Eddie Payton has the most return yards by a rookie running back in a game, with 289 yards versus the Vikings on December 17, 1977.
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most return yards by a rookie rb in a regular-season game| NAME | RET YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR AVG | PR TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | E. Payton | 289 | 12/17/1977 |  DET | vs |  MIN | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 1 | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 1 |
| 2 | | C. Smith | 259 | 11/2/2008 |  TB | @ |  KC | 6 | 232 | 38.7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 |
| 3 | | J. Scobey | 252 | 9/28/2003 |  ARI | @ |  STL | 7 | 252 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | | B.J. Sams | 250 | 10/4/2004 |  BAL | vs | KC | 6 | 183 | 30.5 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 1 |
| 5 | | F. Jones | 247 | 9/15/2008 |  DAL | vs |  PHI | 6 | 247 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | P. Thomas | 233 | 11/11/2007 |  NO | vs | STL | 8 | 233 | 29.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | C. Smith | 232 | 11/23/2008 | TB | @ | DET | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 1 |
| 8 | | M. Morris | 231 | 10/20/2002 |  SEA | @ | STL | 7 | 231 | 33.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | C. Morton | 231 | 9/10/2000 | NO | @ |  SD | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 |
| 10 | | D. Hall | 230 | 10/7/1979 |  CLE | vs |  PIT | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 |
| 11 | | S. Mitchell | 229 | 10/18/1981 |  STL | @ |  ATL | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 12 | | D. Wilson | 227 | 12/9/2012 |  NYG | vs | NO | 4 | 227 | 56.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | | R. Jenkins | 221 | 9/10/2000 | SD | vs | NO | 6 | 221 | 36.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | P. Palmer | 221 | 9/20/1987 | KC | @ | SEA | 9 | 221 | 24.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | D. Wilson | 217 | 9/30/2012 | NYG | @ | PHI | 6 | 217 | 36.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | J. Edwards | 217 | 10/21/1979 | MIN | vs |  CHI | 5 | 171 | 34.2 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 |
| 17 | | M. Thigpen | 213 | 9/9/2012 |  MIA | @ |  HOU | 5 | 137 | 27.4 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 1 |
| 18 | | C. Smith | 213 | 12/21/2008 | TB | vs | SD | 7 | 205 | 29.3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 19 | | M. Thigpen | 212 | 11/15/2012 | MIA | @ |  BUF | 5 | 181 | 36.2 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 |
| 20 | | K. Faulk | 210 | 10/24/1999 |  NE | vs |  DEN | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 21 | | T. Green | 209 | 9/10/1978 |  WAS | vs | PHI | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 1 |
| 22 | | B. Scott | 206 | 11/15/2009 |  CIN | @ | PIT | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | A. Carter | 206 | 12/21/1975 | NE | @ |  BAL | 6 | 206 | 34.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | J. Deloplaine | 205 | 9/26/1976 | PIT | vs | NE | 7 | 189 | 27.0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 25 | | R. Blackshear | 200 | 10/9/2022 |  CAR | vs |  SF | 7 | 200 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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