most punt return yards in 3rd season

Rick Upchurch gained the most punt-return yards by a player in his 3rd season, with 653 yards.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player in 3rd season
NAMEPR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
653
1977
14
20
456
22.8
32.6
0
51
12.8
46.6
1
2Eddie Brown
E. Brown
646
1976
14
30
738
24.6
52.7
0
48
13.5
46.1
1
3J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
581
1980
16
0
0
0.0
0
40
14.5
36.3
2
4Reggie Barlow
R. Barlow
555
1998
16
30
747
24.9
46.7
0
43
12.9
34.7
1
5Brandon Tate
B. Tate
543
2011
16
42
998
23.8
62.4
0
51
10.6
33.9
1
6Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
537
1996
16
0
0
0.0
0
36
14.9
33.6
1
7Dana McLemore
D. McLemore
521
1984
16
3
80
26.7
5.0
0
45
11.6
32.6
1
8Tiki Barber
T. Barber
506
1999
16
12
266
22.2
16.6
0
44
11.5
31.6
1
9Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
501
1985
16
0
0
0.0
0
37
13.5
31.3
1
10Az-Zahir Hakim
A. Hakim
489
2000
16
1
2
2.0
0.1
0
32
15.3
30.6
1
11Eric Guliford
E. Guliford
475
1995
14
0
0
0.0
0
43
11.0
33.9
1
12Andre Hastings
A. Hastings
474
1995
16
0
0
0.0
0
48
9.9
29.6
1
13Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
464
1998
16
2
43
21.5
2.7
0
44
10.5
29.0
0
14Marvin Mims Jr.
M. Mims Jr.
452
2025
15
25
658
26.3
43.9
0
29
15.6
30.1
1
15Gary Allen
G. Allen
446
1984
16
33
666
20.2
41.6
0
54
8.3
27.9
0
16Roscoe Parrish
R. Parrish
440
2007
16
6
126
21.0
7.9
0
27
16.3
27.5
1
17Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
439
2003
16
11
309
28.1
19.3
0
44
10.0
27.4
1
18Jeff Groth
J. Groth
436
1981
15
3
50
16.7
3.3
0
37
11.8
29.1
0
19Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
426
2009
14
24
638
26.6
45.6
1
39
10.9
30.4
0
20Pete Mandley
P. Mandley
420
1986
16
2
37
18.5
2.3
0
43
9.8
26.3
1
21John Taylor
J. Taylor
417
1989
15
2
51
25.5
3.4
0
36
11.6
27.8
0
22Rod Harris
R. Harris
416
1991
16
28
473
16.9
29.6
0
53
7.8
26.0
0
23Eddie Kennison
E. Kennison
415
1998
16
0
0
0.0
0
40
10.4
25.9
1
24Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
405
2007
16
59
1,809
30.7
113.1
2
30
13.5
25.3
1
25Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
405
1998
13
6
145
24.2
11.2
0
32
12.7
31.2
2
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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