most kick return tds by a running back in their second season

Leon Washington and Vitamin Smith were tied for the most kick-return touchdowns by a running back in their 2nd season, with 3 touchdowns.

NAMEKR TDSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Leon Washington
L. Washington
3
2007
NYJ NYJ
16
47
1,291
27.5
80.7
20
183
9.2
11.4
0
2Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
3
1950
LA LA
12
22
742
33.7
61.8
22
218
9.9
18.2
0
3LaRod Stephens-Howling
L. Stephens-Howling
2
2010
ARI ARI
13
57
1,548
27.2
119.1
0
0
0.0
0
4Ronney Jenkins
R. Jenkins
2
2001
SD SD
16
58
1,541
26.6
96.3
0
0
0.0
0
5Derrick Witherspoon
D. Witherspoon
2
1996
PHI PHI
16
53
1,271
24.0
79.4
0
0
0.0
0
6Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
2
1990
CLE CLE
16
52
1,052
20.2
65.8
0
0
0.0
0
7Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2
1966
CHI CHI
14
23
718
31.2
51.3
6
44
7.3
3.1
0
8Eddie Saenz
E. Saenz
2
1947
WAS WAS
12
29
797
27.5
66.4
24
308
12.8
25.7
0
9Ray Davis
R. Davis
1
2025
BUF BUF
11
14
482
34.4
43.8
0
0
0.0
0
10Dameon Pierce
D. Pierce
1
2023
HOU HOU
14
7
225
32.1
16.1
0
0
0.0
0
11Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
1
2022
ATL ATL
13
9
284
31.6
21.8
0
0
0.0
0
12Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
1
2022
MIN MIN
17
35
920
26.3
54.1
0
0
0.0
0
13Knile Davis
K. Davis
1
2014
KC KC
16
29
829
28.6
51.8
0
0
0.0
0
14Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
1
2011
NYJ NYJ
15
34
1,073
31.6
71.5
5
26
5.2
1.7
0
15Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
1
2009
KC KC
15
36
925
25.7
61.7
0
0
0.0
0
16Chad Simpson
C. Simpson
1
2009
IND IND
14
38
898
23.6
64.1
0
0
0.0
0
17Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
1
2007
JAX JAX
15
31
811
26.2
54.1
3
28
9.3
1.9
0
18Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
1
2007
SD SD
15
37
1,008
27.2
67.2
24
229
9.5
15.3
1
19J.J. Arrington
J.J. Arrington
1
2006
ARI ARI
16
67
1,520
22.7
95.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Michael Bates
M. Bates
1
2000
CAR CAR
16
42
941
22.4
58.8
7
31
4.4
1.9
0
21David Palmer
D. Palmer
1
1998
MIN MIN
16
50
1,176
23.5
73.5
28
289
10.3
18.1
0
22Tony Smith
T. Smith
1
1993
ATL ATL
15
38
948
24.9
63.2
32
255
8.0
17.0
0
23Darren Lewis
D. Lewis
1
1992
CHI CHI
16
23
511
22.2
31.9
0
0
0.0
0
24Jon Vaughn
J. Vaughn
1
1992
NE NE
16
20
564
28.2
35.3
0
0
0.0
0
25Dexter Carter
D. Carter
1
1991
SF SF
16
37
839
22.7
52.4
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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5
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