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

De'Mornay Pierson-El has gained the most punt-return yards by a freshman wide receiver in a season, with 596 yards in 2014.

		NAME	PR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1		De'Mornay Pierson-El D. Pierson-El	596	2014	NEB	13	11	147	13.4	11.3	0	34	17.5	45.8	3
2		Thomas Bailey T. Bailey	528	1991	AUB	11	24	591	24.6	53.7	0	42	12.6	48.0	1
3		Ryan Switzer R. Switzer	483	2013	UNC	13	2	44	22.0	3.4	0	23	21.0	37.2	5
4		Tony James T. James	437	1989	MSST	11	21	477	22.7	43.4	0	40	10.9	39.7	0
5		Antonio Callaway A. Callaway	435	2015	FLA	14	3	79	26.3	5.6	0	29	15.0	31.1	2
6		Nick Davis N. Davis	424	1998	WIS	11	14	317	22.6	28.8	0	27	15.7	38.5	2
7		Tyrone Thurman T. Thurman	419	1985	TTU	11	1	20	20.0	1.8	0	31	13.5	38.1	0
8		David Allen D. Allen	403	1997	KSU	9	2	50	25.0	5.6	0	30	13.4	44.8	1
9		Gerald McNeil G. McNeil	395	1980	BAY	11	8	189	23.6	17.2	0	41	9.6	35.9	0
10		Brian Brown B. Brown	355	1990	ORE	11	1	15	15.0	1.4	0	27	13.1	32.3	1
11		Christian Kirk C. Kirk	341	2015	TAMU	13	20	385	19.3	29.6	0	14	24.4	26.2	2
12		Zachariah Branch Z. Branch	332	2023	USC	12	24	442	18.4	36.8	1	16	20.8	27.7	1
13		Kam Shanks K. Shanks	329	2024	UAB	12	1	15	15.0	1.3	0	16	20.6	27.4	2
14		Donovan Peoples-Jones D. Peoples-Jones	320	2017	MICH	13	0	0		0.0	0	41	7.8	24.6	1
15		Darryl Spencer D. Spencer	310	1988	MIA	11	6	94	15.7	8.5	0	35	8.9	28.2	0
16		Jaylin Lane J. Lane	295	2021	MTSU	12	13	285	21.9	23.8	0	19	15.5	24.6	1
17		Robert Smith R. Smith	292	1983	IOWA	11	3	71	23.7	6.5	0	34	8.6	26.5	1
18		Dante Pettis D. Pettis	288	2014	WASH	13						28	10.3	22.2	1
19		Mike Adams M. Adams	286	1992	TEX	11	19	454	23.9	41.3	0	26	11.0	26.0	1
20		Jalin Marshall J. Marshall	283	2014	OSU	15	2	56	28.0	3.7	0	24	11.8	18.9	1
21		David Boston D. Boston	282	1996	OSU	11						29	9.7	25.6	1
22		Kenyatta Watson K. Watson	276	1993	BC	11	17	337	19.8	30.6	0	32	8.6	25.1	0
23		Anthony Carter A. Carter	265	1979	MICH	11	17	385	22.6	35.0	0	19	13.9	24.1	1
24		Bryson Hammer B. Hammer	255	2024	TOL	13	0	0		0.0	0	19	13.4	19.6	0
25		Warren Prisby W. Prisby	255	1990	SYR	9						29	8.8	28.3	0

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