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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 ...
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. To be eligible for career-long rankings, a player must have a minimum of 250 punts. [1]
Most rushing yards per attempt, career (minimum 750 attempts): 7.0 yards (6,109 yards/873 attempts), Michael Vick, 2001–2015 [63] Most rushing yards per attempt, career (minimum 1,000 attempts) : 5.38 yards (7,260 yards/1,332 attempts), Jamaal Charles , 2008–2018 [ 64 ]
Regarded as one of the greatest punters in NFL history, [2] Lechler was named an All-Pro nine times during his career, and made seven Pro Bowls. He led the league in punting average five times and was the NFL's all-time leader in career punting average for nearly two decades. [3]
List of NFL career punting yards leaders This page was last edited on 28 March 2024, at 12:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
In 1994, he set club records with 97 punts and 3,849 punt yards, while averaging 39.7 yards and tying an NFL record with 35 punts downed inside the 20-yard line. He tied his career-best with 11 punts and set a career-high eight punts downed inside the 20, in the ninth game against the Houston Oilers .
He also punted 71 times for 3,001 yards. At that point, Spec Sanders decided to retire for good. Sanders also retired while ranked eleventh all-time in punting yards and ninth in punts while seventh in all-purpose yards. [4] [5] [6] He had a total of 5,376 all-purpose yards while having 2,829 passing yards in his career.
He also set club records for most points scored in a season (92), longest field goal (53 yards) and longest punt (72 yards). [citation needed] He was the NFL leader in extra points made (50), extra points attempted (51), [36] ranked third in punting average (45.4) [37] and sixth in scoring (92). [38]