falcons punt returner with most return tds in a season

Darrick Vaughn, Deion Sanders and Tom Hayes are tied for the most touchdown returns for the Falcons in a season, with 3 touchdown returns.

	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	Darrick Vaughn D. Vaughn	3	2000	ATL	16	39	1,082	27.7	67.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
2	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	3	1990	ATL	16	39	851	21.8	53.2	0	29	250	8.6	15.6	1
3	Tom Hayes T. Hayes	3	1971	ATL	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Lorenzo Carter L. Carter	2	2022	ATL	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Deion Jones D. Jones	2	2016	ATL	15	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Eric Weems E. Weems	2	2010	ATL	16	40	1,100	27.5	68.8	1	18	230	12.8	14.4	1
7	Kevin Mathis K. Mathis	2	2004	ATL	15	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Byron Hanspard B. Hanspard	2	1997	ATL	16	40	987	24.7	61.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
9	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	2	1992	ATL	13	40	1,067	26.7	82.1	2	13	41	3.2	3.2	0
10	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	2	1991	ATL	15	26	576	22.2	38.4	1	21	170	8.1	11.3	0
11	Bobby Butler B. Butler	2	1990	ATL	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Kenny Johnson K. Johnson	2	1983	ATL	16	11	224	20.4	14.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Kenny Johnson K. Johnson	2	1981	ATL	16	0	0		0.0	0	4	6	1.5	0.4	0
14	Tom Hayes T. Hayes	2	1973	ATL	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	John Mallory J. Mallory	2	1970	ATL	14	0	0		0.0	0	17	203	11.9	14.5	1
16	Jessie Bates III J. Bates III	1	2025	ATL	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Matthew Judon M. Judon	1	2024	ATL	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Jessie Bates III J. Bates III	1	2024	ATL	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	KhaDarel Hodge K. Hodge	1	2024	ATL	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Troy Andersen T. Andersen	1	2024	ATL	7	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jessie Bates III J. Bates III	1	2023	ATL	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	1	2022	ATL	13	9	284	31.6	21.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jaylinn Hawkins J. Hawkins	1	2022	ATL	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Marlon Davidson M. Davidson	1	2021	ATL	11	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Mykal Walker M. Walker	1	2021	ATL	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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