nfl rookie player most kickoff return yard in a game in week 1

Terry Fair has the most kick-return yards by a rookie in a Week-1 game, with 244 yards against the Packers on September 6, 1998.

NAME KR YDS DATE TM OPP KR KR AVG KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD
1 Terry Fair
T. Fair
244
9/6/1998
DET DET
@
GB GB
6
40.7
1
2
23
11.5
0
2 Ahmad Bradshaw
A. Bradshaw
193
9/9/2007
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
7
27.6
0
0
0
0
3 Justin Miller
J. Miller
182
9/11/2005
NYJ NYJ
@
KC KC
6
30.3
0
1
0
0.0
0
4 Aaron Brown
A. Brown
180
9/13/2009
DET DET
@
NO NO
5
36.0
0
0
0
0
5 Rich Erenberg
R. Erenberg
174
9/2/1984
PIT PIT
vs
KC KC
7
24.9
0
0
0
0
6 John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
172
9/17/1967
NO NO
vs
LA LA
4
43.0
1
2
1
0.5
0
7 Devin Moore
D. Moore
155
9/12/2010
IND IND
@
HOU HOU
7
22.1
0
0
0
0
8 Lorenzo Hampton
L. Hampton
153
9/8/1985
MIA MIA
@
HOU HOU
6
25.5
0
0
0
0
9 Jon Henderson
J. Henderson
153
9/15/1968
PIT PIT
vs
NYG NYG
5
30.6
0
0
0
0
10 Chris Carr
C. Carr
151
9/8/2005
OAK OAK
@
NE NE
6
25.2
0
3
15
5.0
0
11 Ronnie Blye
R. Blye
151
9/15/1968
NYG NYG
@
PIT PIT
3
50.3
0
0
0
0
12 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
146
9/11/2005
SD SD
vs
DAL DAL
4
36.5
0
2
25
12.5
0
13 Nat Moore
N. Moore
146
9/15/1974
MIA MIA
@
NE NE
5
29.2
0
2
15
7.5
0
14 Rocky Thompson
R. Thompson
145
9/19/1971
NYG NYG
@
GB GB
5
29.0
0
0
0
0
15 Goldie Sellers
G. Sellers
144
9/3/1966
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
4
36.0
1
0
0
0
16 Marcus Thigpen
M. Thigpen
137
9/9/2012
MIA MIA
@
HOU HOU
5
27.4
0
2
76
38.0
1
17 John Love
J. Love
136
9/17/1967
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
3
45.3
1
3
14
4.7
0
18 Randall Cobb
R. Cobb
135
9/8/2011
GB GB
vs
NO NO
2
67.5
1
1
5
5.0
0
19 Antonio Chatman
A. Chatman
134
9/7/2003
GB GB
vs
MIN MIN
6
22.3
0
2
13
6.5
0
20 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
134
9/9/2001
CAR CAR
@
MIN MIN
3
44.7
1
3
25
8.3
0
21 Willie Tullis
W. Tullis
134
9/6/1981
HOU HOU
@
LA LA
3
44.7
1
0
0
0
22 Arlen Harris
A. Harris
133
9/7/2003
STL STL
@
NYG NYG
6
22.2
0
2
23
11.5
0
23 Courtney Roby
C. Roby
132
9/11/2005
TEN TEN
@
PIT PIT
6
22.0
0
0
0
0
24 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
132
9/14/1969
MIA MIA
@
CIN CIN
2
66.0
1
0
0
0
25 Reggie Swinton
R. Swinton
131
9/9/2001
DAL DAL
vs
TB TB
3
43.7
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
Packers Packers
11
6
0
.647
Bears Bears
5
12
0
.294
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
DET DET
@
GB GB
4:25 PM
Sun
9/14
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Mon
9/22
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Last Game
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Final

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
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Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
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9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
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Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
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Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
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Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
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@
PHI PHI
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Fri
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KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
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PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM