most combined return touchdowns by a freshman in a season ever

5 players are tied for the most touchdown returns by a freshman in a season, with 3 touchdown returns. The first three are Juanyeh Thomas in 2018 and Jontrell Rocquemore and Ocie Rose in 2015.

		NAME	RET TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1		Juanyeh Thomas J. Thomas	3	2018	GT	12	23	596	25.9	49.7	2	5	43	8.6	3.6	0
2		Jontrell Rocquemore J. Rocquemore	3	2015	USU	10	0	0		0.0	0	0	14		1.4	1
3		Ocie Rose O. Rose	3	2015	FAU	8	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4		Isaiah McKenzie I. McKenzie	3	2014	UGA	12	11	309	28.1	25.8	1	19	234	12.3	19.5	2
5		De'Mornay Pierson-El D. Pierson-El	3	2014	NEB	13	11	147	13.4	11.3	0	34	596	17.5	45.8	3
6		Kam Shanks K. Shanks	2	2024	UAB	12	1	15	15.0	1.3	0	16	329	20.6	27.4	2
7		Zachariah Branch Z. Branch	2	2023	USC	12	24	442	18.4	36.8	1	16	332	20.8	27.7	1
8		Jaylin Lucas J. Lucas	2	2022	IND	12	21	591	28.1	49.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
9		Jeremiah Earby J. Earby	2	2022	CAL	12	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
10		DQ Smith	2	2022	SC	13	0	0		0.0	0	0	26		2.0	1
11		Cal Haladay C. Haladay	2	2021	MSU	13	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
12		Deeve Harris D. Harris	2	2021	ODU	13	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13		Brian Brewton B. Brewton	2	2021	CONN	9	24	717	29.9	79.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
14		LaMareon James L. James	2	2021	ODU	13	18	529	29.4	40.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
15		David Carter Jr. D. Carter Jr.	2	2021	EMU	12	0	0		0.0	0	0	42		3.5	1
16		Wendell Davis W. Davis	2	2019	PITT	5	0	0		0.0	0	0	18		3.6	1
17		Austin Stogner A. Stogner	2	2019	OKLA	6	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	1
18		Eddie Williams E. Williams	2	2019	FAU	11	0	0		0.0	0	0	14		1.3	2
19		Sevyn Banks S. Banks	2	2018	OSU	5	0	0		0.0	0	1	33	33.0	6.6	1
20		Rocky Jacques-Louis R. Jacques-Louis	2	2018	FIU	4	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
21		Benz Josue B. Josue	2	2018	GASO	5	0	0		0.0	0	0	5		1.0	1
22		Ty Mason T. Mason	2	2018	TEM	7	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
23		Trill Williams T. Williams	2	2018	SYR	10	0	0		0.0	0	1	21	21.0	2.1	1
24		Kekaula Kaniho K. Kaniho	2	2017	BSU	10	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
25		Avery Williams A. Williams	2	2017	BSU	14	15	371	24.7	26.5	0	29	303	10.4	21.6	2

StatMuse has season-level data for touchdown returns going back to the 1977 season.

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