who has the most interception average yards as a rookie

Tom Wittum and Jim Krieg are tied for the most yards per attempt by a rookie, with 63.0 yards per attempt.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most defensive interception average yards as a rookie?
NAMEAVGINTSEASONTMGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Tom Wittum
T. Wittum
63.0
0
1973
14
0
0
1
0
2Jim Krieg
J. Krieg
63.0
0
1972
6
0
0
0
0
3Ray Burks
R. Burks
51.0
0
1977
13
0
0
1
0
4Sidney Rice
S. Rice
47.0
0
2007
13
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5Tanner McEvoy
T. McEvoy
43.0
0
2016
14
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6Johnny Townsend
J. Townsend
42.0
0
2018
16
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7Jameson Williams
J. Williams
40.0
0
2022
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8Jabar Gaffney
J. Gaffney
39.0
0
2002
16
3
0
3
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9Lee McGriff
L. McGriff
39.0
0
1976
6
0
0
0
0
10Travis Williams
T. Williams
37.0
0
2007
6
7
0
7
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11Duane Carrell
D. Carrell
37.0
0
1974
7
0
0
0
0
12Germane Crowell
G. Crowell
35.0
0
1998
14
0.0
0
0
0
0
13Josh Aubrey
J. Aubrey
34.0
0
2013
6
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14Dean May
D. May
33.0
0
1984
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
15Daniel Sepulveda
D. Sepulveda
32.0
0
2007
16
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16Kevin House
K. House
32.0
0
1980
14
0
0
0
0
17Sylvester Morris
S. Morris
31.0
0
2000
15
0.0
0
0
0
0
18Mike Buck
M. Buck
30.5
0
1991
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
19Brandon LaFell
B. LaFell
30.0
0
2010
14
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
20Mike Wood
M. Wood
29.0
0
1978
TOT
15
0
0
0
0
21Clarence Weathers
C. Weathers
28.0
0
1983
16
0.0
0
0
1
0
22Mel Gray
M. Gray
28.0
0
1971
14
0
0
1
0
23Shawn Jefferson
S. Jefferson
27.0
0
1991
16
0.0
0
0
0
0
24Norm Johnson
N. Johnson
27.0
0
1982
9
0.0
0
0
0
0
25Raven Greene
R. Greene
26.0
0
2018
8
4
1
5
1.0
12
0
0
1
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interceptions going back to the 1940 season.

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