most punt return yards in 5th season

Desmond Howard had the most punt-return yards by a player in his 5th season, with 875 yards in 1996.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player in 5th season
NAMEPR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Desmond Howard
D. Howard
875
1996
16
22
460
20.9
28.8
0
58
15.1
54.7
3
2Fulton Walker
F. Walker
692
1985
TOT
15
21
467
22.2
31.1
0
62
11.2
46.1
0
3Nate Burleson
N. Burleson
658
2007
16
27
590
21.9
36.9
1
58
11.3
41.1
1
4Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
627
1999
14
44
886
20.1
63.3
0
51
12.3
44.8
2
5Jackie Wallace
J. Wallace
618
1978
14
0
0
0.0
0
52
11.9
44.1
0
6Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
578
2000
15
1
23
23.0
1.5
0
36
16.1
38.5
2
7Devin Hester
D. Hester
564
2010
16
12
427
35.6
26.7
0
33
17.1
35.3
3
8Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
518
2011
16
0
0
0.0
0
49
10.6
32.4
1
9Walter Stanley
W. Stanley
496
1989
14
9
95
10.6
6.8
0
36
13.8
35.4
0
10Gerald Willhite
G. Willhite
468
1986
16
3
35
11.7
2.2
0
42
11.1
29.3
1
11Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
466
2011
14
29
800
27.6
57.1
1
38
12.3
33.3
1
12Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
464
1993
16
15
318
21.2
19.9
0
36
12.9
29.0
2
13Kevin Williams
K. Williams
462
1997
16
59
1,458
24.7
91.1
0
40
11.6
28.9
0
14Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
452
2009
16
56
1,542
27.5
96.4
3
38
11.9
28.3
1
15Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
452
1994
16
58
1,478
25.5
92.4
0
32
14.1
28.3
2
16Mike Fuller
M. Fuller
448
1979
16
6
115
19.2
7.2
0
46
9.7
28.0
0
17Mark Jones
M. Jones
443
2008
16
40
958
24.0
59.9
0
39
11.4
27.7
0
18Robbie Martin
R. Martin
443
1985
16
32
638
19.9
39.9
0
40
11.1
27.7
1
19Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
433
1997
16
55
1,315
23.9
82.2
0
47
9.2
27.1
0
20Dennis Northcutt
D. Northcutt
432
2004
16
0
0
0.0
0
36
12.0
27.0
0
21Leodis McKelvin
L. McKelvin
431
2012
13
18
510
28.3
39.2
0
23
18.7
33.2
2
22Mike Nelms
M. Nelms
428
1984
16
42
860
20.5
53.8
0
49
8.7
26.8
0
23George McAfee
G. McAfee
417
1948
12
1
25
25.0
2.1
0
30
13.9
34.8
1
24Jeremy Kerley
J. Kerley
411
2015
16
0
0
0.0
0
48
8.6
25.7
0
25Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
411
1952
12
15
364
24.3
30.3
0
30
13.7
34.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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