Terry Fair has scored the most kick-return yards by a rookie in a Week-1 game, with 244 yards versus the Packers on September 6, 1998.
| NAME | KR YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | KR | KR AVG | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR AVG | PR TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Fair | 244 | 9/6/1998 |  DET | @ |  GB | 6 | 40.7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 2 | | A. Bradshaw | 193 | 9/9/2007 |  NYG | @ |  DAL | 7 | 27.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | J. Miller | 182 | 9/11/2005 |  NYJ | @ |  KC | 6 | 30.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 4 | | A. Brown | 180 | 9/13/2009 | DET | @ |  NO | 5 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | | R. Erenberg | 174 | 9/2/1984 |  PIT | vs | KC | 7 | 24.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | J. Gilliam | 172 | 9/17/1967 | NO | vs |  LA | 4 | 43.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 7 | | D. Moore | 155 | 9/12/2010 |  IND | @ |  HOU | 7 | 22.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | L. Hampton | 153 | 9/8/1985 |  MIA | @ |  HOU | 6 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | J. Henderson | 153 | 9/15/1968 | PIT | vs | NYG | 5 | 30.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | C. Carr | 151 | 9/8/2005 |  OAK | @ |  NE | 6 | 25.2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 11 | | R. Blye | 151 | 9/15/1968 | NYG | @ | PIT | 3 | 50.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | | D. Sproles | 146 | 9/11/2005 |  SD | vs | DAL | 4 | 36.5 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 13 | | N. Moore | 146 | 9/15/1974 | MIA | @ | NE | 5 | 29.2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 14 | | R. Thompson | 145 | 9/19/1971 | NYG | @ | GB | 5 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | G. Sellers | 144 | 9/3/1966 |  DEN | @ |  HOU | 4 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | M. Thigpen | 137 | 9/9/2012 | MIA | @ | HOU | 5 | 27.4 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 1 |
| 17 | | J. Love | 136 | 9/17/1967 |  WAS | @ |  PHI | 3 | 45.3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 18 |  | R. Cobb | 135 | 9/8/2011 | GB | vs | NO | 2 | 67.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 19 | | A. Chatman | 134 | 9/7/2003 | GB | vs |  MIN | 6 | 22.3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 20 | | S. Smith Sr. | 134 | 9/9/2001 |  CAR | @ | MIN | 3 | 44.7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 |
| 21 | | W. Tullis | 134 | 9/6/1981 | HOU | @ | LA | 3 | 44.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | A. Harris | 133 | 9/7/2003 |  STL | @ | NYG | 6 | 22.2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 23 | | C. Roby | 132 | 9/11/2005 | TEN | @ | PIT | 6 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | M. Morris | 132 | 9/14/1969 | MIA | @ |  CIN | 2 | 66.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | R. Swinton | 131 | 9/9/2001 | DAL | vs |  TB | 3 | 43.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1960 season.
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