most return yards by a rookie in the 2000's

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Danny Amendola gained the most return yards by a rookie, with 1,978 yards in 2009.

NAMERET YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
1,978
2009
14
66
1,618
24.5
115.6
0
31
360
11.6
25.7
0
2Chris Carr
C. Carr
1,938
2005
16
73
1,752
24.0
109.5
0
34
186
5.5
11.6
0
3Wes Welker
W. Welker
1,879
2004
TOT
15
61
1,415
23.2
94.3
1
43
464
10.8
30.9
0
4B.J. Sams
B.J. Sams
1,826
2004
16
59
1,251
21.2
78.2
0
55
575
10.5
35.9
2
5Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
1,795
2001
15
56
1,431
25.6
95.4
2
34
364
10.7
24.3
1
6Steve Breaston
S. Breaston
1,786
2007
16
62
1,391
22.4
86.9
0
42
395
9.4
24.7
1
7Stefan Logan
S. Logan
1,746
2009
16
55
1,466
26.7
91.6
0
30
280
9.3
17.5
0
8Reggie Swinton
R. Swinton
1,741
2001
15
56
1,327
23.7
88.5
0
31
414
13.4
27.6
1
9Josh Scobey
J. Scobey
1,684
2003
15
73
1,684
23.1
112.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
1,663
2007
16
63
1,433
22.7
89.6
0
24
230
9.6
14.4
1
11Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
1,636
2005
15
63
1,528
24.3
101.9
0
18
108
6.0
7.2
0
12Jerome Mathis
J. Mathis
1,610
2005
12
54
1,542
28.6
128.5
2
12
68
5.7
5.7
0
13Justin Miller
J. Miller
1,586
2005
16
60
1,577
26.3
98.6
1
6
9
1.5
0.6
0
14Tab Perry
T. Perry
1,562
2005
16
64
1,562
24.4
97.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Ronney Jenkins
R. Jenkins
1,531
2000
16
67
1,531
22.9
95.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
16Leodis McKelvin
L. McKelvin
1,494
2008
16
52
1,468
28.2
91.8
1
2
26
13.0
1.6
0
17Deltha O'Neal
D. O'Neal
1,456
2000
16
46
1,102
24.0
68.9
1
34
354
10.4
22.1
0
18Brian Witherspoon
B. Witherspoon
1,442
2008
14
52
1,250
24.0
89.3
0
17
192
11.3
13.7
0
19Adam Jones
A. Jones
1,399
2005
15
43
1,127
26.2
75.1
0
29
272
9.4
18.1
1
20Tyson Thompson
T. Thompson
1,399
2005
15
57
1,399
24.5
93.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Clifton Smith
C. Smith
1,316
2008
9
36
992
27.6
110.2
1
23
324
14.1
36.0
1
22Quintin Demps
Q. Demps
1,314
2008
16
52
1,314
25.3
82.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Yamon Figurs
Y. Figurs
1,309
2007
14
46
1,138
24.7
81.3
1
16
171
10.7
12.2
1
24Chad Morton
C. Morton
1,307
2000
16
44
1,029
23.4
64.3
0
30
278
9.3
17.4
0
25Vinny Sutherland
V. Sutherland
1,287
2001
15
50
1,140
22.8
76.0
0
21
147
7.0
9.8
0

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5
0
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10
0
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3
14
0
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10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
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4
0
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5
0
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9
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3
0
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6
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11
0
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3
14
0
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11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
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