highest kick return avg by a wide receiver in a single season as a freshman

Carlos Thompson has averaged the most yards per kick return by a freshman wide receiver in a season, averaging 72.0 per return in 2013.

		NAME	KR AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1		Carlos Thompson C. Thompson	72.0	2013	TTU	4	1	72	18.0	0	4	45	11.3	11.3	0
2		Deven Thompkins D. Thompkins	68.0	2018	USU	13	1	68	5.2	0	6	55	9.2	4.2	0
3		Keith Gavin K. Gavin	66.0	2016	FSU	3	1	66	22.0	0
4		Jordan Brooks-Wess J. Brooks-Wess	59.0	2018	SMU	2	2	118	59.0	0
5		Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	51.6	1992	FSU	11	8	413	37.5	2
6		Dexter Carter Jr. D. Carter Jr.	49.0	2017	GASO	3	2	98	32.7	1
7		Kaleb Fossum K. Fossum	48.0	2015	WSU	2	1	48	24.0	0	2	-8	-4.0	-4.0	0
8		Terrence Horne T. Horne	47.0	2018	USF	3	6	282	94.0	2
9		Kent Dean K. Dean	47.0	1984	KSU	11	1	47	4.3	1
10		Donovan Lee D. Lee	46.0	2014	COLO	10	1	46	4.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
11		Roman Hollowell R. Hollowell	45.5	1998	COLO	11	2	91	8.3	0	6	41	6.8	3.7	0
12		Ja'Warren Hooker J. Hooker	44.5	1997	WASH	11	2	89	8.1	1
13		Pearce Pegross P. Pegross	42.0	1993	BAY	11	1	42	3.8	0	11	35	3.2	3.2	0
14		Freddie Johnson F. Johnson	40.0	2017	TEM	6	1	40	6.7	0
15		Chris Barnes C. Barnes	39.0	2025	WAKE	7	6	234	33.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
16		Malik Rutherford M. Rutherford	39.0	2022	GT	12	1	39	3.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
17		Rahsaan Vanterpool R. Vanterpool	38.0	1993	WVU	8	3	114	14.3	0	2	25	12.5	3.1	0
18		Brandon Holloway B. Holloway	37.7	2013	MSST	10	3	113	11.3	0	2	36	18.0	3.6	0
19		Kermit Whitfield K. Whitfield	37.5	2013	FSU	12	16	600	50.0	2
20		Lideatrick Griffin L. Griffin	37.3	2020	MSST	8	7	261	32.6	0
21		Malik Knowles M. Knowles	37.0	2019	KSU	11	6	222	20.2	1
22		D.J. Matthews	37.0	2017	FSU	10	1	37	3.7	0	18	200	11.1	20.0	0
23		Amari Rodgers A. Rodgers	36.0	2017	CLEM	12	1	36	3.0	0	2	15	7.5	1.3	0
24		Joshua Youngblood J. Youngblood	35.9	2019	KSU	11	14	502	45.6	3	4	8	2.0	0.7	0
25		Wesley Kennedy III W. Kennedy III	35.0	2017	GASO	7	2	70	10.0	0	3	47	15.7	6.7	0

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