Lew Barnes has the most punt returns by a rookie, with 57 returns in 1986.

	NAME	PR	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Lew Barnes L. Barnes	57	1986	CHI	16	3	94	31.3	5.9	1	482	8.5	30.1	0
2	B.J. Sams	55	2004	BAL	16	59	1,251	21.2	78.2	0	575	10.5	35.9	2
3	James Jones J. Jones	54	1980	DAL	16	32	720	22.5	45.0	0	548	10.1	34.3	0
4	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	53	1984	PIT	14	0	0		0.0	0	656	12.4	46.9	1
5	Winslow Oliver W. Oliver	52	1996	CAR	16	7	160	22.9	10.0	0	598	11.5	37.4	1
6	Leon Bright L. Bright	52	1981	NYG	15	25	481	19.2	32.1	0	410	7.9	27.3	0
7	Robbie Martin R. Martin	52	1981	DET	16	25	509	20.4	31.8	0	450	8.7	28.1	1
8	Leon Johnson L. Johnson	51	1997	NYJ	16	12	319	26.6	19.9	1	619	12.1	38.7	1
9	Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	51	1995	KC	15	43	1,095	25.5	73.0	2	540	10.6	36.0	1
10	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	50	2008	PHI	16	1	12	12.0	0.8	0	440	8.8	27.5	1
11	Alvin Pearman A. Pearman	49	2005	JAX	16	8	187	23.4	11.7	0	410	8.4	25.6	0
12	Tim Brown T. Brown	49	1988	RAI	16	41	1,098	26.8	68.6	1	444	9.1	27.8	0
13	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	48	1980	WAS	16	38	810	21.3	50.6	0	487	10.1	30.4	0
14	Kevin Miller K. Miller	48	1978	MIN	16	40	854	21.4	53.4	0	239	5.0	14.9	0
15	Neal Colzie N. Colzie	48	1975	OAK	13	0	0		0.0	0	655	13.6	50.4	0
16	Devin Hester D. Hester	47	2006	CHI	16	20	528	26.4	33.0	2	600	12.8	37.5	3
17	R.W. McQuarters	47	1998	SF	16	17	339	19.9	21.2	0	406	8.6	25.4	1
18	Carl Roaches C. Roaches	47	1980	HOU	16	37	746	20.2	46.6	0	384	8.2	24.0	0
19	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	46	1989	NYG	16	27	577	21.4	36.1	0	582	12.7	36.4	1
20	Phil McConkey P. McConkey	46	1984	NYG	13	28	541	19.3	41.6	0	306	6.7	23.5	0
21	Mike Haynes M. Haynes	45	1976	NE	14	0	0		0.0	0	608	13.5	43.4	2
22	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	45	1976	DAL	14	28	693	24.8	49.5	0	489	10.9	34.9	0
23	Patrick Peterson P. Peterson	44	2011	ARI	16	0	0		0.0	0	699	15.9	43.7	4
24	Chris Watson C. Watson	44	1999	DEN	14	48	1,138	23.7	81.3	0	334	7.6	23.9	1
25	Nesby Glasgow N. Glasgow	44	1979	BAL	16	50	1,126	22.5	70.4	0	352	8.0	22.0	1

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