most punt return tds by a wide receiver in a single season as a freshman

Ryan Switzer has the most punt-return touchdowns by a freshman wide receiver in a season, with 5 touchdowns in 2013.

		NAME	PR TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G
1		Ryan Switzer R. Switzer	5	2013	UNC	13	2	44	22.0	3.4	0	23	483	21.0	37.2
2		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		Kam Shanks K. Shanks	2	2024	UAB	12	1	15	15.0	1.3	0	16	329	20.6	27.4
4		Antonio Callaway A. Callaway	2	2015	FLA	14	3	79	26.3	5.6	0	29	435	15.0	31.1
5		Christian Kirk C. Kirk	2	2015	TAMU	13	20	385	19.3	29.6	0	14	341	24.4	26.2
6		Isaiah McKenzie I. McKenzie	2	2014	UGA	12	11	309	28.1	25.8	1	19	234	12.3	19.5
7		Charles Nelson C. Nelson	2	2014	ORE	14	22	418	19.0	29.9	0	11	171	15.5	12.2
8		Nick Davis N. Davis	2	1998	WIS	11	14	317	22.6	28.8	0	27	424	15.7	38.5
9		Kahlil Hill K. Hill	2	1998	IOWA	11	18	465	25.8	42.3	1	10	177	17.7	16.1
10		Kayden McGee K. McGee	1	2025	UNLV	6	0	0		0.0	0	1	29	29.0	4.8
11		Deion DeBlanc D. DeBlanc	1	2025	WYO	7	4	84	21.0	12.0	0	9	155	17.2	22.1
12		Malcolm Simmons M. Simmons	1	2024	AUB	12	2	55	27.5	4.6	0	4	42	10.5	3.5
13		Drew Wagner D. Wagner	1	2024	NW	6	0	0		0.0	0	2	71	35.5	11.8
14		Mario Craver M. Craver	1	2024	MSST	9	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0
15		David Washington D. Washington	1	2024	UTAH	2	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0
16		Matthew Coleman M. Coleman	1	2023	SJSU	12	0	0		0.0	0	3	137	45.7	11.4
17		Isaiah Sategna III I. Sategna III	1	2023	ARK	12	23	500	21.7	41.7	0	16	180	11.3	15.0
18		Dane Pardridge D. Pardridge	1	2023	NIU	12	0	0		0.0	0	8	65	8.1	5.4
19		Zachariah Branch Z. Branch	1	2023	USC	12	24	442	18.4	36.8	1	16	332	20.8	27.7
20		Sahmir Hagans S. Hagans	1	2022	DUKE	13	2	40	20.0	3.1	0	4	146	36.5	11.2
21		Bryce Stephens B. Stephens	1	2022	ARK	13	0	0		0.0	0	14	152	10.9	11.7
22		Luther Burden III L. Burden III	1	2022	MIZ	13	0	0		0.0	0	12	151	12.6	11.6
23		Jordyn Tyson J. Tyson	1	2022	COLO	9	2	47	23.5	5.2	0	4	131	32.8	14.6
24		Jet Thompson J. Thompson	1	2022	GASO	12	0	0		0.0	0	0	12		1.0
25		Zavion Thomas Z. Thomas	1	2022	MSST	11	4	95	23.8	8.6	0	15	202	13.5	18.4

StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return touchdowns going back to the 1977 season.

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