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This is a list of National Football League kickoff returners based on their career kickoff return yards. Brian Mitchell is the all-time leader with 14,014 kickoff return yards over 14 seasons. [1] [2]
List of NFL career kickoff return yards leaders Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NFL kickoff return yards leaders .
Kickoff return yards Team Ref. 1960: Leon Burton: 862* New York Titans [3] 1961: Frank Jackson: 645 Dallas Texans [4] 1962: Dick Christy: 824 New York Titans [5] 1963: Bobby Jancik: 1,317* Houston Oilers [6] 1964: Odell Barry: 1,245 Denver Broncos [7] 1965: Abner Haynes: 901 Denver Broncos [8] 1966: Bobby Jancik (2) 875 Houston Oilers [9] 1967 ...
It was Mitchell's 13th career kick returned for a touchdown, breaking a tie with Eric Metcalf and ranking Mitchell first in the record book. That week, he also set a record for kick return yards in a single game with 206 yards on six kick returns. [2] He then signed with the New York Giants for the 2003 season. [2] He was released before the ...
He led the league in punt return yards (503) and punt return average (13.6), while being ranked second in kickoff returns with a 25.1-yard average. His 503 punt return yards broke the team record of 436 yards set by Jeff Groth in 1986. He was the first player in franchise history to return 2 punts for touchdowns in a season and a career.
return yards gained [c] Total kickoff return yards gained [c] Total recovered fumble return yards gained [c] Year of induction into Pro Football Hall of Fame; 1 Jerry Rice: Wide receiver: San Francisco 49ers (1985–2000) Oakland Raiders (2001–2004) Seattle Seahawks 23,546 645 22,895 0 0 6 0 2010: 2 Brian Mitchell: Running back Punt returner ...
The list of NCAA major college football yearly punt and kickoff return leaders identifies the major college leaders for each season from 1939 to the present. It includes yearly leaders in four statistical categories: (1) total punt return yardage, and (2) yards per punt return, (3) total kickoff return yardage, and (4) yards per kickoff return.
In 2002, Lewis set an NFL record for combined kick-punt return yardage with 2,432 yards total (1,807 kickoff, 625 punt), leading the league in punt return yards, kickoff return yards, and all-purpose yards. [11] He is currently the Saints' all-time career leader in punt returns (142) and punt return yardage (1,482).