most return yards by a rookie in the 1990's

From 1990 through 1999, Tamarick Vanover had the most return yards by a rookie, with 1,635 yards in 1995.

	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	Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	1,635	1995	KC	15	43	1,095	25.5	73.0	2	51	540	10.6	36.0	1
2	Terry Fair T. Fair	1,617	1998	DET	14	51	1,428	28.0	102.0	2	30	189	6.3	13.5	0
3	Terrence Wilkins T. Wilkins	1,522	1999	IND	16	51	1,134	22.2	70.9	1	41	388	9.5	24.3	1
4	Chris Watson C. Watson	1,472	1999	DEN	14	48	1,138	23.7	81.3	0	44	334	7.6	23.9	1
5	Tony Horne T. Horne	1,306	1998	STL	16	56	1,306	23.3	81.6	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
6	Andre Coleman A. Coleman	1,293	1994	SD	13	49	1,293	26.4	99.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
7	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	1,267	1998	PHI	15	44	1,080	24.5	72.0	0	22	187	8.5	12.5	0
8	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	1,256	1993	NO	16	30	753	25.1	47.1	1	37	503	13.6	31.4	2
9	Tim Dwight T. Dwight	1,236	1998	ATL	12	36	973	27.0	81.1	1	31	263	8.5	21.9	0
10	Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	1,222	1996	BAL	16	41	883	21.5	55.2	0	36	339	9.4	21.2	0
11	Eric Moulds E. Moulds	1,205	1996	BUF	16	52	1,205	23.2	75.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Leeland McElroy L. McElroy	1,148	1996	ARI	16	54	1,148	21.3	71.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Duce Staley D. Staley	1,139	1997	PHI	16	47	1,139	24.2	71.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	David Thompson D. Thompson	1,110	1997	STL	11	49	1,110	22.7	100.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	David Dunn D. Dunn	1,092	1995	CIN	16	50	1,092	21.8	68.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	John Avery J. Avery	1,085	1998	MIA	16	43	1,085	25.2	67.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	O.J. McDuffie	1,072	1993	MIA	16	32	755	23.6	47.2	0	28	317	11.3	19.8	2
18	Kevin Williams K. Williams	1,070	1993	DAL	16	31	689	22.2	43.1	0	36	381	10.6	23.8	2
19	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	1,033	1999	NE	11	39	943	24.2	85.7	0	10	90	9.0	8.2	0
20	Byron Hanspard B. Hanspard	987	1997	ATL	16	40	987	24.7	61.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
21	Ronnie Powell R. Powell	986	1999	CLE	14	44	986	22.4	70.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Terance Mathis T. Mathis	952	1990	NYJ	16	43	787	18.3	49.2	0	11	165	15.0	10.3	1
23	Will Blackwell W. Blackwell	940	1997	PIT	14	32	791	24.7	56.5	1	23	149	6.5	10.6	0
24	Leon Johnson L. Johnson	938	1997	NYJ	16	12	319	26.6	19.9	1	51	619	12.1	38.7	1
25	Bill Schroeder B. Schroeder	904	1997	GB	15	24	562	23.4	37.5	0	33	342	10.4	22.8	0

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