1971 NFC Yards per Carry Leaders

John Brockington led the NFC in yards per carry in 1971 with 5.12, 0.38 ahead of Willie Ellison (4.74).

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Led the NFC in 1971 John Brockington GB

5.12 Yards per Carry 0.38 clear of Willie Ellison

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#	Player	Team	Y/A	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	John Brockington	GB	5.12	14	216	1,105	4
2	WE Willie Ellison	LAN	4.74	14	211	1,000	4
3	LJ Les Josephson	LAN	4.54	14	99	449	3
4	Duane Thomas	DAL	4.53	11	175	793	11
5	Larry Smith	LAN	4.44	14	91	404	5
6	Calvin Hill	DAL	4.42	8	106	468	8
7	JS Jim Strong	NO	4.25	14	95	404	3
8	Vic Washington	SF	4.25	14	191	811	3
9	Altie Taylor	DET	4.23	14	174	736	4
10	SO Steve Owens	DET	4.21	14	246	1,035	8
11	JF James Ford	NO	4.08	9	93	379	2
12	CH Charlie Harraway	WAS	4.07	14	156	635	2
13	Donny Anderson	GB	4.07	14	186	757	5
14	Ken Willard	SF	3.96	14	216	855	4
15	MacArthur Lane	SLC	3.95	13	150	592	3
16	CJ Clint Jones	MIN	3.75	14	180	675	4
17	Larry Brown	WAS	3.75	13	253	948	4
18	RB Ronnie Bull	PHI	3.73	13	94	351	0
19	BD Bobby Duhon	NYG	3.70	13	93	344	1
20	Art Malone	ATL	3.65	13	120	438	6
21	DS Don Shy	CHI	3.62	11	116	420	2
22	Walt Garrison	DAL	3.38	13	127	429	1
23	CB Cannonball Butler	ATL	3.19	13	186	594	2
24	BG Bob Gresham	NO	3.02	13	127	383	6
25	CE Cid Edwards	SLC	2.93	12	108	316	4
26	Dave Osborn	MIN	2.84	11	123	349	5
27	LB Lee Bouggess	PHI	2.70	10	97	262	2