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[5] In 1936, the league introduced the NFL draft after team owners voted on it in 1935. [6] [7] The intention of the draft is to make the NFL more competitive, as some teams had an advantage in signing players. [5] [7] From 1947 through 1958 the NFL designated the first overall selection as a "bonus" or "lottery pick". The pick was awarded by a ...
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 ]
GREEN BAY – The 2025 NFL draft will be April 24-26 in Green Bay, or one year, five months and 18 days from Monday. The Green Bay Packers and the NFL revealed the 2025 dates during a news ...
The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Hall in the fifth-round of the 2000 NFL Draft. [8] He made his NFL debut on September 24, 2000, as a kick/punt returner. In five games, he returned 17 kickoffs for 358 yards and six punts for 37 yards. [4] [9] He spent the spring of 2001 playing in NFL Europe for the Scottish Claymores as a wide receiver. He led ...
Larry Mayer ranked Turner as the seventh-greatest return specialist in Bears history on the team's official website, noting his 32.7-yard average for the 1970 season. [7] In 2010, Bleacher Report selected Turner as an honorable mention in the kickoff return position to their all-time Bears team, with the spot going to Gale Sayers. [8]
Williams finished his career with 4,778 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns, 7 of which came on special teams returns. He averaged 16.4 yards per punt return and 27.5 yards per kick return. In his final season, he led the league in yards per kick return, averaging 29.7. [2]
Robinson had a 95-yard kick return touchdown last season and scored on a blocked punt return in 2022. And Ali had just five career kick returns, but took one back 97 yards for a touchdown.
2× NFL kickoff return yards leader (2013, 2014) 2× NFL punt return yards leader (2006, 2010) 3× NFL Alumni Special Teams Player of the Year (2006, 2007, 2010) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team; NFL 2010s All-Decade Team; NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team; PFWA All-Rookie Team ; 100 Greatest Bears of All-Time; First-team All-American