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Devin Hester, the first and only return specialist inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, fielding a punt during special teams practice at the Chicago Bears' 2007 training camp. A return specialist or kick returner is a player on the special teams unit of a gridiron football team who specializes in returning punts and kickoffs.
Evans, who has an undisclosed injury, is third in the SEC with an 8.4 punt return average with a long of 46. He also averages 17.5 yards on kickoff returns. Jackson had 70 return yards on 11 punts ...
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 ]
In the 1977 season, he led the NFL with 653 punt return yards and assisted his team to their first ever Super Bowl appearance. The Broncos lost Super Bowl XII to the Dallas Cowboys 27–10, but he had a good performance in the game. Upchurch amassed 125 total offensive yards (94 kickoff return, 22 punt return, nine receiving), including a Super ...
Editor's note: Michigan defeats Alabama in the Rose Bowl, 27-20 in overtime, to reach the national title game. ... Jake Thaw was the punt returner, replacing Semaj Morgan who muffed a punt earlier ...
But Schoettle, the Roncalli punt returner, made a smart play to pick up a punt and return it 34 yards to the Brebeuf 28 with 4 seconds left in the half. On the next play, Gavin Louthain booted a ...
Accordingly, the most effective punts land just outside the receiving team's end zone and land either out of bounds (making it impossible to advance the ball until the next play) or after being kicked exceptionally high (allowing the kicking team time to run down the field and prevent the punt returner from advancing the ball). Punters ...
The Broncos have a budding star at kick returner, but they need more from the punt returners. ... Season analysis: Boise State struggled in return game, gave up 4 special teams TDs. Ron Counts.