most punt return yards by a player cleveland browns in a rookie game

Gerald McNeil has the most punt-return yards by a Browns rookie in a game, with 106 yards against the Lions on September 28, 1986.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player cleveland browns in a rookie regular-season game
NAMEPR YDSDATETMOPPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDPRPR AVGPR TD
1Gerald McNeil
G. McNeil
106
9/28/1986
vs
3
83
27.7
0
4
26.5
1
2Demetric Felton
D. Felton
103
9/26/2021
vs
0
0
0
7
14.7
0
3Travis Benjamin
T. Benjamin
93
12/9/2012
vs
0
0
0
1
93.0
1
4Gerald McNeil
G. McNeil
80
10/12/1986
vs
0
0
0
7
11.4
0
5Ben Davis
B. Davis
71
11/5/1967
@
1
26
26.0
0
2
35.5
1
6Dino Hall
D. Hall
68
12/2/1979
vs
1
4
4.0
0
4
17.0
0
7Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
68
10/25/1964
vs
1
45
45.0
0
1
68.0
1
8Gage Larvadain
G. Larvadain
61
11/23/2025
@
0
0
0
4
15.3
0
9Dino Hall
D. Hall
58
10/7/1979
vs
9
172
19.1
0
2
29.0
0
10Brian Brennan
B. Brennan
54
11/25/1984
vs
0
0
0
5
10.8
0
11Keith Wright
K. Wright
52
12/10/1978
vs
4
78
19.5
0
3
17.3
0
12Bobby Majors
B. Majors
52
12/17/1972
@
1
33
33.0
0
2
26.0
0
13Walter Roberts
W. Roberts
52
9/27/1964
@
1
31
31.0
0
2
26.0
0
14Ben Davis
B. Davis
51
9/24/1967
@
4
98
24.5
0
1
51.0
0
15Jordan Poyer
J. Poyer
49
12/1/2013
vs
0
0
0
3
16.3
0
16Keith Wright
K. Wright
49
10/29/1978
vs
2
49
24.5
0
2
24.5
0
17Ricky Feacher
R. Feacher
49
12/5/1976
vs
1
31
31.0
0
1
49.0
0
18Dennis Northcutt
D. Northcutt
47
11/12/2000
vs
0
0
0
4
11.8
0
19Dennis Northcutt
D. Northcutt
47
10/29/2000
vs
0
0
0
3
15.7
0
20Antonio Callaway
A. Callaway
46
12/30/2018
@
3
79
26.3
0
3
15.3
0
21Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
46
11/11/1973
@
0
0
0
1
46.0
0
22Troy Wilson
T. Wilson
44
10/18/1987
@
0
0
0
4
11.0
0
23Jabrill Peppers
J. Peppers
43
10/15/2017
@
0
0
0
6
7.2
0
24Kevin Johnson
K. Johnson
43
10/10/1999
vs
0
0
0
4
10.8
0
25Brian Brennan
B. Brennan
43
10/28/1984
vs
0
0
0
4
10.8
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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