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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 ]
List of NFL career kickoff return yards leaders Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NFL kickoff return yards leaders .
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 [5] 1963: Bobby Jancik: 1,317* Houston Oilers [6] 1964: Odell Barry: 1,245 Denver Broncos [7] 1965: Abner Haynes: 901 Denver Broncos [8] 1966: Bobby Jancik (2) 875 Houston Oilers [9] 1967 ...
Harris left as the franchise's all-time leader on kickoff returns with a 26.5-yard career average and a single-season 30.6-yard average in 2013. He finished tied for second with an 11.1-yard career punt return average. He is considered to be one of the best special teams players in Dallas Cowboys history. [25]
It was Mitchell's 13th career kick returned for a touchdown, breaking a tie with Eric Metcalf and ranking Mitchell first in the record book. That week, he also set a record for kick return yards in a single game with 206 yards on six kick returns. [2] He then signed with the New York Giants for the 2003 season. [2] He was released before the ...
return yards gained [c] Total kickoff return yards gained [c] Total recovered fumble return yards gained [c] Year of induction into Pro Football Hall of Fame; 1 Jerry Rice: Wide receiver: San Francisco 49ers (1985–2000) Oakland Raiders (2001–2004) Seattle Seahawks 23,546 645 22,895 0 0 6 0 2010: 2 Brian Mitchell: Running back Punt returner ...
In 1991, Howard caught 62 passes for 985 yards and scored 23 total touchdowns, while also rushing for 180 yards and gaining 694 yards on special teams, with an average of 27.5 yards per kickoff return and 14.1 yards per punt return. [2] He won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award, earning unanimous All-American honors ...
This gave him a total of 19,682 combined net yards, ranking him #5 among the NFL's all-time leaders at the time of his retirement. He also scored 105 total touchdowns (100 receiving, 1 rushing, 3 punt returns, 1 kickoff return). Brown is the only player ever to retire in the NFL's top five leaders for both receiving and return yards.