most punt returns by a lions rookie in a game

Terry Fair, Ray Williams and Eddie Payton are tied for the most punt returns by a Lions rookie in a game, with 8 returns.

Interpreted as:
most punt returns by a lions rookie in a regular-season game
NAMEPRDATETMOPPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Terry Fair
T. Fair
8
11/8/1998
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
3
98
32.7
0
43
5.4
0
2Ray Williams
R. Williams
8
12/14/1980
DET DET
vs
TB TB
1
91
91.0
1
64
8.0
0
3Eddie Payton
E. Payton
8
11/20/1977
DET DET
vs
TB TB
2
40
20.0
0
58
7.3
0
4Ken Jenkins
K. Jenkins
7
11/20/1983
DET DET
@
GB GB
4
100
25.0
0
65
9.3
0
5Robbie Martin
R. Martin
6
11/22/1981
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
0
0
0
42
7.0
0
6Robbie Martin
R. Martin
6
9/27/1981
DET DET
vs
OAK OAK
0
0
0
76
12.7
0
7Ray Williams
R. Williams
6
12/21/1980
DET DET
vs
GB GB
2
31
15.5
0
53
8.8
0
8Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
5
12/8/2002
DET DET
@
ARI ARI
4
100
25.0
0
100
20.0
1
9Terry Fair
T. Fair
5
11/1/1998
DET DET
vs
ARI ARI
3
59
19.7
0
44
8.8
0
10Danny Bradley
D. Bradley
5
10/4/1987
DET DET
vs
TB TB
2
42
21.0
0
30
6.0
0
11Robbie Martin
R. Martin
5
12/20/1981
DET DET
vs
TB TB
4
105
26.3
0
56
11.2
0
12Robbie Martin
R. Martin
5
10/4/1981
DET DET
@
TB TB
2
39
19.5
0
45
9.0
0
13John Arnold
J. Arnold
5
11/22/1979
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
1
23
23.0
0
27
5.4
0
14Eddie Payton
E. Payton
5
11/6/1977
DET DET
vs
SD SD
1
26
26.0
0
58
11.6
0
15Larry Walton
L. Walton
5
12/7/1969
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
1
24
24.0
0
2
0.4
0
16Jamal Agnew
J. Agnew
4
12/16/2017
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
0
0
0
46
11.5
0
17Jamal Agnew
J. Agnew
4
11/12/2017
DET DET
vs
CLE CLE
0
0
0
56
14.0
0
18Jamal Agnew
J. Agnew
4
10/15/2017
DET DET
@
NO NO
1
24
24.0
0
106
26.5
1
19Devale Ellis
D. Ellis
4
12/24/2006
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
6
139
23.2
0
61
15.3
0
20Terry Fair
T. Fair
4
9/28/1998
DET DET
vs
TB TB
2
136
68.0
1
10
2.5
0
21Danny Bradley
D. Bradley
4
10/11/1987
DET DET
@
GB GB
3
70
23.3
0
11
2.8
0
22Ken Jenkins
K. Jenkins
4
10/23/1983
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
1
11
11.0
0
60
15.0
0
23Ken Jenkins
K. Jenkins
4
10/16/1983
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
1
30
30.0
0
56
14.0
0
24Ken Jenkins
K. Jenkins
4
10/9/1983
DET DET
vs
GB GB
1
19
19.0
0
30
7.5
0
25Robbie Martin
R. Martin
4
11/26/1981
DET DET
vs
KC KC
1
21
21.0
0
20
5.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for punt returns going back to the 1960 season.

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11
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0
.846
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.692
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6
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6
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6
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