most punt return touchdowns by a freshman in a season ever

Ryan Switzer has the most punt-return touchdowns by a freshman 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		Eddie Williams E. Williams	2	2019	FAU	11	0	0		0.0	0	0	14		1.3
5		Avery Williams A. Williams	2	2017	BSU	14	15	371	24.7	26.5	0	29	303	10.4	21.6
6		Antonio Callaway A. Callaway	2	2015	FLA	14	3	79	26.3	5.6	0	29	435	15.0	31.1
7		Christian Kirk C. Kirk	2	2015	TAMU	13	20	385	19.3	29.6	0	14	341	24.4	26.2
8		Isaiah McKenzie I. McKenzie	2	2014	UGA	12	11	309	28.1	25.8	1	19	234	12.3	19.5
9		Charles Nelson C. Nelson	2	2014	ORE	14	22	418	19.0	29.9	0	11	171	15.5	12.2
10		Nick Davis N. Davis	2	1998	WIS	11	14	317	22.6	28.8	0	27	424	15.7	38.5
11		Kahlil Hill K. Hill	2	1998	IOWA	11	18	465	25.8	42.3	1	10	177	17.7	16.1
12		Chris Williams C. Williams	2	1977	LSU	11	13	214	16.5	19.5	0	6	152	25.3	13.8
13		Kayden McGee K. McGee	1	2025	UNLV	7	0	0		0.0	0	1	29	29.0	4.1
14		Tae Johnson T. Johnson	1	2025	ND	8	0	0		0.0	0	1	20	20.0	2.5
15		Jermaine Agee J. Agee	1	2025	M-OH	7	0	0		0.0	0	1	17	17.0	2.4
16		Jarvis Johnson J. Johnson	1	2025	FAU	5	0	0		0.0	0	0	4		0.8
17		Josh Roberts J. Roberts	1	2025	FAU	8	0	0		0.0	0	1	24	24.0	3.0
18		Zach Ruffin Z. Ruffin	1	2025	USM	8	0	0		0.0	0	0	30		3.8
19		Mana Carvalho M. Carvalho	1	2025	UTAH	5	0	0		0.0	0	13	200	15.4	40.0
20		Deion DeBlanc D. DeBlanc	1	2025	WYO	8	4	84	21.0	10.5	0	9	155	17.2	19.4
21		Javion Kinnard J. Kinnard	1	2025	CSU	7	0	0		0.0	0	3	110	36.7	15.7
22		Montana Warren M. Warren	1	2024	ASU	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	46		3.3
23		Charles Correa C. Correa	1	2024	UNLV	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0
24		Malcolm Simmons M. Simmons	1	2024	AUB	12	2	55	27.5	4.6	0	4	42	10.5	3.5
25		Jordan Ross J. Ross	1	2024	TENN	10	0	0		0.0	0	1	49	49.0	4.9

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

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