most kick return yards by a rookie 2021

Khalil Herbert scored the most kick-return yards by a rookie in 2021, with 650 yards.

NAMEKR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Khalil Herbert
K. Herbert
650
2021
17
27
24.1
38.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
2Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
579
2021
11
18
32.2
52.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
3Avery Williams
A. Williams
490
2021
15
23
21.3
32.7
0
20
153
7.7
10.2
0
4Jaelon Darden
J. Darden
359
2021
9
18
19.9
39.9
0
19
142
7.5
15.8
0
5Anthony Schwartz
A. Schwartz
322
2021
14
15
21.5
23.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Rondale Moore
R. Moore
291
2021
14
13
22.4
20.8
0
21
171
8.1
12.2
0
7Kylin Hill
K. Hill
199
2021
8
10
19.9
24.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Amari Rodgers
A. Rodgers
199
2021
16
11
18.1
12.4
0
20
166
8.3
10.4
0
9Demetric Felton
D. Felton
172
2021
16
9
19.1
10.8
0
32
227
7.1
14.2
0
10Marquez Stevenson
M. Stevenson
165
2021
5
7
23.6
33.0
0
14
167
11.9
33.4
0
11Eno Benjamin
E. Benjamin
162
2021
9
7
23.1
18.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
158
2021
16
9
17.6
9.9
0
5
35
7.0
2.2
0
13Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
137
2021
16
8
17.1
8.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Larry Rountree
L. Rountree
117
2021
12
7
16.7
9.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
15J.J. Koski
J.J. Koski
89
2021
5
5
17.8
17.8
0
2
20
10.0
4.0
0
16Jake Funk
J. Funk
88
2021
10
4
22.0
8.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Michael Bandy
M. Bandy
88
2021
1
4
22.0
88.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Tutu Atwell
T. Atwell
87
2021
8
5
17.4
10.9
0
10
54
5.4
6.8
0
19Ihmir Smith-Marsette
I. Smith-Marsette
83
2021
8
4
20.8
10.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Ben Skowronek
B. Skowronek
70
2021
14
4
17.5
5.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Ambry Thomas
A. Thomas
70
2021
12
4
17.5
5.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Chris Evans
C. Evans
58
2021
14
2
29.0
4.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Dee Eskridge
D. Eskridge
54
2021
10
2
27.0
5.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Pooka Williams
P. Williams
52
2021
1
3
17.3
52.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Tylan Wallace
T. Wallace
39
2021
17
2
19.5
2.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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