most return touchdown by a rookie in a season

Devin Hester has scored the most touchdown returns by a rookie, with 6 touchdown returns in 2006.

	NAME	RET TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Devin Hester D. Hester	6	2006	CHI	16	20	528	26.4	33.0	2	47	600	12.8	37.5	3
2	Janoris Jenkins J. Jenkins	4	2012	STL	15	0	0		0.0	0	9	46	5.1	3.1	0
3	Patrick Peterson P. Peterson	4	2011	ARI	16	0	0		0.0	0	44	699	15.9	43.7	4
4	Travis Williams T. Williams	4	1967	GB	14	18	739	41.1	52.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
5	Don Webb D. Webb	4	1961	BOS	14	1	21	21.0	1.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jack Christiansen J. Christiansen	4	1951	DET	12	11	270	24.5	22.5	0	18	343	19.1	28.6	4
7	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	3	2016	KC	16	14	384	27.4	24.0	1	39	592	15.2	37.0	2
8	Jacoby Ford J. Ford	3	2010	OAK	16	53	1,280	24.2	80.0	3	0	0		0.0	0
9	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	3	2001	CAR	15	56	1,431	25.6	95.4	2	34	364	10.7	24.3	1
10	Darrick Vaughn D. Vaughn	3	2000	ATL	16	39	1,082	27.7	67.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
11	Terrence Wilkins T. Wilkins	3	1999	IND	16	51	1,134	22.2	70.9	1	41	388	9.5	24.3	1
12	Darren Sharper D. Sharper	3	1997	GB	14	1	3	3.0	0.2	0	7	32	4.6	2.3	0
13	Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	3	1995	KC	15	43	1,095	25.5	73.0	2	51	540	10.6	36.0	1
14	Dewayne Washington D. Washington	3	1994	MIN	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	3	1993	NO	16	30	753	25.1	47.1	1	37	503	13.6	31.4	2
16	Dale Carter D. Carter	3	1992	KC	16	11	190	17.3	11.9	0	38	398	10.5	24.9	2
17	Charles Mincy C. Mincy	3	1992	KC	16	0	0		0.0	0	1	4	4.0	0.3	0
18	Ronnie Lott R. Lott	3	1981	SF	16	7	111	15.9	6.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Raymond Clayborn R. Clayborn	3	1977	NE	14	28	869	31.0	62.1	3	0	0		0.0	0
20	Tom Hayes T. Hayes	3	1971	ATL	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Lemar Parrish L. Parrish	3	1970	CIN	14	16	482	30.1	34.4	1	23	194	8.4	13.9	1
22	George Atkinson G. Atkinson	3	1968	OAK	14	32	802	25.1	57.3	0	36	490	13.6	35.0	2
23	Lem Barney L. Barney	3	1967	DET	14	5	87	17.4	6.2	0	4	14	3.5	1.0	0
24	Ken Houston K. Houston	3	1967	HOU	14	2	40	20.0	2.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Dave Webster D. Webster	3	1960	DLT	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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