most punt return yards by a rookie rb in a game

Vai Sikahema has the most punt-return yards by a rookie running back in a game, with 145 yards versus the Buccaneers on December 21, 1986.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a rookie rb in a regular-season game
NAME PR YDS DATE TM OPP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD PR PR AVG PR TD
1 Vai Sikahema
V. Sikahema
145
12/21/1986
STL STL
vs
TB TB
2
42
21.0
0
4
36.3
2
2 Johnny Roland
J. Roland
142
10/2/1966
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
0
0
0
3
47.3
1
3 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
134
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
0
0
0
5
26.8
1
4 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
123
10/19/1969
MIA MIA
@
KC KC
2
70
35.0
0
7
17.6
0
5 Leon Johnson
L. Johnson
117
11/2/1997
NYJ NYJ
vs
BAL BAL
1
21
21.0
0
6
19.5
0
6 James Jones
J. Jones
116
11/23/1980
DAL DAL
vs
WAS WAS
2
58
29.0
0
7
16.6
0
7 Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
114
12/24/1989
NYG NYG
vs
RAI RAI
1
43
43.0
0
5
22.8
1
8 Dennis Morgan
D. Morgan
108
10/13/1974
DAL DAL
@
STL STL
3
77
25.7
0
2
54.0
1
9 Dewell Brewer
D. Brewer
107
12/18/1994
IND IND
vs
MIA MIA
0
0
0
4
26.8
1
10 Eddie Payton
E. Payton
105
12/17/1977
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
5
184
36.8
1
3
35.0
1
11 Demetric Felton
D. Felton
103
9/26/2021
CLE CLE
vs
CHI CHI
0
0
0
7
14.7
0
12 Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
103
9/8/1996
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
1
14
14.0
0
3
34.3
1
13 Bobby Joe Edmonds
B. Joe Edmonds
103
11/23/1986
SEA SEA
vs
PHI PHI
2
36
18.0
0
4
25.8
1
14 Floyd Little
F. Little
102
12/3/1967
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
0
0
0
2
51.0
1
15 B.J. Sams
B.J. Sams
101
10/10/2004
BAL BAL
@
WAS WAS
3
51
17.0
0
5
20.2
1
16 Bobby Joe Edmonds
B. Joe Edmonds
101
9/7/1986
SEA SEA
vs
PIT PIT
1
28
28.0
0
4
25.3
0
17 Leon Bright
L. Bright
101
12/6/1981
NYG NYG
vs
LA LA
0
0
0
4
25.3
0
18 Dexter McCluster
D. McCluster
100
9/13/2010
KC KC
vs
SD SD
0
0
0
3
33.3
1
19 Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
98
11/19/1989
NYG NYG
vs
SEA SEA
3
58
19.3
0
3
32.7
0
20 Johnny Bailey
J. Bailey
95
12/29/1990
CHI CHI
vs
KC KC
1
25
25.0
0
1
95.0
1
21 Manfred Moore
M. Moore
95
11/24/1974
SF SF
vs
ATL ATL
0
0
0
2
47.5
1
22 Chad Morton
C. Morton
93
9/10/2000
NO NO
@
SD SD
6
138
23.0
0
4
23.3
0
23 Tony Green
T. Green
93
9/10/1978
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
4
116
29.0
0
4
23.3
1
24 Buddy Hardeman
B. Hardeman
91
9/2/1979
WAS WAS
vs
HOU HOU
1
21
21.0
0
3
30.3
0
25 Clifton Smith
C. Smith
90
11/23/2008
TB TB
@
DET DET
5
142
28.4
0
4
22.5
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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