Dick Christy had the most yards per punt return by a running back in his 3rd season, with 21.3 per return.
Interpreted as:
most punt return avg with a minimum of 1.25 punt returns per team game by a running back in their third season| NAME | PR AVG | SEASON | TM | GP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR YDS/G | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR YDS/G | PR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Christy | 21.3 | 1961 |  NYT | 14 | 15 | 360 | 24.0 | 25.7 | 0 | 18 | 383 | 27.4 | 2 |
| 2 | | G. McAfee | 14.5 | 1947 |  CHB | 12 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 1.9 | 0 | 18 | 261 | 21.8 | 0 |
| 3 | | B. Dudley | 14.3 | 1946 |  PIT | 11 | 14 | 280 | 20.0 | 25.5 | 0 | 27 | 385 | 35.0 | 0 |
| 4 | | R. Bush | 13.5 | 2008 |  NO | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20 | 270 | 27.0 | 3 | |
| 5 | | B. Seymour | 13.3 | 1943 |  WAS | 10 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 3.4 | 0 | 13 | 173 | 17.3 | 0 |
| 6 | | J. Bailey | 13.2 | 1992 |  PHX | 12 | 28 | 690 | 24.6 | 57.5 | 0 | 20 | 263 | 21.9 | 0 |
| 7 | | R. Mahe | 12.8 | 2005 |  PHI | 15 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 1.3 | 0 | 21 | 269 | 17.9 | 0 |
| 8 | | J.R. Boone | 12.6 | 1950 | CHB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17 | 215 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| 9 | | T. Watkins | 12.5 | 1963 |  DET | 13 | 21 | 447 | 21.3 | 34.4 | 0 | 32 | 399 | 30.7 | 1 |
| 10 | | T. Metcalf | 12.4 | 1975 |  STL | 13 | 35 | 960 | 27.4 | 73.8 | 1 | 23 | 285 | 21.9 | 1 |
| 11 | | T. Barber | 11.5 | 1999 |  NYG | 16 | 12 | 266 | 22.2 | 16.6 | 0 | 44 | 506 | 31.6 | 1 |
| 12 | | G. Milburn | 11.4 | 1995 |  DEN | 16 | 47 | 1,269 | 27.0 | 79.3 | 0 | 31 | 354 | 22.1 | 0 |
| 13 | | D. Sproles | 11.3 | 2008 |  SD | 16 | 53 | 1,376 | 26.0 | 86.0 | 1 | 22 | 249 | 15.6 | 0 |
| 14 | | B. Pritchard | 11.3 | 1947 | PHI | 11 | 8 | 148 | 18.5 | 13.5 | 0 | 24 | 271 | 24.6 | 0 |
| 15 | | A. Farkas | 11.2 | 1943 | WAS | 10 | 9 | 279 | 31.0 | 27.9 | 0 | 15 | 168 | 16.8 | 0 |
| 16 | | H. Stevens | 11.0 | 1975 |  BAL | 12 | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 5.9 | 0 | 36 | 396 | 33.0 | 0 |
| 17 | | J. Arnett | 10.8 | 1959 |  LA | 12 | 14 | 320 | 22.9 | 26.7 | 0 | 17 | 184 | 15.3 | 1 |
| 18 | | B.J. Sams | 10.6 | 2006 |  BAL | 12 | 30 | 772 | 25.7 | 64.3 | 0 | 29 | 307 | 25.6 | 0 |
| 19 | | W. Oliver | 10.5 | 1998 |  CAR | 16 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 2.7 | 0 | 44 | 464 | 29.0 | 0 |
| 20 | | K. Jenkins | 10.5 | 1985 | WAS | 13 | 41 | 1,018 | 24.8 | 78.3 | 0 | 26 | 272 | 20.9 | 0 |
| 21 | | L. Washington | 10.4 | 2008 |  NYJ | 16 | 48 | 1,231 | 25.6 | 76.9 | 1 | 29 | 303 | 18.9 | 0 |
| 22 | | V. Sikahema | 10.3 | 1988 | PHX | 12 | 23 | 475 | 20.7 | 39.6 | 0 | 33 | 341 | 28.4 | 0 |
| 23 | | D. Meggett | 10.3 | 1991 | NYG | 16 | 25 | 514 | 20.6 | 32.1 | 0 | 28 | 287 | 17.9 | 1 |
| 24 | | M. Moore | 10.1 | 2006 |  MIN | 16 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 1.6 | 0 | 36 | 365 | 22.8 | 1 |
| 25 | | N. Hines | 10.0 | 2020 |  IND | 16 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 4.4 | 0 | 30 | 300 | 18.8 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for punt returns per team game and yards per punt return going back to the 1941 season.
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