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In gridiron football, a muffed punt is defined as "touching of the ball prior to possessing the ball.” A muffed punt occurs when there is an "uncontrolled touch" of the football by a player on the returning team after it is punted. This can occur when: The kicking team interferes with the other team's right to catch the punt
A receiver for a punt or kick return signals a "fair catch" by waving his hand in the air before catching the ball, and running after the catch was made. The return is neutralized, and the penalty is deducted from where the receiver caught the ball. Arm raised in the air, before waving it and dropping it back down, similar to the fair catch signal
A punt return is one of the receiving team's options to respond to a punt. A player positioned about 35–45 yards from the line of scrimmage (usually a wide receiver or return specialist ) will attempt to catch or pick up the ball after it is punted by the opposing team's punter.
Deonte Harty's 96-yard punt return proved to be a decisive blow in the Dolphins squandering an AFC East title and shot at hosting in the NFL playoffs.
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 ...
Although Turpin had never previously returned a punt for a touchdown in the NFL, Browns special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone put his players on high alert for Turpin as they prepared for Week ...
Kick return yards and punt return yards result from voluntary change in possession and most of the others result from involuntary forms of change in possession known as turnovers. Often kick return and punt return statistics are aggregated. and sometimes they are added to yards from scrimmage to yield all-purpose yards. When kick return yards ...
Brooks was awarded a scholarship the next season under new coach Chris Klieman and capped the year with a punt return for a touchdown in a bowl against Navy. Now, Brooks is essentially walking on ...