Cordarrelle Patterson has averaged the most yards per kick return by a rookie wide receiver, averaging 32.4 per return in 2013.
Interpreted as:
most kick return avg with a minimum of 1.25 kickoff returns per team game by a wr in his rookie year| 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 |  | C. Patterson | 32.4 | 2013 |  MIN | 16 | 43 | 1,393 | 87.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | B. Humphery | 30.7 | 1984 |  NYJ | 16 | 22 | 675 | 42.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | W. Francis | 29.9 | 1973 |  BUF | 12 | 23 | 687 | 57.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 4 | | D. Reed | 29.3 | 2010 |  BAL | 13 | 21 | 616 | 47.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 5 | | C. Childs | 29.0 | 1964 |  NYG | 13 | 34 | 987 | 75.9 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 6 | | J. Knox | 29.0 | 2009 |  CHI | 15 | 32 | 927 | 61.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 7 | | A. Allison | 28.7 | 2007 | MIN | 11 | 20 | 574 | 52.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | J. Mathis | 28.6 | 2005 |  HOU | 12 | 54 | 1,542 | 128.5 | 2 | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 9 | | B. Johnson | 28.2 | 2003 |  NE | 15 | 30 | 847 | 56.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 10 |  | J. Landry | 28.1 | 2014 |  MIA | 16 | 34 | 954 | 59.6 | 0 | 25 | 204 | 8.2 | 12.8 | 0 |
| 11 | | N. Smith | 28.0 | 1967 |  KC | 14 | 41 | 1,148 | 82.0 | 1 | 26 | 212 | 8.2 | 15.1 | 0 |
| 12 | | A. Frazier | 28.0 | 1961 |  DEN | 14 | 18 | 504 | 36.0 | 1 | 18 | 231 | 12.8 | 16.5 | 1 |
| 13 | | A. Erickson | 27.9 | 2016 |  CIN | 16 | 29 | 810 | 50.6 | 0 | 28 | 195 | 7.0 | 12.2 | 0 |
| 14 | | J. Tucker | 27.9 | 1999 |  DAL | 15 | 22 | 613 | 40.9 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 15 |  | R. Cobb | 27.7 | 2011 |  GB | 15 | 34 | 941 | 62.7 | 1 | 26 | 295 | 11.3 | 19.7 | 1 |
| 16 | | V. Jones Jr. | 27.6 | 2022 | CHI | 12 | 22 | 607 | 50.6 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 17 | | W. Roberts | 27.5 | 1964 |  CLE | 14 | 24 | 661 | 47.2 | 0 | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 9.4 | 0 |
| 18 | | D. Duvernay | 27.5 | 2020 | BAL | 16 | 21 | 578 | 36.1 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 19 | | P. Harvin | 27.5 | 2009 | MIN | 15 | 42 | 1,156 | 77.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | L. Williams | 27.5 | 1976 | KC | 12 | 25 | 688 | 57.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | Q. Bray | 27.1 | 2015 |  IND | 9 | 21 | 570 | 63.3 | 0 | 21 | 166 | 7.9 | 18.4 | 0 |
| 22 | | R. Upchurch | 27.1 | 1975 | DEN | 14 | 40 | 1,084 | 77.4 | 0 | 27 | 312 | 11.6 | 22.3 | 0 |
| 23 | | B. Johnson | 27.1 | 1974 |  HOU | 14 | 29 | 785 | 56.1 | 0 | 30 | 409 | 13.6 | 29.2 | 0 |
| 24 | | M. Mosley | 27.1 | 1982 | BUF | 9 | 18 | 487 | 54.1 | 0 | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 25 | | T. Dwight | 27.0 | 1998 |  ATL | 12 | 36 | 973 | 81.1 | 1 | 31 | 263 | 8.5 | 21.9 | 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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