most punt returns yards in a game by a saints rookie

Tyrone Hughes has the most punt-return yards by a Saints rookie in a game, with 128 yards versus the Rams on October 3, 1993.

Interpreted as:
most punt returns yards in a regular-season game by a saints rookie
NAMEPR YDSDATETMOPPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDPRPR AVGPR TD
1Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
128
10/3/1993
NO NO
@
RAM RAM
1
19
19.0
0
4
32.0
1
2Chad Morton
C. Morton
93
9/10/2000
NO NO
@
SD SD
6
138
23.0
0
4
23.3
0
3Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
83
12/26/1993
NO NO
@
PHI PHI
6
138
23.0
0
1
83.0
1
4Marcus Murphy
M. Murphy
82
9/27/2015
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
3
72
24.0
0
2
41.0
1
5Rich Mauti
R. Mauti
79
10/9/1977
NO NO
vs
SD SD
2
53
26.5
0
6
13.2
0
6Reggie Bush
R. Bush
75
10/8/2006
NO NO
vs
TB TB
0
0
0
3
25.0
1
7Gil Chapman
G. Chapman
73
10/12/1975
NO NO
vs
GB GB
4
81
20.3
0
5
14.6
0
8Marquez Callaway
M. Callaway
69
10/12/2020
NO NO
vs
LAC LAC
2
57
28.5
0
6
11.5
0
9Jalen Saunders
J. Saunders
68
12/7/2014
NO NO
vs
CAR CAR
0
0
0
3
22.7
0
10Vince Buck
V. Buck
64
12/31/1990
NO NO
vs
RAM RAM
0
0
0
5
12.8
0
11Jitter Fields
J. Fields
64
9/23/1984
NO NO
vs
STL STL
3
51
17.0
0
2
32.0
0
12Tommylee Lewis
T. Lewis
63
10/16/2016
NO NO
vs
CAR CAR
0
0
0
2
31.5
0
13Gil Chapman
G. Chapman
61
11/2/1975
NO NO
vs
ATL ATL
1
26
26.0
0
2
30.5
0
14Rashid Shaheed
R. Shaheed
59
12/5/2022
NO NO
@
TB TB
1
30
30.0
0
2
29.5
0
15Rich Mauti
R. Mauti
56
9/18/1977
NO NO
vs
GB GB
3
66
22.0
0
6
9.3
0
16Easop Winston
E. Winston
54
12/12/2021
NO NO
@
NYJ NYJ
0
0
0
4
13.5
0
17Robert Massey
R. Massey
54
12/24/1989
NO NO
vs
IND IND
0
0
0
0
0
18Deonte Harty
D. Harty
53
9/22/2019
NO NO
@
SEA SEA
2
60
30.0
0
3
17.7
1
19Rod Harris
R. Harris
51
11/6/1989
NO NO
@
SF SF
3
57
19.0
0
4
12.8
0
20Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
50
10/7/2001
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
3
89
29.7
0
4
12.5
0
21Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
49
9/24/1978
NO NO
@
CIN CIN
3
62
20.7
0
5
9.8
0
22Rod Harris
R. Harris
48
10/22/1989
NO NO
@
RAM RAM
3
65
21.7
0
5
9.6
0
23Deonte Harty
D. Harty
46
10/20/2019
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
3
54
18.0
0
5
9.2
0
24Vince Buck
V. Buck
46
12/2/1990
NO NO
@
DAL DAL
1
17
17.0
0
3
15.3
0
25Vince Buck
V. Buck
46
11/4/1990
NO NO
@
CIN CIN
0
0
0
4
11.5
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
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@
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4:25 PM
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@
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1:00 PM
Sun
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@
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1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
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@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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