Morgan Burns, Cliff Harris and Devin Hester are tied for the most touchdown returns in a season, with 5 touchdown returns.
Interpreted as:
most return touchdowns by a player 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 |  | M. Burns | 5 | 2015 | 12 | 34 | 1,138 | 33.5 | 94.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | C. Harris | 5 | 2010 | 13 | 7 | 143 | 20.4 | 11.0 | 0 | 27 | 560 | 20.7 | 43.1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  | D. Hester | 5 | 2004 | 12 | 15 | 389 | 25.9 | 32.4 | 1 | 19 | 326 | 17.2 | 27.2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  | K. Wetjen | 4 | 2025 | 13 | 16 | 476 | 29.8 | 36.6 | 1 | 21 | 563 | 26.8 | 43.3 | 3 | |
| 5 |  | M. Jones | 4 | 2021 | 14 | 19 | 602 | 31.7 | 43.0 | 2 | 27 | 388 | 14.4 | 27.7 | 2 | |
| 6 |  | C. Bolton | 4 | 2018 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.7 | 2 | |||
| 7 |  | J. Abresch | 4 | 2017 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.3 | 2 | |||
| 8 | | M. Green | 4 | 2017 | 12 | 27 | 876 | 32.4 | 73.0 | 4 | 13 | 101 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| 9 |  | M. Hughes | 4 | 2017 | 13 | 20 | 635 | 31.8 | 48.8 | 2 | 14 | 233 | 16.6 | 17.9 | 1 | |
| 10 | | D. Phillips | 4 | 2017 | 12 | 26 | 683 | 26.3 | 56.9 | 2 | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| 11 | | T. Pollard | 4 | 2017 | 13 | 22 | 881 | 40.0 | 67.8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| 12 | | A. Jackson | 4 | 2016 | 13 | 26 | 767 | 29.5 | 59.0 | 2 | 20 | 315 | 15.8 | 24.2 | 2 | |
| 13 | | B. Abraham | 4 | 2015 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 14 |  | E. Berry | 4 | 2015 | 12 | 21 | 804 | 38.3 | 67.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  | C. Jones | 4 | 2015 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 1.6 | 0 | 42 | 530 | 12.6 | 35.3 | 4 | |
| 16 |  | K. Clay | 4 | 2014 | 13 | 22 | 548 | 24.9 | 42.2 | 1 | 23 | 346 | 15.0 | 26.6 | 3 | |
| 17 |  | W. Likely | 4 | 2014 | 13 | 16 | 496 | 31.0 | 38.2 | 1 | 20 | 225 | 11.3 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| 18 | | J. Arenas | 4 | 2008 | 14 | 26 | 614 | 23.6 | 43.9 | 0 | 41 | 650 | 15.9 | 46.4 | 3 | |
| 19 | | T. Zbikowski | 4 | 2005 | 12 | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -0.8 | 0 | 27 | 379 | 14.0 | 31.6 | 2 | |
| 20 | | A. Perkins | 4 | 2003 | 14 | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 53 | 642 | 12.1 | 45.9 | 4 | |
| 21 |  | D. Williams | 4 | 2003 | 10 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 8.3 | 0 | 13 | 233 | 17.9 | 23.3 | 2 | |
| 22 | | A. Perkins | 4 | 2002 | 14 | 12 | 207 | 17.3 | 14.8 | 0 | 43 | 647 | 15.0 | 46.2 | 3 | |
| 23 |  | V. Swain | 3 | 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 19 | 302 | 15.9 | 25.2 | 3 | ||
| 24 |  | R. Biles | 3 | 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 25 |  | R. Puryear | 3 | 2024 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
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LOUStatMuse has season-level data for touchdown returns going back to the 1977 season.
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