 33 | 298 | 9.0 | 0 | | Cullen Bryant, LAM | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | | Danny Reece, TB | 44 | 393 | 8.9 | 0 | | Ronnie Coleman, HOU | 16 | 142 | 8.9 | 0 | | Willie Shelby, CIN | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 0 | | Johnnie Gray, GB | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 0 | | Larry Jones, SF | 10 | 86 | 8.6 | 0 | | Larry Marshall, KC/LAM | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | | Steve Schubert, CHI | 27 | 229 | 8.5 | 1 | | Luther Blue, DET | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 0 | | Rufus Crawford, SEA | 34 | 284 | 8.4 | 0 | | Jimmy Cefalo, MIA | 28 | 232 | 8.3 | 0 | | J. T. Smith, WAS/KC | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | | Billy Ryckman, ATL | 28 | 227 | 8.1 | 0 | | Alfred Jackson, ATL | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 0 | | Johnny Rodgers, SD | 11 | 88 | 8.0 | 0 | | Len Walterscheid, CHI | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | | Nolan Cromwell, LAM | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Butch Johnson, DAL | 51 | 401 | 7.9 | 0 | | Keith Wright, CLE | 37 | 288 | 7.8 | 0 | | Tony Leonard, SF/DET | 18 | 140 | 7.8 | 0 | | Mark Cotney, TB | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | | Billy Johnson, HOU | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 0 | | Randy Reutershan, PIT | 20 | 148 | 7.4 | 0 | | Theo Bell, PIT | 21 | 152 | 7.2 | 0 | | Jim Smith, PIT | 9 | 65 | 7.2 | 0 | | Gordon Bell, STL | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 0 | | Bob Hammond, NYG | 22 | 157 | 7.1 | 0 | | Larry Mucker, TB | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | | Vern Roberson, SF | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | | Freddie Scott, DET | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 0 | | Wes Chandler, NO | 34 | 233 | 6.9 | 0 | | Dave Preston, DEN | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 0 | | John Sciarra, PHI | 37 | 251 | 6.8 | 0 | | Charlie West, DEN | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | | Neal Colzie, OAK | 47 | 310 | 6.6 | 0 | | Charlie Babb, MIA | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 0 | | Leonard Thompson, DET | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | | Lou Piccone, BUF | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | 0 | | Rick Byas, ATL | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | | Gary Green, KC | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Maurice Tyler, NYG | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Donnie Shell, PIT | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Tony Davis, CIN | 22 | 130 | 5.9 | 0 | | Isaac Hagins, TB | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | | Marshall Johnson, BAL | 25 | 143 | 5.7 | 0 | | Jim Robinson, NYG | 19 | 106 | 5.6 | 0 | | Joe Washington, BAL | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | | Mike Shumann, SF | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | | Clarence Harmon, WAS | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Clarence Sanders, KC | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Charles Cornelius, MIA | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Ralph McGill, NO | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Kevin Miller, MIN | 48 | 239 | 5.0 | 0 | | Billy Waddy, LAM | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | | Cedric Brown, TB | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | Dennis Law, CIN | 25 | 106 | 4.2 | 0 | | Roland Hooks, BUF | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | | Pat Tilley, STL | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | | Don Schwartz, NO | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Lemar Parrish, WAS | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Roland Woolsey, STL | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Freddie Solomon, SF | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | | Virgil Livers, CHI | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | | Billy Thompson, DEN | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Larry Dorsey, KC | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Don Bass, CIN | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | | James Thompson, NYG | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | Brian Baschnagel, CHI | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Dick Conn, NE | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Lyle Blackwood, BAL | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Walt Williams, DET | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Terry Jackson, NYG | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 |
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