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Record keeping for punting yards in the National Football League (NFL) goes as far back as 1939. To be eligible for career-long rankings, a player must have a minimum of 250 punts. [ 1 ] Although he never led the league in punting yards for a single-season , Jeff Feagles ' longevity propelled him to become the career punting yards leader, with ...
Jeff Feagles holds the NFL career record for most punts with 1,713. In American football, a punt is a kick that is performed after a player (most often a punter) drops the ball from their hands and kicks it prior to it hitting the ground. Record keeping for punts in the National Football League (NFL) goes back to 1939.
On October 23, 1994, Bailey made the longest punt return in NFL history when he ran 103 yards for a touchdown in a game against the New Orleans Saints. [4] What makes this return stand out is that every single player on the field assumed the ball was going to bounce through the end zone after the punt.
Longest overtime punt returned for a touchdown: 99 yards, Patrick Peterson, Arizona Cardinals vs. St. Louis Rams November 6, 2011 [153] Most passing yards : 219, Derek Carr , Oakland Raiders vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 30, 2016 [ 154 ]
The longest punt in NFL/AFL play was a 98-yarder by Steve O'Neal of the New York Jets in an American Football League regular season loss to the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium on September 21, 1969. [12] Jeff Feagles is the all-time NFL career punts and punt yards leader with 1,713 punts and 71,211 punt yards over 352 games. [13]
Sammy Baugh was a 5-time league leader in yards per punt, which is still the most in NFL history, with only one other player ever reaching four seasons leading in yards per punt. His record for yards per punt for a season of 51.4 lasted 82 years. In 1963, Yale Lary became the second player to lead the league yards per punt for a third time.
Harry holds the record for the longest punt in Three Rivers Stadium of 84 yards. He shares with Herman Weaver the NFL record for most of his own punts blocked in a career with 14. In 1988, he set the NFL record for most of his own punts blocked in a season with 6. [5] Today, Newsome lives in his hometown, Cheraw, SC with his wife, Beth.
O'Neal is best known for kicking a 98-yard punt during the American Football League (AFL) game between the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos on September 21, 1969. This punt set the record for the longest punt in AFL and professional football history. [1] He finished his career with 337 punts for 13,725 yards and a 40.7 yards per punt ...