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Jeff Feagles holds the NFL career record for most punts with 1,713. In American football, a punt is a kick that is performed after a player (most often a punter) drops the ball from their hands and kicks it prior to it hitting the ground. Record keeping for punts in the National Football League (NFL) goes back to 1939.
Record keeping for punting yards in the National Football League (NFL) goes as far back as 1939. To be eligible for career-long rankings, a player must have a minimum of 250 punts. [ 1 ] Although he never led the league in punting yards for a single-season , Jeff Feagles ' longevity propelled him to become the career punting yards leader, with ...
The longest punt in NFL/AFL play was a 98-yarder by Steve O'Neal of the New York Jets in an American Football League regular season loss to the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium on September 21, 1969. [12] Jeff Feagles is the all-time NFL career punts and punt yards leader with 1,713 punts and 71,211 punt yards over 352 games. [13]
Lechler recorded a 73-yard punt, which was the longest by any punter in the NFL for the 2003 season. [43] Lechler finished the 2003 season with 96 punts for 4,503 yards for a 46.91 average as the Raiders finished the season with a 4–12 record. [44] He was named as a First Team All-Pro for the second time. [45]
This is a list of the records in the National Football League (NFL) set by individual players. ... Longest punt return: 103, Robert Bailey on October 23, ...
On October 23, 1994, Bailey made the longest punt return in NFL history when he ran 103 yards for a touchdown in a game against the New Orleans Saints. [4] What makes this return stand out is that every single player on the field assumed the ball was going to bounce through the end zone after the punt.
Such a punt is theoretically possible in American football, but would likely result in a touchback, moreover this would require the line of scrimmage to be on the punting team's two yard line, thus increasing the difficulty of achieving an exceptionally long punt. Steve O'Neal set the record for the longest punt in a National Football League ...
Had 210 punts inside the 20-yard line (not counting his first 3 seasons, when the NFL did not keep track of this stat), with just 128 touchbacks [28] Led the NFL in gross yards per punt three times [28] Had a streak of 619 consecutive punts before having one blocked [18] Has a record of 111 career punts in postseason games [29]