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This is a list of National Football League punt returners who have led the regular season in punt return yards each year. The record for punt return yards in a season is currently held by Desmond Howard of the Green Bay Packers who had 875 yards in 1996.
Sammy Baugh was a 5-time league leader in yards per punt, which is still the most in NFL history, with only one other player ever reaching four seasons leading in yards per punt. His record for yards per punt for a season of 51.4 lasted 82 years. In 1963, Yale Lary became the second player to lead the league yards per punt for a third time.
He later retired with 1,713 career punts, still the NFL record. [2] [4] With 1,168 punts and 52,868 punting yards for the Baltimore Ravens, Sam Koch has the most of both statistics for any individual franchise. Ranked 7th all-time in career punting yards, Koch is also the highest-ranked punter to have spent his entire career with a single team.
(WHTM) — Former Penn State wide receiver Parker Washington broke an NFL franchise record today. Washington, now a WR and punt returner for the Jacksonville Jaguars, ran a 96-yard punt return for ...
In addition to Hester's NFL records, he is also the leader in career punt returns (264) and punt return yards (3,241) among active players. Hester ended the 2013 season having averaged 27.7 kickoff return yards and 14.2 punt return yards, [108] while also leading the league in kickoff return yards with 1,442. [109]
But Chicago's punt return team set up down the right sideline and Green Bay's coverage unit followed. DJ Moore feigned a fair catch at the five-yard line, as the ball landed on the opposite side ...
Team(s) by season Returns Yards Average Ref 1 Brian Mitchell: RB: Washington Redskins (1990–1999) Philadelphia Eagles (2000–2002) New York Giants 607 14,014 23.1 [3] [4] [5] 2 Allen Rossum: DB: Philadelphia Eagles (1998–1999) Green Bay Packers (2000–2001) Atlanta Falcons (2002–2006) Pittsburgh Steelers San Francisco 49ers (2008–2009)
Green Bay had to punt from its 7-yard line, giving Jacksonville the ball at the 50. Cooke, in his seventh season with the Jaguars, is 12th in the NFL with an average punt of 49.8 yards.