most punt return yards by a rookie in a game

George Atkinson has gained the most punt-return yards by a rookie in a game, with 205 yards versus the Bills on September 15, 1968.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a rookie in a regular-season game
NAME PR YDS DATE TM OPP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD PR PR AVG PR TD
1 George Atkinson
G. Atkinson
205
9/15/1968
OAK OAK
@
BUF BUF
1
25
25.0
0
5
41.0
1
2 De'Anthony Thomas
D. Thomas
156
12/14/2014
KC KC
vs
OAK OAK
0
0
0
8
19.5
1
3 Mike Haynes
M. Haynes
156
11/7/1976
NE NE
vs
BUF BUF
0
0
0
4
39.0
1
4 Devin Hester
D. Hester
152
10/16/2006
CHI CHI
@
ARI ARI
1
24
24.0
0
6
25.3
1
5 Rickie Harris
R. Harris
146
11/21/1965
WAS WAS
@
PIT PIT
0
0
0
6
24.3
1
6 Tavon Austin
T. Austin
145
11/10/2013
STL STL
@
IND IND
1
27
27.0
0
4
36.3
1
7 Vai Sikahema
V. Sikahema
145
12/21/1986
STL STL
vs
TB TB
2
42
21.0
0
4
36.3
2
8 Kevin Clark
K. Clark
144
12/27/1987
DEN DEN
vs
SD SD
0
0
0
6
24.0
1
9 Ted Wilson
T. Wilson
142
10/11/1987
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
0
0
0
7
20.3
0
10 Johnny Roland
J. Roland
142
10/2/1966
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
0
0
0
3
47.3
1
11 Tony Leonard
T. Leonard
141
10/17/1976
SF SF
vs
NO NO
1
20
20.0
0
9
15.7
1
12 Tyler Lockett
T. Lockett
139
1/3/2016
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
0
0
0
4
34.8
0
13 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
134
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
0
0
0
5
26.8
1
14 Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
133
11/20/1977
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
0
0
0
4
33.3
0
15 Bruce Taylor
B. Taylor
133
11/15/1970
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
0
0
0
6
22.2
0
16 Johnny Rodgers
J. Rodgers
130
9/25/1977
SD SD
@
KC KC
1
33
33.0
0
7
18.6
0
17 Eddie Kennison
E. Kennison
128
9/29/1996
STL STL
@
ARI ARI
3
56
18.7
0
4
32.0
1
18 Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
128
10/3/1993
NO NO
@
RAM RAM
1
19
19.0
0
4
32.0
1
19 Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
128
11/19/1984
PIT PIT
@
NO NO
0
0
0
4
32.0
1
20 Patrick Peterson
P. Peterson
127
11/6/2011
ARI ARI
vs
STL STL
0
0
0
4
31.8
1
21 Neal Colzie
N. Colzie
127
11/2/1975
OAK OAK
@
DEN DEN
0
0
0
3
42.3
0
22 T.J. Houshmandzadeh
T.J. Houshmandzadeh
126
11/25/2001
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
0
0
0
5
25.2
0
23 Dana McLemore
D. McLemore
125
1/2/1983
SF SF
vs
RAM RAM
2
31
15.5
0
4
31.3
1
24 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
123
10/19/1969
MIA MIA
@
KC KC
2
70
35.0
0
7
17.6
0
25 Derrick Shepard
D. Shepard
118
10/4/1987
WAS WAS
vs
STL STL
1
20
20.0
0
3
39.3
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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2
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9
0
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7
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9
0
.471
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Chiefs Chiefs
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2
0
.882
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6
0
.647