most return touchdowns by a freshman

25 players are tied for the most touchdown returns by a freshman this season, with 1 touchdown return. The first three are Kayden McGee, Bryce Noernberg and Dev'ion Reynolds.

Interpreted as:

most return touchdowns by a freshman this season

		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		Kayden McGee K. McGee	1	2025	UNLV	7	0	0		0.0	0	1	29	29.0	4.1	1
2		Bryce Noernberg B. Noernberg	1	2025	KSU	7	15	448	29.9	64.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
3		Dev'ion Reynolds D. Reynolds	1	2025	NIU	8	12	356	29.7	44.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
4		Cameron Pettaway C. Pettaway	1	2025	BGSU	7	12	396	33.0	56.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
5		Adrian Laing A. Laing	1	2025	TEM	8	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6		Alonzo Jackson Jr. A. Jackson Jr.	1	2025	LT	5	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
7		Jacob Bradford J. Bradford	1	2025	LT	6	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8		Williams Nwaneri W. Nwaneri	1	2025	NEB	9	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
9		Tae Johnson T. Johnson	1	2025	ND	8	0	0		0.0	0	1	20	20.0	2.5	1
10		LaDainian Fields L. Fields	1	2025	OKST	9	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
11		Jermaine Agee J. Agee	1	2025	M-OH	7	0	0		0.0	0	1	17	17.0	2.4	1
12		Chris Barnes C. Barnes	1	2025	WAKE	8	6	234	39.0	29.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
13		Austin Alexander A. Alexander	1	2025	KU	9	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14		Jarvis Johnson J. Johnson	1	2025	FAU	5	0	0		0.0	0	0	4		0.8	1
15		Joe Lott J. Lott	1	2025	TROY	7	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16		Josh Roberts J. Roberts	1	2025	FAU	8	0	0		0.0	0	1	24	24.0	3.0	1
17		Shawn Lee Jr. S. Lee Jr.	1	2025	PITT	9	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18		Zach Ruffin Z. Ruffin	1	2025	USM	8	0	0		0.0	0	0	30		3.8	1
19		Brandon Finney Jr. B. Finney Jr.	1	2025	ORE	8	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20		Riley Pettijohn R. Pettijohn	1	2025	OSU	8	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
21		Dante McClellan D. McClellan	1	2025	MIZ	6	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
22		Mana Carvalho M. Carvalho	1	2025	UTAH	5	0	0		0.0	0	13	200	15.4	40.0	1
23		Deion DeBlanc D. DeBlanc	1	2025	WYO	8	4	84	21.0	10.5	0	9	155	17.2	19.4	1
24		Jahmir Joseph J. Joseph	1	2025	PSU	4	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
25		Javion Kinnard J. Kinnard	1	2025	CSU	7	0	0		0.0	0	3	110	36.7	15.7	1

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

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