nfl player most kickoff return touchdowns first season in career

Travis Williams had the most kick-return touchdowns by a player in his first season, with 4 touchdowns in his rookie season.

	NAME	KR TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Travis Williams T. Williams	4	1967	GB	14	18	739	41.1	52.8	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jacoby Ford J. Ford	3	2010	OAK	16	53	1,280	24.2	80.0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Darrick Vaughn D. Vaughn	3	2000	ATL	16	39	1,082	27.7	67.6	0	0		0.0	0
4	Raymond Clayborn R. Clayborn	3	1977	NE	14	28	869	31.0	62.1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Kene Nwangwu K. Nwangwu	2	2021	MIN	11	18	579	32.2	52.6	0	0		0.0	0
6	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	2	2013	MIN	16	43	1,393	32.4	87.1	0	0		0.0	0
7	Percy Harvin P. Harvin	2	2009	MIN	15	42	1,156	27.5	77.1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Devin Hester D. Hester	2	2006	CHI	16	20	528	26.4	33.0	47	600	12.8	37.5	3
9	Jerome Mathis J. Mathis	2	2005	HOU	12	54	1,542	28.6	128.5	12	68	5.7	5.7	0
10	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	2	2001	CAR	15	56	1,431	25.6	95.4	34	364	10.7	24.3	1
11	Terry Fair T. Fair	2	1998	DET	14	51	1,428	28.0	102.0	30	189	6.3	13.5	0
12	Byron Hanspard B. Hanspard	2	1997	ATL	16	40	987	24.7	61.7	0	0		0.0	0
13	Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	2	1995	KC	15	43	1,095	25.5	73.0	51	540	10.6	36.0	1
14	Andre Coleman A. Coleman	2	1994	SD	13	49	1,293	26.4	99.5	0	0		0.0	0
15	Paul Palmer P. Palmer	2	1987	KC	12	38	923	24.3	76.9	0	0		0.0	0
16	Wally Francis W. Francis	2	1973	BUF	12	23	687	29.9	57.3	0	0		0.0	0
17	Ron Jessie R. Jessie	2	1971	DET	14	16	470	29.4	33.6	0	0		0.0	0
18	Ike Thomas I. Thomas	2	1971	DAL	7	7	295	42.1	42.1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Goldie Sellers G. Sellers	2	1966	DEN	14	19	541	28.5	38.6	6	49	8.2	3.5	0
20	Leon Burton L. Burton	2	1960	NYT	14	30	862	28.7	61.6	12	93	7.8	6.6	0
21	Lenny Lyles L. Lyles	2	1958	BAL	12	11	398	36.2	33.2	0	0		0.0	0
22	Les Goble L. Goble	2	1954	CHC	12	27	749	27.7	62.4	22	51	2.3	4.3	0
23	Ollie Matson O. Matson	2	1952	CHC	12	20	624	31.2	52.0	9	86	9.6	7.2	0
24	Marvin Mims Jr. M. Mims Jr.	1	2023	DEN	16	15	397	26.5	24.8	19	312	16.4	19.5	0
25	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	1	2020	DAL	16	1	47	47.0	2.9	24	172	7.2	10.8	0

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