most combined tackles in a rookie season by a defensive back minimum 1 kick return

Derwin James Jr. has the most combined tackles by a rookie defensive back with 1+ kickoff return, with 105 tackles in 2018.

	NAME	COMB	KR	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Derwin James Jr. D. James Jr.	105	1	2018	LAC	16	75	30	3.5	17	3	30	0	0	0	0
2	Richard Marshall R. Marshall	82	14	2006	CAR	16	69	13	1.0	4	3	59	1	2	4	0
3	Rashean Mathis R. Mathis	81	1	2003	JAX	16	71	10	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
4	Desmond King D. King	76	17	2017	LAC	16	66	10	4.0	11	1	90	1	0	0	0
5	Adoree' Jackson A. Jackson	70	25	2017	TEN	16	61	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	Danieal Manning D. Manning	70	1	2006	CHI	16	53	17	0.0	0	2	26	0	4	1	0
7	Tyrann Mathieu T. Mathieu	68	2	2013	ARI	13	65	3	1.0	10	2	7	0	1	0	0
8	Nate Clements N. Clements	67	30	2001	BUF	16	57	10	1.0	1	3	48	1	3	0	0
9	Kyle Dugger K. Dugger	64	2	2020	NE	14	43	21	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Joe Haden J. Haden	64	4	2010	CLE	16	57	7	1.0	5	6	101	0	1	0	0
11	Jabrill Peppers J. Peppers	58	14	2017	CLE	13	45	13	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	Perrish Cox P. Cox	58	9	2010	DEN	15	57	1	0.0	0	1	15	0	2	0	0
13	Josh Robinson J. Robinson	56	3	2012	MIN	16	52	4	0.0	0	2	68	0	0	0	0
14	Adam Archuleta A. Archuleta	56	1	2001	STL	13	47	9	2.0	10	0	0	0	1	1	0
15	Micah Hyde M. Hyde	54	22	2013	GB	16	40	14	1.0	10	0	0	0	1	1	0
16	Michael Griffin M. Griffin	54	18	2007	TEN	16	41	13	0.0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0
17	Darrent Williams D. Williams	54	18	2005	DEN	12	50	4	1.0	8	2	108	1	1	1	0
18	Adam Jones A. Jones	53	43	2005	TEN	15	44	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	Ahmad Carroll A. Carroll	49	2	2004	GB	14	46	3	2.0	8	1	0	0	0	1	1
20	Kendall Sheffield K. Sheffield	46	6	2019	ATL	16	33	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	T.J. Carrie	44	15	2014	OAK	13	37	7	0.0	0	1	28	0	1	2	0
22	Captain Munnerlyn C. Munnerlyn	44	1	2009	CAR	15	39	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
23	Ellis Hobbs E. Hobbs	44	15	2005	NE	16	35	9	0.0	0	3	8	0	0	2	0
24	Javier Arenas J. Arenas	43	24	2010	KC	16	36	7	3.0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	Eric Green E. Green	42	1	2005	ARI	12	37	5	0.0	0	1	13	0	1	1	0

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