All-purpose yardage
All-purpose yards or all-purpose yardage is a
Football associations differ on their own specific definitions of the term. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, for example, defines the term as "the combined net yards gained by rushing, receiving, interception (and fumble) returns, punt returns, kickoff returns and runbacks of field goal attempts. All-purpose yardage does not include forward passing yardage" (at pg. 206).[3] The National Football League (NFL), however, defines combined net yards as "Rushing, receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns, and fumble returns".[4] Neither of these totals makes clear how they record yards from blocked punts recovered, blocked field goals, and missed field goal returns.
Records by league
- NCAA
Brian Westbrook holds the NCAA all-division record for career all-purpose yards,[5][6][7][8] while Christian McCaffrey holds the single-season record.[9][10]
- NFL
Jerry Rice holds the NFL career combined net yards record with 23,546 yards,[4] while Darren Sproles set the single-season record in the 2011 season with 2,696 yards.[11]
- CFL
See also
- Glossary of American football
- List of National Football League career all-purpose yards leaders
Notes
- ^ "Top 20 Combined Net Yards". Pro Football Hall of Fame. 22 February 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
- ^ "All-Purpose Yards". Information Please Database. Pearson Education, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
- ^ "Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Record Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Individual Records: Combined Yardage". NFL Enterprises LLC. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
- ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records – Division III Individual Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 5. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records – FCS Individual Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records – FBS Individual Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 4. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records – Division II Individual Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 12. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ Miller, Ted (5 December 2015). "Christian McCaffrey does everything, including break Barry Sanders' record". ESPN. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ In order to confirm NCAA records, one must examine all four official NCAA record books—FBS, FCS, Division II, and Division III.
- ^ "NFL.com news: Brees, Saints continue assault on offensive records". NFL.com. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Pinball Clemons". Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Argonauts' Chad Owens sets all-purpose yards record | CBC Sports".
- ^ Dunk, Justin (28 October 2017). "Diontae Spencer will give jersey from record-breaking game to mom - 3DownNation". 3DownNation. Retrieved 28 October 2017.