nfl most return yards for a player in 2021 for a defensive player

Ray-Ray McCloud had the most return yards in 2021, with 1,143 yards.

	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	Ray-Ray McCloud R. McCloud	1,143	2021	PIT	16	35	776	22.2	48.5	0	38	367	9.7	22.9	0
2	Andre Roberts A. Roberts	1,109	2021	TOT	16	37	1,010	27.3	63.1	1	20	99	5.0	6.2	0
3	Braxton Berrios B. Berrios	1,053	2021	NYJ	16	28	852	30.4	53.3	1	15	201	13.4	12.6	0
4	DeAndre Carter D. Carter	1,038	2021	WAS	17	36	904	25.1	53.2	1	16	134	8.4	7.9	0
5	Devin Duvernay D. Duvernay	1,036	2021	BAL	16	28	676	24.1	42.3	0	26	360	13.8	22.5	0
6	Deonte Harty D. Harty	889	2021	NO	13	29	690	23.8	53.1	0	21	199	9.5	15.3	0
7	Jakeem Grant J. Grant	848	2021	TOT	15	23	539	23.4	35.9	0	26	309	11.9	20.6	1
8	DeeJay Dallas D. Dallas	764	2021	SEA	17	33	764	23.2	44.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Isaiah McKenzie I. McKenzie	731	2021	BUF	15	24	584	24.3	38.9	0	19	147	7.7	9.8	0
10	Gunner Olszewski G. Olszewski	725	2021	NE	16	18	416	23.1	26.0	0	26	309	11.9	19.3	0
11	Godwin Igwebuike G. Igwebuike	697	2021	DET	17	28	697	24.9	41.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Khalil Herbert K. Herbert	650	2021	CHI	17	27	650	24.1	38.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah	646	2021	TOT	17	29	646	22.3	38.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Avery Williams A. Williams	643	2021	ATL	15	23	490	21.3	32.7	0	20	153	7.7	10.2	0
15	Byron Pringle B. Pringle	621	2021	KC	17	25	621	24.8	36.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jamal Agnew J. Agnew	599	2021	JAX	10	22	525	23.9	52.5	1	11	74	6.7	7.4	0
17	Kene Nwangwu K. Nwangwu	579	2021	MIN	11	18	579	32.2	52.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
18	Chester Rogers C. Rogers	575	2021	TEN	16	14	282	20.1	17.6	0	30	293	9.8	18.3	0
19	Tremon Smith T. Smith	538	2021	HOU	17	21	537	25.6	31.6	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
20	Isaiah Rodgers I. Rodgers	501	2021	IND	17	19	501	26.4	29.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jaelon Darden J. Darden	501	2021	TB	9	18	359	19.9	39.9	0	19	142	7.5	15.8	0
22	Diontae Spencer D. Spencer	497	2021	DEN	15	17	291	17.1	19.4	0	26	206	7.9	13.7	0
23	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	489	2021	DAL	15	17	489	28.8	32.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Jalen Reagor J. Reagor	482	2021	PHI	17	12	255	21.3	15.0	0	31	227	7.3	13.4	0
25	Rondale Moore R. Moore	462	2021	ARI	14	13	291	22.4	20.8	0	21	171	8.1	12.2	0

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