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.

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Data note: Kick-Return Yards: player season data complete from 1941

	NAME	KR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Chris Carr C. Carr	1,752	2005	OAK	16	73	24.0	109.5	0	34	186	5.5	11.6	0
2	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	1,684	2003	ARI	15	73	23.1	112.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
3	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	1,618	2009	STL	14	66	24.5	115.6	0	31	360	11.6	25.7	0
4	Chimere Dike C. Dike	1,588	2025	TEN	17	62	25.6	93.4	0	23	398	17.3	23.4	2
5	Justin Miller J. Miller	1,577	2005	NYJ	16	60	26.3	98.6	1	6	9	1.5	0.6	0
6	Tab Perry T. Perry	1,562	2005	CIN	16	64	24.4	97.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jerome Mathis J. Mathis	1,542	2005	HOU	12	54	28.6	128.5	2	12	68	5.7	5.7	0
8	David Wilson D. Wilson	1,533	2012	NYG	16	57	26.9	95.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
9	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	1,531	2000	SD	16	67	22.9	95.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Marc Mariani M. Mariani	1,530	2010	TEN	16	60	25.5	95.6	1	27	329	12.2	20.6	1
11	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	1,528	2005	SD	15	63	24.3	101.9	0	18	108	6.0	7.2	0
12	Myles Price M. Price	1,479	2025	MIN	16	57	25.9	92.4	0	30	298	9.9	18.6	0
13	Leodis McKelvin L. McKelvin	1,468	2008	BUF	16	52	28.2	91.8	1	2	26	13.0	1.6	0
14	Stefan Logan S. Logan	1,466	2009	PIT	16	55	26.7	91.6	0	30	280	9.3	17.5	0
15	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	1,433	2007	MIA	16	63	22.7	89.6	0	24	230	9.6	14.4	1
16	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	1,431	2001	CAR	15	56	25.6	95.4	2	34	364	10.7	24.3	1
17	Terry Fair T. Fair	1,428	1998	DET	14	51	28.0	102.0	2	30	189	6.3	13.5	0
18	Wes Welker W. Welker	1,415	2004	TOT	15	61	23.2	94.3	1	43	464	10.8	30.9	0
19	Tyson Thompson T. Thompson	1,399	2005	DAL	15	57	24.5	93.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	1,393	2013	MIN	16	43	32.4	87.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
21	Steve Breaston S. Breaston	1,391	2007	ARI	16	62	22.4	86.9	0	42	395	9.4	24.7	1
22	Buster Rhymes B. Rhymes	1,345	1985	MIN	15	53	25.4	89.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Reggie Swinton R. Swinton	1,327	2001	DAL	15	56	23.7	88.5	0	31	414	13.4	27.6	1
24	Quintin Demps Q. Demps	1,314	2008	PHI	16	52	25.3	82.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Tony Horne T. Horne	1,306	1998	STL	16	56	23.3	81.6	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0

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Chiefs	5	1	.833
Broncos	5	2	.714
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Chargers	0	6	.000

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Sun 11/1	LV	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	LV	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 11/15	SEA	@	LV	4:05 PM
Sun 11/22	LV	@	DEN	4:25 PM
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Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
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Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
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Broncos	5	2	0	.714
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