15 players are tied for the most touchdown returns by a rookie in a game, with 2 touchdown returns. The first three are Jeremy Chinn on November 29, 2020, Eddie Jackson on October 22, 2017 and Zach Brown on December 30, 2012.

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NFL player most return touchdowns in rookie regular-season game
11/29/2020 Chinn 10/22/2017 Jackson 12/30/2012 Brown 11/25/2012 Jenkins 12/11/2006 Hester 12/27/1992 Kinchen 12/21/1986 Sikahema 12/17/1977 Payton 11/8/1970 Parrish 11/12/1967 Williams 10/15/1967 Houston 11/27/1966 Owens 12/17/1961 Webb 12/3/1961 Frazier 12/11/1960 Franklin 12/31/2023 Brown 12/28/2023 Hickman 12/10/2023 Jackson 12/10/2023 Carter 11/6/2023 Davis 10/2/2023 Witherspoon 9/24/2023 Mims 9/17/2023 Jones 9/11/2023 Gipson 9/7/2023 Branch 1/8/2023 Ossai 12/25/2022 Durant 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
NAME RET TD DATE TM OPP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD
Jeremy Chinn Jeremy Chinn 2 11/29/2020
CAR CAR
@
MIN MIN
0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Jackson Eddie Jackson 2 10/22/2017
CHI CHI
vs
CAR CAR
0 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Brown Zach Brown 2 12/30/2012
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
0 0 0 0 0 0
Janoris Jenkins Janoris Jenkins 2 11/25/2012
STL STL
@
ARI ARI
0 0 0 0 0 0
Devin Hester Devin Hester 2 12/11/2006
CHI CHI
@
STL STL
4 225 56.3 2 1 21 21.0 0
Todd Kinchen Todd Kinchen 2 12/27/1992
RAM RAM
vs
ATL ATL
0 0 0 4 103 25.8 2
Vai Sikahema Vai Sikahema 2 12/21/1986
STL STL
vs
TB TB
2 42 21.0 0 4 145 36.3 2
Eddie Payton Eddie Payton 2 12/17/1977
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
5 184 36.8 1 3 105 35.0 1
Lemar Parrish Lemar Parrish 2 11/8/1970
CIN CIN
@
BUF BUF
2 144 72.0 1 0 0 0
Travis Williams Travis Williams 2 11/12/1967
GB GB
vs
CLE CLE
2 172 86.0 2 0 0 0
Ken Houston Ken Houston 2 10/15/1967
HOU HOU
@
NYJ NYJ
0 0 0 0 0 0
Brig Owens Brig Owens 2 11/27/1966
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Webb Don Webb 2 12/17/1961
BOS BOS
@
SD SD
0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Frazier Al Frazier 2 12/3/1961
DEN DEN
vs
BOS BOS
2 108 54.0 1 2 63 31.5 1
Bobby Franklin Bobby Franklin 2 12/11/1960
CLE CLE
vs
CHI CHI
0 0 0 0 0 0
Sydney Brown Sydney Brown 1 12/31/2023
PHI PHI
vs
ARI ARI
0 0 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Hickman Ronnie Hickman 1 12/28/2023
CLE CLE
vs
NYJ NYJ
0 0 0 0 0 0
D'Marco Jackson D'Marco Jackson 1 12/10/2023
NO NO
vs
CAR CAR
0 0 0 0 0 0
Jalen Carter Jalen Carter 1 12/10/2023
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
0 0 0 0 0 0
Derius Davis Derius Davis 1 11/6/2023
LAC LAC
@
NYJ NYJ
0 0 0 3 104 34.7 1
Devon Witherspoon Devon Witherspoon 1 10/2/2023
SEA SEA
@
NYG NYG
0 0 0 0 0 0
Marvin Mims Marvin Mims 1 9/24/2023
DEN DEN
@
MIA MIA
2 121 60.5 1 0 0 0
Charlie Jones Charlie Jones 1 9/17/2023
CIN CIN
vs
BAL BAL
0 0 0 1 81 81.0 1
Xavier Gipson Xavier Gipson 1 9/11/2023
NYJ NYJ
vs
BUF BUF
2 46 23.0 0 2 66 33.0 1
Brian Branch Brian Branch 1 9/7/2023
DET DET
@
KC KC
0 0 0 0 0 0
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