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

Amani Toomer has gained the most punt-return yards by a rookie in a Week-1 game, with 113 yards versus the Bills on September 1, 1996.

NAME PR YDS DATE TM OPP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD PR PR AVG PR TD
1 Amani Toomer
A. Toomer
113
9/1/1996
NYG NYG
vs
BUF BUF
3
56
18.7
0
4
28.3
1
2 Bill Schroeder
B. Schroeder
107
9/1/1997
GB GB
vs
CHI CHI
2
53
26.5
0
5
21.4
0
3 Devin Hester
D. Hester
104
9/10/2006
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
0
0
0
5
20.8
1
4 Bobby Joe Edmonds
B. Joe Edmonds
101
9/7/1986
SEA SEA
vs
PIT PIT
1
28
28.0
0
4
25.3
0
5 Dexter McCluster
D. McCluster
100
9/13/2010
KC KC
vs
SD SD
0
0
0
3
33.3
1
6 Patrick Peterson
P. Peterson
98
9/11/2011
ARI ARI
vs
CAR CAR
0
0
0
2
49.0
1
7 DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
97
9/7/2008
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
0
0
0
8
12.1
0
8 Alvin Wyatt
A. Wyatt
94
9/20/1970
OAK OAK
@
CIN CIN
0
0
0
4
23.5
1
9 Buddy Hardeman
B. Hardeman
91
9/2/1979
WAS WAS
vs
HOU HOU
1
21
21.0
0
3
30.3
0
10 Lenny Dunlap
L. Dunlap
87
9/19/1971
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
0
0
0
5
17.4
0
11 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
83
9/10/1989
ATL ATL
vs
RAM RAM
0
0
0
2
41.5
1
12 Russell Copeland
R. Copeland
82
9/5/1993
BUF BUF
vs
NE NE
0
0
0
4
20.5
1
13 Alvin Garrett
A. Garrett
82
9/7/1980
NYG NYG
@
STL STL
0
0
0
2
41.0
0
14 Payton Williams
P. Williams
80
9/3/2000
IND IND
@
KC KC
2
33
16.5
0
4
20.0
0
15 Dale Carter
D. Carter
78
9/6/1992
KC KC
@
SD SD
0
0
0
4
19.5
1
16 Marcus Thigpen
M. Thigpen
76
9/9/2012
MIA MIA
@
HOU HOU
5
137
27.4
0
2
38.0
1
17 Gene Mingo
G. Mingo
76
9/9/1960
DEN DEN
@
BOS BOS
1
24
24.0
0
1
76.0
1
18 Otis Amey
O. Amey
75
9/11/2005
SF SF
vs
STL STL
1
17
17.0
0
1
75.0
1
19 Patrick Robinson
P. Robinson
70
9/5/1993
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
3
74
24.7
0
5
14.0
0
20 Xavier Gipson
X. Gipson
66
9/11/2023
NYJ NYJ
vs
BUF BUF
2
46
23.0
0
2
33.0
1
21 Tyler Lockett
T. Lockett
63
9/13/2015
SEA SEA
@
STL STL
2
56
28.0
0
2
31.5
1
22 Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
63
9/1/1996
CAR CAR
vs
ATL ATL
1
33
33.0
0
3
21.0
0
23 Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
63
9/3/1995
KC KC
@
SEA SEA
2
111
55.5
1
6
10.5
0
24 Kyle Philips
K. Philips
62
9/11/2022
TEN TEN
vs
NYG NYG
0
0
0
4
15.5
0
25 Javier Arenas
J. Arenas
60
9/13/2010
KC KC
vs
SD SD
3
59
19.7
0
2
30.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

16.1

31st

OPP PPG

24.4

21st

RUSH YDS/G

104.9

23rd

PASS YDS/G

207.1

29th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
9/14
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
KC KC
@
NYG NYG
8:20 PM
Sun
9/28
LAC LAC
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Last Game
PHI Eagles

14 - 3 - 0

20

Final

13

NYG Giants

3 - 14 - 0

Sun 5 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

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
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
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

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
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