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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
List of NFL annual kickoff return yards leaders; List of NFL career kickoff return yards leaders This page was last edited on 28 March 2024, at 12:41 (UTC). ...
Mitchell is the NFL's second all-time leader in total yardage, second only to Jerry Rice with 23,330 yards, thanks in large part to his 14,014 yards from kickoff returns and his 4,999 punt return yards. Both are NFL records, and his 875 postseason kickoff return yards are a record as well.
Return yards is a gridiron football statistical measure that takes several forms. In American and Canadian football, progress is measured by advancing the football towards the opposing team's goal line .
During a game against the Green Bay Packers in 2013, Patterson tied the NFL record for longest play and set the NFL record for longest kick return with 109 yards, the longest possible. [2] He is considered one of the greatest return specialists in NFL history, with a league record nine kickoff return touchdowns in his career, six of which have ...
The Buckeyes defense stopped Texas near the goal line with less than three minutes to go as Jack Sawyer’s fumble return with 2:13 ... it 83 yards for the score. ... the College Football Playoff. ...
Most yards per interception return, career (minimum 30 interceptions): 25.1 (1,331 yards/53 INTS), Deion Sanders, 1989–2000, 2004–2005 Most yards per interception return, career (minimum 20 interceptions) : 27.6 (608 yards/22 INTS), Erik McMillan , 1989–1993