most kickoff return yard by a player in career in his first 5 seasons

Josh Cribbs had the most kick-return yards by a player in his first 5 seasons, with 7,049 yards.

NAMEKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
7,049
77
265
26.6
91.5
8
103
1,141
11.1
14.8
2
2Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
6,725
77
272
24.7
87.3
3
152
1,318
8.7
17.1
2
3Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
6,469
78
258
25.1
82.9
2
114
935
8.2
12.0
2
4Chris Carr
C. Carr
6,140
80
249
24.7
76.8
0
141
1,039
7.4
13.0
0
5Dante Hall
D. Hall
5,877
66
242
24.3
89.0
5
119
1,366
11.5
20.7
4
6Terrence McGee
T. McGee
5,358
75
203
26.4
71.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
7Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
5,310
67
224
23.7
79.3
3
114
1,082
9.5
16.1
1
8Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
5,192
80
215
24.1
64.9
0
193
1,875
9.7
23.4
0
9Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
5,178
75
223
23.2
69.0
3
98
1,099
11.2
14.7
3
10Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
5,099
70
212
24.1
72.8
4
181
1,930
10.7
27.6
4
11Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
5,026
52
213
23.6
96.7
2
108
1,058
9.8
20.3
4
12Bruce Harper
B. Harper
5,023
77
224
22.4
65.2
0
160
1,600
10.0
20.8
1
13Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
4,989
53
206
24.2
94.1
3
126
1,371
10.9
25.9
1
14Maurice Hicks
M. Hicks
4,932
66
214
23.0
74.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Reggie Swinton
R. Swinton
4,919
69
208
23.6
71.3
2
132
1,311
9.9
19.0
2
16Charlie Rogers
C. Rogers
4,877
67
217
22.5
72.8
2
120
1,248
10.4
18.6
1
17Kevin Williams
K. Williams
4,874
73
203
24.0
66.8
1
135
1,375
10.2
18.8
3
18Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
4,613
80
153
30.2
57.7
5
1
9
9.0
0.1
0
19Ronney Jenkins
R. Jenkins
4,550
52
190
23.9
87.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Andre Coleman
A. Coleman
4,466
58
193
23.1
77.0
4
43
384
8.9
6.6
1
21Leon Washington
L. Washington
4,447
71
174
25.6
62.6
7
86
848
9.9
11.9
0
22Stefan Logan
S. Logan
4,343
64
171
25.4
67.9
1
130
1,243
9.6
19.4
0
23Chad Morton
C. Morton
4,172
62
174
24.0
67.3
3
79
710
9.0
11.5
0
24Josh Scobey
J. Scobey
4,160
62
186
22.4
67.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Mike Nelms
M. Nelms
4,128
68
175
23.6
60.7
0
212
1,948
9.2
28.6
2
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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