highest kick returns average in a season for a rookie

Travis Williams has the most yards per kick return by a rookie, averaging 41.1 per return in 1967.

Interpreted as:
highest kick returns average with a minimum of 1.25 kickoff returns per team game in a season for a rookie
NAME KR AVG SEASON TM GP KR KR YDS KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Travis Williams
T. Williams
41.1
1967
GB GB
14
18
739
52.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
2 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
32.4
2013
MIN MIN
16
43
1,393
87.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
3 Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
31.8
1956
LA LA
12
15
477
39.8
1
2
0
0.0
0.0
0
4 Jack Salscheider
J. Salscheider
31.6
1949
NYG NYG
11
15
474
43.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
5 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
31.4
1965
CHI CHI
14
21
660
47.1
1
16
238
14.9
17.0
1
6 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
31.2
1952
CHC CHC
12
20
624
52.0
2
9
86
9.6
7.2
0
7 Dallis Flowers
D. Flowers
31.1
2022
IND IND
13
23
715
55.0
0
3
13
4.3
1.0
0
8 Raymond Clayborn
R. Clayborn
31.0
1977
NE NE
14
28
869
62.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
9 Bobby Humphery
B. Humphery
30.7
1984
NYJ NYJ
16
22
675
42.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
10 Bobby Jancik
B. Jancik
30.3
1962
HOU HOU
14
24
726
51.9
0
14
116
8.3
8.3
0
11 Johnny Counts
J. Counts
30.2
1962
NYG NYG
14
26
784
56.0
1
8
33
4.1
2.4
0
12 Wally Francis
W. Francis
29.9
1973
BUF BUF
12
23
687
57.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
13 Mel Blount
M. Blount
29.7
1970
PIT PIT
14
18
535
38.2
0
1
52
52.0
3.7
0
14 Jim Duncan
J. Duncan
29.5
1969
BAL BAL
13
19
560
43.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
15 David Reed
D. Reed
29.3
2010
BAL BAL
13
21
616
47.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
16 Larry Jones
L. Jones
29.2
1974
WAS WAS
13
23
672
51.7
1
8
54
6.8
4.2
0
17 Jerry Davis
J. Davis
29.1
1948
CHC CHC
11
15
437
39.7
0
16
334
20.9
30.4
2
18 Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
29.1
2015
DET DET
16
37
1,077
67.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
19 Bruce Laird
B. Laird
29.1
1972
BAL BAL
14
29
843
60.2
0
34
303
8.9
21.6
0
20 Clarence Childs
C. Childs
29.0
1964
NYG NYG
13
34
987
75.9
1
6
40
6.7
3.1
0
21 Johnny Knox
J. Knox
29.0
2009
CHI CHI
15
32
927
61.8
1
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
22 Bo Scott
B. Scott
28.9
1969
CLE CLE
13
25
722
55.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Isaiah Rodgers
I. Rodgers
28.8
2020
IND IND
13
24
692
53.2
1
1
12
12.0
0.9
0
24 Leon Burton
L. Burton
28.7
1960
NYT NYT
14
30
862
61.6
2
12
93
7.8
6.6
0
25 Aundrae Allison
A. Allison
28.7
2007
MIN MIN
11
20
574
52.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns per team game and yards per kick return going back to the 1941 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Vikings Vikings
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
CIN CIN
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4:25 PM
Sun
10/19
GB GB
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ARI ARI
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
GB GB
@
PIT PIT
8:20 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Mon
11/10
PHI PHI
@
GB GB
8:15 PM
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
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Sat
9/6
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Schedule

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10/5
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Sun
10/5
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
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@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
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PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM