most punt return yds by a running back in their third season

Tiki Barber gained the most punt-return yards by a running back in his 3rd season, with 506 yards.

NAMEPR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Tiki Barber
T. Barber
506
1999
NYG NYG
16
12
266
22.2
16.6
0
44
11.5
31.6
1
2Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
464
1998
CAR CAR
16
2
43
21.5
2.7
0
44
10.5
29.0
0
3Gary Allen
G. Allen
446
1984
DAL DAL
16
33
666
20.2
41.6
0
54
8.3
27.9
0
4Tom Watkins
T. Watkins
399
1963
DET DET
13
21
447
21.3
34.4
0
32
12.5
30.7
1
5Howard Stevens
H. Stevens
396
1975
BAL BAL
12
3
71
23.7
5.9
0
36
11.0
33.0
0
6Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
385
1946
PIT PIT
11
14
280
20.0
25.5
0
27
14.3
35.0
0
7Dick Christy
D. Christy
383
1961
NYT NYT
14
15
360
24.0
25.7
0
18
21.3
27.4
2
8Mewelde Moore
M. Moore
365
2006
MIN MIN
16
1
25
25.0
1.6
0
36
10.1
22.8
1
9Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
354
1995
DEN DEN
16
47
1,269
27.0
79.3
0
31
11.4
22.1
0
10Vai Sikahema
V. Sikahema
341
1988
PHX PHX
12
23
475
20.7
39.6
0
33
10.3
28.4
0
11Bobby Joe Edmonds
B. Joe Edmonds
340
1988
SEA SEA
16
40
900
22.5
56.3
0
35
9.7
21.3
0
12Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
337
1983
STL STL
15
36
778
21.6
51.9
0
38
8.9
22.5
0
13B.J. Sams
B.J. Sams
307
2006
BAL BAL
12
30
772
25.7
64.3
0
29
10.6
25.6
0
14Leon Washington
L. Washington
303
2008
NYJ NYJ
16
48
1,231
25.6
76.9
1
29
10.4
18.9
0
15Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
302
2019
CHI CHI
16
2
23
11.5
1.4
0
33
9.2
18.9
0
16Nyheim Hines
N. Hines
300
2020
IND IND
16
3
70
23.3
4.4
0
30
10.0
18.8
0
17Bruce Harper
B. Harper
290
1979
NYJ NYJ
16
55
1,158
21.1
72.4
0
33
8.8
18.1
0
18Bobby Rainey
B. Rainey
288
2015
TB TB
16
19
469
24.7
29.3
0
29
9.9
18.0
0
19Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
287
1991
NYG NYG
16
25
514
20.6
32.1
0
28
10.3
17.9
1
20Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
285
1975
STL STL
13
35
960
27.4
73.8
1
23
12.4
21.9
1
21Ken Jenkins
K. Jenkins
272
1985
WAS WAS
13
41
1,018
24.8
78.3
0
26
10.5
20.9
0
22Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
271
1992
WAS WAS
16
23
492
21.4
30.8
0
29
9.3
16.9
1
23Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
271
1947
PHI PHI
11
8
148
18.5
13.5
0
24
11.3
24.6
0
24Reggie Bush
R. Bush
270
2008
NO NO
10
0
0
0.0
0
20
13.5
27.0
3
25Reno Mahe
R. Mahe
269
2005
PHI PHI
15
1
19
19.0
1.3
0
21
12.8
17.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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22.0

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OPP PPG

27.8

30th

RUSH YDS/G

124.5

9th

PASS YDS/G

237.3

13th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
3
0
.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
5
1
.500
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3
8
0
.273
Giants Giants
2
10
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Mon
12/1
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NE NE
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
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NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
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NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
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@
LV LV
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
DAL DAL
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NYG NYG
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
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0
.833
Bills Bills
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4
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.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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5
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.545
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.500
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3
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3
1
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5
0
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6
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
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2
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
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KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
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NYJ NYJ
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Sat
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ATL ATL
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