what is the most kick return yards in a single season as a rookie

Chris Carr has the most kick-return yards by a rookie, with 1,752 yards in 2005.

NAMEKR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Chris Carr
C. Carr
1,752
2005
OAK OAK
16
73
24.0
109.5
0
34
186
5.5
11.6
0
2Josh Scobey
J. Scobey
1,684
2003
ARI ARI
15
73
23.1
112.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
3Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
1,618
2009
STL STL
14
66
24.5
115.6
0
31
360
11.6
25.7
0
4Justin Miller
J. Miller
1,577
2005
NYJ NYJ
16
60
26.3
98.6
1
6
9
1.5
0.6
0
5Tab Perry
T. Perry
1,562
2005
CIN CIN
16
64
24.4
97.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Jerome Mathis
J. Mathis
1,542
2005
HOU HOU
12
54
28.6
128.5
2
12
68
5.7
5.7
0
7David Wilson
D. Wilson
1,533
2012
NYG NYG
16
57
26.9
95.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Ronney Jenkins
R. Jenkins
1,531
2000
SD SD
16
67
22.9
95.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
9Marc Mariani
M. Mariani
1,530
2010
TEN TEN
16
60
25.5
95.6
1
27
329
12.2
20.6
1
10Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
1,528
2005
SD SD
15
63
24.3
101.9
0
18
108
6.0
7.2
0
11Leodis McKelvin
L. McKelvin
1,468
2008
BUF BUF
16
52
28.2
91.8
1
2
26
13.0
1.6
0
12Stefan Logan
S. Logan
1,466
2009
PIT PIT
16
55
26.7
91.6
0
30
280
9.3
17.5
0
13Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
1,433
2007
MIA MIA
16
63
22.7
89.6
0
24
230
9.6
14.4
1
14Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
1,431
2001
CAR CAR
15
56
25.6
95.4
2
34
364
10.7
24.3
1
15Terry Fair
T. Fair
1,428
1998
DET DET
14
51
28.0
102.0
2
30
189
6.3
13.5
0
16Wes Welker
W. Welker
1,415
2004
TOT
15
61
23.2
94.3
1
43
464
10.8
30.9
0
17Tyson Thompson
T. Thompson
1,399
2005
DAL DAL
15
57
24.5
93.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
1,393
2013
MIN MIN
16
43
32.4
87.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
19Steve Breaston
S. Breaston
1,391
2007
ARI ARI
16
62
22.4
86.9
0
42
395
9.4
24.7
1
20Buster Rhymes
B. Rhymes
1,345
1985
MIN MIN
15
53
25.4
89.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Reggie Swinton
R. Swinton
1,327
2001
DAL DAL
15
56
23.7
88.5
0
31
414
13.4
27.6
1
22Chimere Dike
C. Dike
1,323
2025
TEN TEN
13
51
25.9
101.8
0
18
359
19.9
27.6
2
23Quintin Demps
Q. Demps
1,314
2008
PHI PHI
16
52
25.3
82.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Tony Horne
T. Horne
1,306
1998
STL STL
16
56
23.3
81.6
1
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
25Andre Coleman
A. Coleman
1,293
1994
SD SD
13
49
26.4
99.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
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