most punt return yards by a bills/dolphins/jets/patriots rookie

Leon Johnson has the most punt-return yards by a Jets rookie, with 619 yards in 1997.

	NAME	PR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Leon Johnson L. Johnson	619	1997	NYJ	16	12	319	26.6	19.9	1	51	12.1	38.7	1
2	Mike Haynes M. Haynes	608	1976	NE	14	0	0		0.0	0	45	13.5	43.4	2
3	Wes Welker W. Welker	464	2004	MIA	14	57	1,313	23.0	93.8	1	43	10.8	33.1	0
4	Bruce Harper B. Harper	425	1977	NYJ	14	42	1,035	24.6	73.9	0	34	12.5	30.4	0
5	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	392	1983	MIA	14	1	25	25.0	1.8	0	41	9.6	28.0	1
6	Tommy Vigorito T. Vigorito	379	1981	MIA	16	4	84	21.0	5.3	0	36	10.5	23.7	1
7	Marcus Jones M. Jones	362	2022	NE	15	27	645	23.9	43.0	0	29	12.5	24.1	1
8	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	347	1984	NE	14	5	95	19.0	6.8	0	36	9.6	24.8	0
9	Jeff Burris J. Burris	332	1994	BUF	16	0	0		0.0	0	32	10.4	20.8	0
10	Roland James R. James	331	1980	NE	16	0	0		0.0	0	33	10.0	20.7	1
11	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	320	1975	MIA	14	17	348	20.5	24.9	0	26	12.3	22.9	1
12	Xavier Gipson X. Gipson	319	2023	NYJ	17	22	511	23.2	30.1	0	33	9.7	18.8	1
13	Jeremy Kerley J. Kerley	317	2011	NYJ	14	1	15	15.0	1.1	0	29	10.9	22.6	0
14	O.J. McDuffie	317	1993	MIA	16	32	755	23.6	47.2	0	28	11.3	19.8	2
15	Hagood Clarke H. Clarke	317	1964	BUF	14	16	330	20.6	23.6	0	33	9.6	22.6	1
16	Marcus Thigpen M. Thigpen	316	2012	MIA	16	38	1,040	27.4	65.0	1	26	12.2	19.8	1
17	Brandon Codrington B. Codrington	313	2024	BUF	17	11	306	27.8	18.0	0	27	11.6	18.4	0
18	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	306	1979	MIA	16	45	1,016	22.6	63.5	0	28	10.9	19.1	1
19	Roscoe Word R. Word	301	1974	NYJ	14	4	69	17.3	4.9	0	38	7.9	21.5	0
20	Don Wilson D. Wilson	297	1984	BUF	16	34	576	16.9	36.0	0	33	9.0	18.6	1
21	Jake Scott J. Scott	290	1970	MIA	14	4	117	29.3	8.4	0	27	10.7	20.7	1
22	Mack Herron M. Herron	282	1973	NE	14	41	1,092	26.6	78.0	1	27	10.4	20.1	0
23	Russell Copeland R. Copeland	274	1993	BUF	16	24	436	18.2	27.3	0	31	8.8	17.1	1
24	Scott Miller S. Miller	248	1991	MIA	16	0	0		0.0	0	28	8.9	15.5	0
25	Braxton Berrios B. Berrios	240	2019	NYJ	16	4	48	12.0	3.0	0	21	11.4	15.0	0

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