most kick return yards by running backs single season

Josh Scobey has scored the most kick-return yards by a running back in a season, with 1,684 yards in his rookie season in 2003.

	NAME	KR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	1,684	2003	ARI	15	73	23.1	112.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
2	Charlie Rogers C. Rogers	1,629	2000	SEA	15	66	24.7	108.6	1	26	363	14.0	24.2	0
3	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,627	1996	DET	16	64	25.4	101.7	0	34	284	8.4	17.8	0
4	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,550	1998	CHI	16	62	25.0	96.9	2	25	291	11.6	18.2	1
5	LaRod Stephens-Howling L. Stephens-Howling	1,548	2010	ARI	13	57	27.2	119.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
6	Rock Cartwright R. Cartwright	1,541	2006	WAS	16	64	24.1	96.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
7	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	1,541	2001	SD	16	58	26.6	96.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
8	David Wilson D. Wilson	1,533	2012	NYG	16	57	26.9	95.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
9	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	1,531	2000	SD	16	67	22.9	95.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	1,528	2005	SD	15	63	24.3	101.9	0	18	108	6.0	7.2	0
11	J.J. Arrington	1,520	2006	ARI	16	67	22.7	95.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Chad Morton C. Morton	1,509	2002	NYJ	16	58	26.0	94.3	2	4	51	12.8	3.2	0
13	Maurice Hicks M. Hicks	1,502	2007	SF	16	63	23.8	93.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,478	1994	WAS	16	58	25.5	92.4	0	32	452	14.1	28.3	2
15	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,468	2000	CHI	16	63	23.3	91.8	0	35	300	8.6	18.8	0
16	Stefan Logan S. Logan	1,466	2009	PIT	16	55	26.7	91.6	0	30	280	9.3	17.5	0
17	Leon Washington L. Washington	1,461	2010	SEA	16	57	25.6	91.3	3	22	249	11.3	15.6	0
18	Maurice Hicks M. Hicks	1,428	2006	SF	16	57	25.1	89.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,408	1995	WAS	16	55	25.6	88.0	0	25	315	12.6	19.7	1
20	Tyson Thompson T. Thompson	1,399	2005	DAL	15	57	24.5	93.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	1,376	2008	SD	16	53	26.0	86.0	1	22	249	11.3	15.6	0
22	Rock Cartwright R. Cartwright	1,339	2007	WAS	15	52	25.8	89.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,337	1998	WAS	16	59	22.7	83.6	1	44	506	11.5	31.6	0
24	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	1,326	2005	SEA	16	59	22.5	82.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jerious Norwood J. Norwood	1,317	2007	ATL	15	52	25.3	87.8	0	0	0		0.0	0

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