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A return specialist or kick returner is a player on the special teams unit of a gridiron football team who specializes in returning punts and kickoffs. There are few players who are exclusively return specialists; most also play another position such as wide receiver , defensive back , or running back .
The Sooners are No. 87 in kick returns, averaging 18.92 yards per carry, No. 28 in punt-return defense at 4.86 yards per return and No. 10 in net punting at 42.59.
Kevin Kelly and the 2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team kicks the ball off after scoring a touchdown in their season opening game. A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in gridiron football. Additionally, it may refer to a kickoff time, the scheduled time of the first kickoff of a game. Typically, a kickoff consists of one team ...
"The Play" was a last-second, game-winning kickoff return for a walk-off touchdown that occurred during a college football game between the Stanford Cardinal and California Golden Bears on Saturday, November 20, 1982.
For the first time since 2009, the Kentucky football team has scored on a kick return touchdown. Barely. To begin the second half of Saturday night’s season-opening game against Miami (Ohio ...
The first full weekend of exhibition games featuring the new dynamic kickoff included two long returns, a significant drop in touchbacks and mass confusion on an odd play that ended up as a rare ...
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]
The NFL had a radical change to its kickoff rules this offseason to bring back the kickoff return. But coaches seemed to be wary of the early results and reverted back to what they've always done ...