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

Brenden Rice has the most yards per punt return by a freshman wide receiver in a season, with 81.0 per return in 2020.

		NAME	PR AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1		Brenden Rice B. Rice	81.0	2020	COLO	6	2	37	18.5	6.2	0	1	81	13.5	1
2		Ralph Parent R. Parent	62.0	1999	BC	8						1	62	7.8	1
3		Marquez Callaway M. Callaway	57.0	2016	TENN	2	0	0		0.0	0	2	114	57.0	1
4		Ronnie Moore R. Moore	49.0	2013	BGSU	14	14	287	20.5	20.5	0	1	49	3.5	0
5		Chris Coleman C. Coleman	47.0	1996	NCST	11						1	47	4.3	1
6		Matthew Coleman M. Coleman	45.7	2023	SJSU	12	0	0		0.0	0	3	137	11.4	1
7		Marquise Ricard M. Ricard	43.0	2013	USM	11	0	0		0.0	0	1	43	3.9	0
8		Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	42.0	1992	MD	11	10	268	26.8	24.4	0	1	42	3.8	1
9		Derius Davis D. Davis	40.0	2018	TCU	10	6	78	13.0	7.8	0	2	80	8.0	1
10		Sahmir Hagans S. Hagans	36.5	2022	DUKE	13	2	40	20.0	3.1	0	4	146	11.2	1
11		Andre Davis A. Davis	36.0	1998	VT	8						1	36	4.5	0
12		Thomas Randolph T. Randolph	36.0	1990	KSU	9						1	36	4.0	1
13		Drew Wagner D. Wagner	35.5	2024	NW	6	0	0		0.0	0	2	71	11.8	1
14		Isaiah Bond I. Bond	34.0	2022	ALA	13	0	0		0.0	0	1	34	2.6	0
15		Semaj Morgan S. Morgan	33.7	2023	MICH	15	12	186	15.5	12.4	0	3	101	6.7	0
16		Jordyn Tyson J. Tyson	32.8	2022	COLO	9	2	47	23.5	5.2	0	4	131	14.6	1
17		Michael Pittman Jr. M. Pittman Jr.	31.5	2016	USC	8	4	31	7.8	3.9	0	2	63	7.9	0
18		Brisly Estime B. Estime	31.5	2013	SYR	10	4	69	17.3	6.9	0	4	126	12.6	0
19		Kayden McGee K. McGee	29.0	2025	UNLV	6	0	0		0.0	0	1	29	4.8	1
20		Omar Douglas O. Douglas	28.0	1990	MINN	11	2	32	16.0	2.9	0	1	28	2.5	0
21		Rourke Lowe R. Lowe	28.0	1978	ORE	11	9	194	21.6	17.6	0	1	28	2.5	0
22		Kezion Dia-Johnson K. Dia-Johnson	27.0	2025	MASS	8	1	12	12.0	1.5	0	1	27	3.4	0
23		Devaughn Vele D. Vele	27.0	2021	UTAH	14	0	0		0.0	0	1	27	1.9	0
24		DeAngelo Irvin Jr. D. Irvin Jr.	26.0	2023	UNLV	7	4	45	11.3	6.4	0	2	52	7.4	0
25		McLane Mannix M. Mannix	25.5	2017	NEV	12						2	51	4.3	0

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