most interception yard in a rookie season

Don Doll has the most interception-return yards by a rookie, with 301 yards in 1949.

NAMEINT YDSSEASONTMGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Don Doll
D. Doll
301
1949
DET DET
12
11
1
0
0
2Night Train Lane
N. Train Lane
298
1952
LA LA
12
14
2
0
0
3Marcus Peters
M. Peters
280
2015
KC KC
16
53
7
60
0.0
0
8
2
1
0
0
4Woodley Lewis
W. Lewis
275
1950
LA LA
12
12
0
1
1
5Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
258
1948
WAS WAS
12
13
2
4
0
6Lem Barney
L. Barney
232
1967
DET DET
14
10
3
0
0
7Dick Anderson
D. Anderson
230
1968
MIA MIA
14
8
1
1
0
8Brandon Browner
B. Browner
220
2011
SEA SEA
16
51
3
54
0.0
0
6
2
0
0
0
9Milt Davis
M. Davis
219
1957
BAL BAL
12
10
2
1
0
10Dick Jauron
D. Jauron
208
1973
DET DET
14
4
1
5
0
11John Symank
J. Symank
198
1957
GB GB
12
9
0
2
0
12Rebel Steiner
R. Steiner
190
1950
GB GB
12
7
1
0
0
13J.C. Caroline
J.C. Caroline
182
1956
CHB CHB
12
6
2
1
0
14Butch Byrd
B. Byrd
178
1964
BUF BUF
14
7
1
0
0
15Nathan Vasher
N. Vasher
177
2004
CHI CHI
16
28
1
29
0.0
0
5
1
0
1
0
16Anthony Henry
A. Henry
177
2001
CLE CLE
16
44
10
54
0.0
0
10
1
0
0
0
17Howie Livingston
H. Livingston
172
1944
NYG NYG
10
9
1
0
18Erik McMillan
E. McMillan
168
1988
NYJ NYJ
13
0.0
8
2
0
0
19Ed Reed
E. Reed
167
2002
BAL BAL
16
71
14
85
1.0
3
5
0
0
0
0
20Deion Jones
D. Jones
165
2016
ATL ATL
15
75
33
108
0.0
0
3
2
1
0
0
21Brig Owens
B. Owens
165
1966
WAS WAS
14
7
1
4
1
22Charlie Sumner
C. Sumner
162
1955
CHB CHB
10
7
0
0
0
23Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
D. Rodgers-Cromartie
157
2008
ARI ARI
16
39
4
43
0.0
0
4
1
0
1
0
24Gerald Small
G. Small
157
1978
MIA MIA
16
4
1
3
0
25Zach Brown
Z. Brown
156
2012
TEN TEN
16
68
25
93
5.5
28.5
3
2
1
2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
Lions Lions
7
4
0
.636
Vikings Vikings
4
7
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/27
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DET DET
1:00 PM
Thu
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DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Sun
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LAR LAR
4:25 PM
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12/21
PIT PIT
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DET DET
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MIN MIN
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
5
0
.545
Steelers Steelers
6
5
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.545
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
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.727
Jaguars Jaguars
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4
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.636
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Broncos Broncos
9
2
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.818
Chargers Chargers
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4
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NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
3
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.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
5
1
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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8
3
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.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
0
.545
Panthers Panthers
6
6
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
0
.818
Seahawks Seahawks
8
3
0
.727

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Wed
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LAC LAC
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Sat
9/6
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NYJ NYJ
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ATL ATL
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11/27
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