most kick return td's by an nfl rookie in a season before 1970

Before 1970, Travis Williams scored the most kick-return touchdowns by a rookie, with 4 touchdowns in 1967.

NAME KR TD SEASON TM GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Travis Williams
T. Williams
4
1967
GB GB
14
18
739
41.1
52.8
0
0
0.0
0
2 Goldie Sellers
G. Sellers
2
1966
DEN DEN
14
19
541
28.5
38.6
6
49
8.2
3.5
0
3 Leon Burton
L. Burton
2
1960
NYT NYT
14
30
862
28.7
61.6
12
93
7.8
6.6
0
4 Lenny Lyles
L. Lyles
2
1958
BAL BAL
12
11
398
36.2
33.2
0
0
0.0
0
5 Les Goble
L. Goble
2
1954
CHC CHC
12
27
749
27.7
62.4
22
51
2.3
4.3
0
6 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
2
1952
CHC CHC
12
20
624
31.2
52.0
9
86
9.6
7.2
0
7 Jim Duncan
J. Duncan
1
1969
BAL BAL
13
19
560
29.5
43.1
0
0
0.0
0
8 Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
1
1969
GB GB
14
22
582
26.5
41.6
0
0
0.0
0
9 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
1
1969
MIA MIA
14
43
1,136
26.4
81.1
25
172
6.9
12.3
0
10 Mal Snider
M. Snider
1
1969
ATL ATL
14
1
48
48.0
3.4
0
0
0.0
0
11 Max Anderson
M. Anderson
1
1968
BUF BUF
14
39
971
24.9
69.4
0
0
0.0
0
12 John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
1
1967
NO NO
13
16
481
30.1
37.0
7
13
1.9
1.0
0
13 Clint Jones
C. Jones
1
1967
MIN MIN
14
25
597
23.9
42.6
0
0
0.0
0
14 John Love
J. Love
1
1967
WAS WAS
13
17
422
24.8
32.5
11
-5
-0.5
-0.4
0
15 Zeke Moore
Z. Moore
1
1967
HOU HOU
14
14
405
28.9
28.9
5
82
16.4
5.9
0
16 Noland Smith
N. Smith
1
1967
KC KC
14
41
1,148
28.0
82.0
26
212
8.2
15.1
0
17 Carl Ward
C. Ward
1
1967
CLE CLE
14
22
546
24.8
39.0
6
62
10.3
4.4
0
18 Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
1
1966
NYJ NYJ
14
26
659
25.3
47.1
0
0
0.0
0
19 Roy Shivers
R. Shivers
1
1966
STL STL
13
27
762
28.2
58.6
16
49
3.1
3.8
0
20 Lance Rentzel
L. Rentzel
1
1965
MIN MIN
11
23
602
26.2
54.7
4
9
2.3
0.8
0
21 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
1
1965
CHI CHI
14
21
660
31.4
47.1
16
238
14.9
17.0
1
22 Ode Burrell
O. Burrell
1
1964
HOU HOU
7
17
449
26.4
64.1
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
23 Clarence Childs
C. Childs
1
1964
NYG NYG
13
34
987
29.0
75.9
6
40
6.7
3.1
0
24 Andy Livingston
A. Livingston
1
1964
CHI CHI
2
6
167
27.8
83.5
0
0
0.0
0
25 Charley Mitchell
C. Mitchell
1
1963
DEN DEN
14
37
954
25.8
68.1
12
141
11.8
10.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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