most punt return yards plus punt return touchdowns in a rookie season

Patrick Peterson has the most punt-return yards + punt-return touchdowns by a rookie, with 703 in 2011.

	NAME	YDS+TD	PR YDS	PR TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G
1	Patrick Peterson P. Peterson	703	699	4	2011	ARI	16	0	0		0.0	0	44	15.9	43.7
2	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	657	656	1	1984	PIT	14	0	0		0.0	0	53	12.4	46.9
3	Neal Colzie N. Colzie	655	655	0	1975	OAK	13	0	0		0.0	0	48	13.6	50.4
4	Leon Johnson L. Johnson	620	619	1	1997	NYJ	16	12	319	26.6	19.9	1	51	12.1	38.7
5	Mike Haynes M. Haynes	610	608	2	1976	NE	14	0	0		0.0	0	45	13.5	43.4
6	Devin Hester D. Hester	603	600	3	2006	CHI	16	20	528	26.4	33.0	2	47	12.8	37.5
7	Winslow Oliver W. Oliver	599	598	1	1996	CAR	16	7	160	22.9	10.0	0	52	11.5	37.4
8	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	594	592	2	2016	KC	16	14	384	27.4	24.0	1	39	15.2	37.0
9	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	583	582	1	1989	NYG	16	27	577	21.4	36.1	0	46	12.7	36.4
10	Lynn Swann L. Swann	578	577	1	1974	PIT	12	2	11	5.5	0.9	0	41	14.1	48.1
11	B.J. Sams	577	575	2	2004	BAL	16	59	1,251	21.2	78.2	0	55	10.5	35.9
12	James Jones J. Jones	548	548	0	1980	DAL	16	32	720	22.5	45.0	0	54	10.1	34.3
13	Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	541	540	1	1995	KC	15	43	1,095	25.5	73.0	2	51	10.6	36.0
14	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	524	522	2	1986	STL	16	37	847	22.9	52.9	0	43	12.1	32.6
15	Bruce Taylor B. Taylor	516	516	0	1970	SF	14	12	190	15.8	13.6	0	43	12.0	36.9
16	Jeff Fisher J. Fisher	510	509	1	1981	CHI	16	7	102	14.6	6.4	0	43	11.8	31.8
17	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	505	503	2	1993	NO	16	30	753	25.1	47.1	1	37	13.6	31.4
18	George Atkinson G. Atkinson	492	490	2	1968	OAK	14	32	802	25.1	57.3	0	36	13.6	35.0
19	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	489	489	0	1976	DAL	14	28	693	24.8	49.5	0	45	10.9	34.9
20	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	487	487	0	1980	WAS	16	38	810	21.3	50.6	0	48	10.1	30.4
21	Lew Barnes L. Barnes	482	482	0	1986	CHI	16	3	94	31.3	5.9	1	57	8.5	30.1
22	Quan Cosby Q. Cosby	474	474	0	2009	CIN	16	13	239	18.4	14.9	0	40	11.9	29.6
23	Hank Poteat H. Poteat	468	467	1	2000	PIT	15	24	465	19.4	31.0	0	36	13.0	31.1
24	Wes Welker W. Welker	464	464	0	2004	TOT	15	61	1,415	23.2	94.3	1	43	10.8	30.9
25	Arnold Jackson A. Jackson	461	461	0	2001	ARI	16	2	46	23.0	2.9	0	40	11.5	28.8

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