most kick return avg by a wide receiver in a single season as a junior

Deebo Samuel has the most yards per kick return by a junior wide receiver in a season, averaging 97.0 per return in 2017.

		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		Deebo Samuel D. Samuel	97.0	2017	SC	4	2	194	48.5	2
2		Phil Logan P. Logan	85.0	1989	UK	11	1	85	7.7	1
3		Jessie Hester J. Hester	64.0	1983	FSU	11	1	64	5.8	0
4		Laviska Shenault Jr. L. Shenault Jr.	54.0	2019	COLO	11	1	54	4.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
5		Braylin Presley B. Presley	52.7	2024	TLSA	10	3	158	15.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
6		Bryant Thomas B. Thomas	50.0	1996	WSU	11	1	50	4.5	1
7		Robb Thomas R. Thomas	50.0	1987	ORST	11	1	50	4.5	0	7	23	3.3	2.1	0
8		Kasen Williams K. Williams	49.0	2013	WASH	8	1	49	6.1	0	5	9	1.8	1.1	0
9		Jadon Thompson J. Thompson	48.7	2022	CIN	12	3	146	12.2	1	4	38	9.5	3.2	0
10		Sahmir Hagans S. Hagans	46.7	2024	DUKE	13	3	140	10.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
11		Michael McClellan M. McClellan	45.0	1989	ORE	3	1	45	15.0	0
12		Loic Fouonji L. Fouonji	44.0	2022	TTU	13	1	44	3.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
13		Ron Cassidy R. Cassidy	44.0	1977	USU	11	1	44	4.0	0
14		Craig Burt Jr. C. Burt Jr.	43.0	2021	WKU	13	1	43	3.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
15		Adonis Jennings A. Jennings	43.0	2016	TEM	11	1	43	3.9	0
16		Courtney Williams C. Williams	41.6	2013	CMU	12	5	208	17.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
17		Deion Hair-Griffin D. Hair-Griffin	40.8	2019	UNT	10	12	489	48.9	1
18		Kylen Towner K. Towner	40.3	2016	WKU	14	26	1,048	74.9	1	3	62	20.7	4.4	1
19		Stacey Simmons S. Simmons	39.5	1988	FLA	5	4	158	31.6	1	18	145	8.1	29.0	0
20		Stephan Bracey Jr. S. Bracey Jr.	39.3	2024	CMU	2	3	118	59.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
21		Marquis Mosely M. Mosely	39.0	1996	ILL	11	1	39	3.5	0	25	250	10.0	22.7	0
22		Derek Ayers D. Ayers	39.0	1995	UCLA	11	1	39	3.5	0	2	-11	-5.5	-1.0	0
23		Peda Samuel P. Samuel	38.3	1987	KU	11	3	115	10.5	0
24		Isaiah Holiness I. Holiness	37.0	2021	SJSU	7	1	37	5.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
25		Paul Smith P. Smith	37.0	1988	HOU	11	2	74	6.7	0

StatMuse has season-level data for yards per kick return going back to the 1977 season.

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