rookie kick return leaders in the nfl 2019

Steven Sims had the most kickoff returns by a rookie in 2019, with 32 returns.

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	NAME	KR	SEASON	TM	GP	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Steven Sims S. Sims	32	2019	WAS	16	819	25.6	51.2	1	6	26	4.3	1.6	0
2	Mecole Hardman Jr. M. Hardman Jr.	27	2019	KC	16	704	26.1	44.0	1	18	167	9.3	10.4	0
3	Deonte Harty D. Harty	24	2019	NO	14	644	26.8	46.0	0	36	338	9.4	24.1	1
4	Michael Walker M. Walker	18	2019	JAX	7	411	22.8	58.7	0	3	13	4.3	1.9	0
5	Diontae Spencer D. Spencer	15	2019	DEN	16	436	29.1	27.3	0	26	208	8.0	13.0	0
6	Miles Sanders M. Sanders	14	2019	PHI	16	314	22.4	19.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Kerrith Whyte Jr. K. Whyte Jr.	14	2019	PIT	6	264	18.9	44.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	14	2019	DAL	15	245	17.5	16.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Justice Hill J. Hill	12	2019	BAL	16	227	18.9	14.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Corey Ballentine C. Ballentine	10	2019	NYG	13	256	25.6	19.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Darius Slayton D. Slayton	9	2019	NYG	14	189	21.0	13.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Darrius Shepherd D. Shepherd	9	2019	GB	6	147	16.3	24.5	0	2	-9	-4.5	-1.5	0
13	Parris Campbell P. Campbell	7	2019	IND	7	175	25.0	25.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Reggie Bonnafon R. Bonnafon	6	2019	CAR	16	111	18.5	6.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Kendall Sheffield K. Sheffield	6	2019	ATL	16	106	17.7	6.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Travis Homer T. Homer	5	2019	SEA	16	109	21.8	6.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Andy Isabella A. Isabella	5	2019	ARI	15	105	21.0	7.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Greg Dortch G. Dortch	5	2019	CAR	2	119	23.8	59.5	0	4	28	7.0	14.0	0
19	D'Ernest Johnson D. Johnson	5	2019	CLE	16	129	25.8	8.1	0	2	9	4.5	0.6	0
20	Braxton Berrios B. Berrios	4	2019	NYJ	16	48	12.0	3.0	0	21	240	11.4	15.0	0
21	Cedrick Wilson Jr. C. Wilson Jr.	3	2019	DAL	6	64	21.3	10.7	0	2	13	6.5	2.2	0
22	Keisean Nixon K. Nixon	3	2019	OAK	14	63	21.0	4.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Darrell Henderson D. Henderson	3	2019	LAR	13	58	19.3	4.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Ashton Dulin A. Dulin	3	2019	IND	13	90	30.0	6.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Ty Johnson T. Johnson	3	2019	DET	16	58	19.3	3.6	0	0	0		0.0	0

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Giants	3	1	.750
Eagles	2	2	.500
Cowboys	2	2	.500
Commanders	1	3	.250

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	NYG	@	WAS	1:00 PM
Mon 10/19	WAS	@	SF	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	PHI	@	WAS	8:20 PM
Sun 11/8	LAR	@	WAS	1:00 PM
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Rush Yards Rankings

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181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

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292.8

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Sack Leaders

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Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
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Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
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