what is the most kickoff return touchdowns by an nfl player in the first 4 seasons

Gale Sayers had the most kick-return touchdowns by a player in his first 4 seasons, with 6 touchdowns.

NAMEKR TDGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6
50
77
2,442
31.7
48.8
27
391
14.5
7.8
2
2Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
5
64
134
4,075
30.4
63.7
1
9
9.0
0.1
0
3Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
5
54
114
3,183
27.9
58.9
0
0
0.0
0
4Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
5
61
209
5,507
26.3
90.3
65
689
10.6
11.3
1
5Justin Miller
J. Miller
5
42
141
3,745
26.6
89.2
6
9
1.5
0.2
0
6Travis Williams
T. Williams
5
48
77
2,058
26.7
42.9
12
209
17.4
4.4
1
7Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
4
39
71
2,036
28.7
52.2
0
0
0.0
0
8Jacoby Ford
J. Ford
4
38
75
1,874
25.0
49.3
9
77
8.6
2.0
0
9Devin Hester
D. Hester
4
60
101
2,297
22.7
38.3
145
1,636
11.3
27.3
7
10Leon Washington
L. Washington
4
55
117
2,986
25.5
54.3
64
599
9.4
10.9
0
11Terrence McGee
T. McGee
4
60
158
4,276
27.1
71.3
0
0
0.0
0
12Darrick Vaughn
D. Vaughn
4
48
103
2,620
25.4
54.6
0
0
0.0
0
13Tony Horne
T. Horne
4
39
143
3,577
25.0
91.7
7
38
5.4
1.0
0
14Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
4
56
168
4,213
25.1
75.2
130
1,303
10.0
23.3
2
15Andre Coleman
A. Coleman
4
54
193
4,466
23.1
82.7
33
331
10.0
6.1
1
16Jon Vaughn
J. Vaughn
4
61
103
2,390
23.2
39.2
0
0
0.0
0
17Ron Brown
R. Brown
4
55
91
2,293
25.2
41.7
0
0
0.0
0
18Cecil Turner
C. Turner
4
51
84
2,080
24.8
40.8
27
114
4.2
2.2
0
19Ollie Matson
O. Matson
4
46
65
1,803
27.7
39.2
38
470
12.4
10.2
3
20LaRod Stephens-Howling
L. Stephens-Howling
3
57
163
4,067
25.0
71.4
0
0
0.0
0
21Ellis Hobbs
E. Hobbs
3
63
105
2,913
27.7
46.2
0
0
0.0
0
22Jerome Mathis
J. Mathis
3
17
72
2,054
28.5
120.8
12
68
5.7
4.0
0
23Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
3
51
198
4,852
24.5
95.1
122
1,363
11.2
26.7
1
24Dante Hall
D. Hall
3
50
174
4,159
23.9
83.2
96
1,134
11.8
22.7
4
25Ronney Jenkins
R. Jenkins
3
52
190
4,550
23.9
87.5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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