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

Danny Amendola has the most return yards by a rookie, with 1,978 yards in 2009.

	NAME	RET YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	1,978	2009	STL	14	66	1,618	24.5	115.6	0	31	360	11.6	25.7	0
2	Chris Carr C. Carr	1,938	2005	OAK	16	73	1,752	24.0	109.5	0	34	186	5.5	11.6	0
3	Wes Welker W. Welker	1,879	2004	TOT	15	61	1,415	23.2	94.3	1	43	464	10.8	30.9	0
4	Marc Mariani M. Mariani	1,859	2010	TEN	16	60	1,530	25.5	95.6	1	27	329	12.2	20.6	1
5	B.J. Sams	1,826	2004	BAL	16	59	1,251	21.2	78.2	0	55	575	10.5	35.9	2
6	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	1,795	2001	CAR	15	56	1,431	25.6	95.4	2	34	364	10.7	24.3	1
7	Steve Breaston S. Breaston	1,786	2007	ARI	16	62	1,391	22.4	86.9	0	42	395	9.4	24.7	1
8	Stefan Logan S. Logan	1,746	2009	PIT	16	55	1,466	26.7	91.6	0	30	280	9.3	17.5	0
9	Reggie Swinton R. Swinton	1,741	2001	DAL	15	56	1,327	23.7	88.5	0	31	414	13.4	27.6	1
10	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	1,737	1981	STL	16	55	1,292	23.5	80.8	0	42	445	10.6	27.8	1
11	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	1,684	2003	ARI	15	73	1,684	23.1	112.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Chimere Dike C. Dike	1,682	2025	TEN	13	51	1,323	25.9	101.8	0	18	359	19.9	27.6	2
13	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	1,663	2007	MIA	16	63	1,433	22.7	89.6	0	24	230	9.6	14.4	1
14	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	1,636	2005	SD	15	63	1,528	24.3	101.9	0	18	108	6.0	7.2	0
15	Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	1,635	1995	KC	15	43	1,095	25.5	73.0	2	51	540	10.6	36.0	1
16	Terry Fair T. Fair	1,617	1998	DET	14	51	1,428	28.0	102.0	2	30	189	6.3	13.5	0
17	Jerome Mathis J. Mathis	1,610	2005	HOU	12	54	1,542	28.6	128.5	2	12	68	5.7	5.7	0
18	Brandon Banks B. Banks	1,586	2010	WAS	13	46	1,155	25.1	88.8	1	38	431	11.3	33.2	0
19	Justin Miller J. Miller	1,586	2005	NYJ	16	60	1,577	26.3	98.6	1	6	9	1.5	0.6	0
20	Tab Perry T. Perry	1,562	2005	CIN	16	64	1,562	24.4	97.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Myles Price M. Price	1,548	2025	MIN	13	48	1,262	26.3	97.1	0	29	286	9.9	22.0	0
22	Tim Brown T. Brown	1,542	1988	RAI	16	41	1,098	26.8	68.6	1	49	444	9.1	27.8	0
23	David Wilson D. Wilson	1,533	2012	NYG	16	57	1,533	26.9	95.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	1,531	2000	SD	16	67	1,531	22.9	95.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Terrence Wilkins T. Wilkins	1,522	1999	IND	16	51	1,134	22.2	70.9	1	41	388	9.5	24.3	1

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