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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 ]
Season Player Kickoff return yards Team Ref. 1960: Leon Burton: 862* New York Titans [3]1961: Frank Jackson: 645 Dallas Texans [4]1962: Dick Christy: 824 New York Titans
The former undrafted free agent out of Rutgers and Virginia Tech — who was mostly a practice squad guy before carving out a role for himself as a kick returner under Frank Reich — quietly put ...
Dante Hall played wide receiver and as a kick returner "was the most dangerous player in the NFL for a couple of seasons". [6] Devin Hester played wide receiver and as a return specialist holds the record for the most all-time return touchdowns (20) and most all-time punt return touchdowns (14). He is the only primary return specialist to be ...
Both are listed as the top kick returners as well. ... Los Angeles Chargers keep nearly all of 2024 draft class. ... Kickoff changes for 2024: As NFL's ultimate kickoff X-factor, ...
The NFL changed its kickoff rules to create a safer play that would encourage more returns. In Thursday's opener, just 2 of 11 kickoffs were returned.
Brian Keith Mitchell (born August 18, 1968) is an American former professional football running back and return specialist who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a quarterback for the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the fifth round of the 1990 NFL draft.
Well, because the kickoff return of 2024 is nothing at all like the kickoff returns we've had for 100 years. Or, however long. There will be more returns in 2024.