Rick Upchurch had the most punt-return yards by a player in his first 3 seasons, with 1,501 yards.

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most punt return yards by a player in first 3 years

	NAME	PR YDS	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	1,501	41	82	2,054	25.0	50.1	0	117	12.8	36.6	5
2	Devin Hester D. Hester	1,449	47	94	2,141	22.8	45.6	4	121	12.0	30.8	7
3	Neal Colzie N. Colzie	1,437	40	6	115	19.2	2.9	0	121	11.9	35.9	0
4	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	1,424	42	88	2,162	24.6	51.5	1	108	13.2	33.9	3
5	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	1,413	43	94	2,083	22.2	48.4	0	120	11.8	32.9	3
6	Darrien Gordon D. Gordon	1,407	48	0	0		0.0	0	103	13.7	29.3	3
7	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	1,336	48	73	1,583	21.7	33.0	0	117	11.4	27.8	3
8	Patrick Peterson P. Peterson	1,323	48	1	18	18.0	0.4	0	128	10.3	27.6	4
9	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	1,313	44	79	1,832	23.2	41.6	0	146	9.0	29.8	0
10	B.J. Sams	1,283	42	133	3,021	22.7	71.9	0	117	11.0	30.5	2
11	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	1,273	46	93	2,311	24.8	50.2	2	133	9.6	27.7	4
12	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	1,233	44	18	326	18.1	7.4	0	108	11.4	28.0	3
13	Wes Welker W. Welker	1,232	47	170	3,858	22.7	82.1	1	127	9.7	26.2	0
14	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	1,231	40	98	2,466	25.2	61.7	0	125	9.8	30.8	2
15	J.T. Smith	1,226	41	1	18	18.0	0.4	0	102	12.0	29.9	4
16	Mike Fuller M. Fuller	1,206	42	51	1,145	22.5	27.3	0	97	12.4	28.7	2
17	Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	1,181	43	88	1,933	22.0	45.0	0	96	12.3	27.5	4
18	Winslow Oliver W. Oliver	1,173	38	9	203	22.6	5.3	0	110	10.7	30.9	1
19	Marvin Mims Jr. M. Mims Jr.	1,172	48	47	1,249	26.6	26.0	1	74	15.8	24.4	1
20	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,158	48	96	2,250	23.4	46.9	0	112	10.3	24.1	0
21	LeRoy Irvin L. Irvin	1,153	41	1	5	5.0	0.1	0	110	10.5	28.1	4
22	Antwaan Randle El A. Randle El	1,146	48	77	1,726	22.4	36.0	1	124	9.2	23.9	2
23	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	1,121	44	17	338	19.9	7.7	0	83	13.5	25.5	4
24	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	1,112	45	2	12	6.0	0.3	0	99	11.2	24.7	4
25	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	1,109	43	13	237	18.2	5.5	0	92	12.1	25.8	3

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