most return yards by a rookie running back in season

B.J. Sams has the most return yards by a rookie running back, with 1,826 yards in 2004.

	NAME	RET YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	B.J. Sams	1,826	2004	BAL	16	59	1,251	21.2	78.2	0	55	575	10.5	35.9	2
2	Stefan Logan S. Logan	1,746	2009	PIT	16	55	1,466	26.7	91.6	0	30	280	9.3	17.5	0
3	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	1,737	1981	STL	16	55	1,292	23.5	80.8	0	42	445	10.6	27.8	1
4	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	1,684	2003	ARI	15	73	1,684	23.1	112.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	1,636	2005	SD	15	63	1,528	24.3	101.9	0	18	108	6.0	7.2	0
6	David Wilson D. Wilson	1,533	2012	NYG	16	57	1,533	26.9	95.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
7	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	1,531	2000	SD	16	67	1,531	22.9	95.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1,460	1977	NYJ	14	42	1,035	24.6	73.9	0	34	425	12.5	30.4	0
9	Tyson Thompson T. Thompson	1,399	2005	DAL	15	57	1,399	24.5	93.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Mack Herron M. Herron	1,374	1973	NE	14	41	1,092	26.6	78.0	1	27	282	10.4	20.1	0
11	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	1,369	1986	STL	16	37	847	22.9	52.9	0	43	522	12.1	32.6	2
12	Marcus Thigpen M. Thigpen	1,356	2012	MIA	16	38	1,040	27.4	65.0	1	26	316	12.2	19.8	1
13	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	1,322	1979	MIA	16	45	1,016	22.6	63.5	0	28	306	10.9	19.1	1
14	Clifton Smith C. Smith	1,316	2008	TB	9	36	992	27.6	110.2	1	23	324	14.1	36.0	1
15	Tony Green T. Green	1,313	1978	WAS	16	34	870	25.6	54.4	1	42	443	10.5	27.7	1
16	Dino Hall D. Hall	1,309	1979	CLE	11	50	1,014	20.3	92.2	0	29	295	10.2	26.8	0
17	Mercury Morris M. Morris	1,308	1969	MIA	14	43	1,136	26.4	81.1	1	25	172	6.9	12.3	0
18	Chad Morton C. Morton	1,307	2000	NO	16	44	1,029	23.4	64.3	0	30	278	9.3	17.4	0
19	Jimmy Edwards J. Edwards	1,289	1979	MIN	14	44	1,103	25.1	78.8	0	33	186	5.6	13.3	0
20	James Jones J. Jones	1,268	1980	DAL	16	32	720	22.5	45.0	0	54	548	10.1	34.3	0
21	LaRod Stephens-Howling L. Stephens-Howling	1,257	2009	ARI	16	52	1,257	24.2	78.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	Deji Karim D. Karim	1,248	2010	JAX	11	50	1,248	25.0	113.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	James Brooks J. Brooks	1,239	1981	SD	14	40	949	23.7	67.8	0	22	290	13.2	20.7	0
24	Floyd Little F. Little	1,212	1967	DEN	13	35	942	26.9	72.5	0	16	270	16.9	20.8	1
25	Arlen Harris A. Harris	1,211	2003	STL	16	51	1,175	23.0	73.4	0	7	36	5.1	2.3	0

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