nfl player most kickoff return touchdown in week 1

Chad Morton has the most kick-return touchdowns in a Week-1 game, with 2 touchdowns versus the Bills on September 8, 2002.

NAMEKR TDDATETMOPPKRKR YDSKR AVGPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Chad Morton
C. Morton
2
9/8/2002
@
6
278
46.3
0
0
0
2DeeJay Dallas
D. Dallas
1
9/8/2024
@
3
123
41.0
0
0
0
3Darius Jennings
D. Jennings
1
9/9/2018
@
2
121
60.5
0
0
0
4Jakeem Grant
J. Grant
1
9/9/2018
vs
2
125
62.5
1
-1
-1.0
0
5Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
1
9/11/2011
@
1
103
103.0
0
0
0
6Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
1
9/11/2011
vs
4
176
44.0
5
92
18.4
1
7Randall Cobb
R. Cobb
1
9/8/2011
vs
2
135
67.5
1
5
5.0
0
8Brandon Tate
B. Tate
1
9/12/2010
vs
4
184
46.0
1
4
4.0
0
9Ellis Hobbs
E. Hobbs
1
9/9/2007
@
3
156
52.0
0
0
0
10Willie Ponder
W. Ponder
1
9/11/2005
vs
4
191
47.8
0
0
0
11Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
1
9/9/2001
@
3
134
44.7
3
25
8.3
0
12Michael Bates
M. Bates
1
9/3/2000
@
4
164
41.0
0
0
0
13Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
1
9/6/1998
vs
5
197
39.4
1
4
4.0
0
14Terry Fair
T. Fair
1
9/6/1998
@
6
244
40.7
2
23
11.5
0
15Roell Preston
R. Preston
1
9/6/1998
vs
4
163
40.8
1
0
0.0
0
16Eric Guliford
E. Guliford
1
8/31/1997
@
4
168
42.0
4
64
16.0
0
17Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
1
9/3/1995
@
2
111
55.5
6
63
10.5
0
18Randy Baldwin
R. Baldwin
1
9/4/1994
@
2
113
56.5
0
0
0
19Tim Brown
T. Brown
1
9/4/1988
vs
2
113
56.5
4
44
11.0
0
20Paul Palmer
P. Palmer
1
9/13/1987
vs
3
115
38.3
0
0
0
21Dennis Gentry
D. Gentry
1
9/7/1986
vs
1
91
91.0
0
0
0
22Willie Tullis
W. Tullis
1
9/6/1981
@
3
134
44.7
0
0
0
23Drew Hill
D. Hill
1
9/7/1980
vs
5
149
29.8
0
0
0
24Harold Hart
H. Hart
1
9/22/1975
@
3
159
53.0
0
0
0
25Cullen Bryant
C. Bryant
1
9/15/1974
@
1
84
84.0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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