longest punt return as a rookie all-time

Lew Barnes has the most punt returns by a rookie, with 57 returns in 1986.

NAME PR SEASON TM GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Lew Barnes
L. Barnes
57
1986
CHI CHI
16
3
94
31.3
5.9
1
482
8.5
30.1
0
2 B.J. Sams
B.J. Sams
55
2004
BAL BAL
16
59
1,251
21.2
78.2
0
575
10.5
35.9
2
3 James Jones
J. Jones
54
1980
DAL DAL
16
32
720
22.5
45.0
0
548
10.1
34.3
0
4 Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
53
1984
PIT PIT
14
0
0
0.0
0
656
12.4
46.9
1
5 Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
52
1996
CAR CAR
16
7
160
22.9
10.0
0
598
11.5
37.4
1
6 Leon Bright
L. Bright
52
1981
NYG NYG
15
25
481
19.2
32.1
0
410
7.9
27.3
0
7 Robbie Martin
R. Martin
52
1981
DET DET
16
25
509
20.4
31.8
0
450
8.7
28.1
1
8 Leon Johnson
L. Johnson
51
1997
NYJ NYJ
16
12
319
26.6
19.9
1
619
12.1
38.7
1
9 Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
51
1995
KC KC
15
43
1,095
25.5
73.0
2
540
10.6
36.0
1
10 DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
50
2008
PHI PHI
16
1
12
12.0
0.8
0
440
8.8
27.5
1
11 Alvin Pearman
A. Pearman
49
2005
JAX JAX
16
8
187
23.4
11.7
0
410
8.4
25.6
0
12 Tim Brown
T. Brown
49
1988
RAI RAI
16
41
1,098
26.8
68.6
1
444
9.1
27.8
0
13 Mike Nelms
M. Nelms
48
1980
WAS WAS
16
38
810
21.3
50.6
0
487
10.1
30.4
0
14 Kevin Miller
K. Miller
48
1978
MIN MIN
16
40
854
21.4
53.4
0
239
5.0
14.9
0
15 Neal Colzie
N. Colzie
48
1975
OAK OAK
13
0
0
0.0
0
655
13.6
50.4
0
16 Devin Hester
D. Hester
47
2006
CHI CHI
16
20
528
26.4
33.0
2
600
12.8
37.5
3
17 R.W. McQuarters
R.W. McQuarters
47
1998
SF SF
16
17
339
19.9
21.2
0
406
8.6
25.4
1
18 Carl Roaches
C. Roaches
47
1980
HOU HOU
16
37
746
20.2
46.6
0
384
8.2
24.0
0
19 Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
46
1989
NYG NYG
16
27
577
21.4
36.1
0
582
12.7
36.4
1
20 Phil McConkey
P. McConkey
46
1984
NYG NYG
13
28
541
19.3
41.6
0
306
6.7
23.5
0
21 Mike Haynes
M. Haynes
45
1976
NE NE
14
0
0
0.0
0
608
13.5
43.4
2
22 Butch Johnson
B. Johnson
45
1976
DAL DAL
14
28
693
24.8
49.5
0
489
10.9
34.9
0
23 Patrick Peterson
P. Peterson
44
2011
ARI ARI
16
0
0
0.0
0
699
15.9
43.7
4
24 Chris Watson
C. Watson
44
1999
DEN DEN
14
48
1,138
23.7
81.3
0
334
7.6
23.9
1
25 Nesby Glasgow
N. Glasgow
44
1979
BAL BAL
16
50
1,126
22.5
70.4
0
352
8.0
22.0
1
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